Chelsea and Liverpool will square up at Stamford Bridge on Sunday in a 21st Round game of the 2021/22 Premier League season.
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Key Statistics – Chelsea vs Liverpoo
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last ten home matches in all competitions (W6, D4).
The Blues have scored in each of their last ten home games.
They have scored 23 of their 43 league goals at home this season, while they have conceded eight of the 14 goals at home.
The hosts have scored 71 goals in the Premier League against the visitors.
Liverpool have scored 28 league goals away from home this season – the most away goals in the league.
The Reds have failed to score just once in the last 30 games.
They have scored 74 goals against Chelsea in the league.
They have been 206 yellow cards and eleven red cards in this fixture. Chelsea have the most cards (8 red and 111 yellow cards).
Head to head
Both sides have met 59 times in the Premier League. Liverpool won 23 of those meetings while Chelsea won 21 times (D15).
Latest Performances in all competitions
Chelsea: D-W-W-D-D
Liverpool: L-W-D-W-W
Chelsea
Chelsea’s inconsistent run in the Premier League continued on Wednesday as they were held to a 1-1 draw with Brighton. Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring for the Stamford Bridge side from a corner, but Brighton snatched a late equaliser through the returning Danny Welbeck.
The result means that Chelsea come into this round of games sitting in second place and eight points behind table-topping Manchester City.
Although they are unbeaten across their last five league games, they have won only two of those games, keeping only one clean sheet in that period.
Thomas Tuchel’s men have been unlucky with injuries this season. They also lost the in-form Reece James to an injury in their game against Brighton, compounding their misery and leaving the German coach without his creative hub.
He will have to find a workable line-up against Liverpool, who will be desperate to leapfrog them to second place. However, Tuchel’s record against Klopp suggests that the hosts are in for a long day. The former PSG and Dortmund boss has met his German counterpart 16 times in the past. In that period, he has lost nine times, winning only three games and drawing four times.
He will hope that his outcome against Klopp is positive this time.
Possible Chelsea starting line-up
Edouard Mendy; Trevoh Chalobah, Malang Sarr, Antonio Rudiger; Ceaser Azpilicueta, Jorginho, N’Golo Kante, Marcos Alonso; Callum Hudson-Odoi, Mason Mount, Romelu Lukaku.
Injured: Thiago Silva, Ben Chilwell, Reece James
Doubtful: Andre Christensen, Timo Werner, Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Suspended: None
Liverpool
Liverpool will look to get back to winning ways when they travel to London on Sunday for their first game in 2021.
The Reds, for all their dominance in their last outing, could not beat Leicester City, eventually losing 1-0 in the game. Mohamed Salah missed a rare first-half penalty in what was a disappointing night before Ademola Lookman came off from the bench to score the only goal in the match.
The loss ended Liverpool’s ten-game-winning run in all competitions. It was also the first time the visitors have failed to score in 30 games.
Klopp’s men come into this tie sitting in third place, nine points behind Man City, having played a game less. They can overtake Chelsea with a win in this game, and they will be desperate to pick up maximum points to avoid falling further behind the top.
Possible Liverpool starting line-up
Alisson Becker; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahim Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Konstantinos Tsimikas; Fabinho, Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain; Sadio Mane, Diogo Jota, Mohamed Salah.
Injured: Divock Origi, Nat Phillips, Adrian, Harvey Elliot
Doubtful: Takimu Minamino, Thiago Alcantara
Suspended: Andrew Robertson
Prediction
Chelsea 1-3 Liverpool
