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Match info:

Liverpool vs Chelsea

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Anfield

Date:  27th April 2014

Kick-off time – 14:05 GMT+1

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Barclays Premier League leaders Liverpool host 2nd position Chelsea at Anfield this Sunday afternoon in a game that can push Liverpool 8 points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League.


Recent form:

Liverpool – W W W W W W W

Chelsea  – D L W W W L L 

Liverpool have won their last 7 while Chelsea have won 3 of their last 7.

Form

The Barclays Premier League table looks like this:

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 16 12 3 1 37 16 +21 39
2 Chelsea 17 10 5 2 37 19 +18 35
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 4 5 27 21 +6 28
6 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
7 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
8 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
9 Fulham 17 6 7 4 24 22 +2 25
10 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 2 8 39 25 +14 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 17 6 4 7 21 22 -1 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Everton 16 3 7 6 14 21 -7 16
16 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
17 Leicester City 17 3 5 9 21 37 -16 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 3 11 27 40 -13 12
19 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
20 Southampton 17 1 3 13 11 36 -25 6

A win for Liverpool will move them 8 points clear at the top of the league – a win for Chelsea will move them 2 points behind Liverpool with just 2 games remaining.

Head-to-head

These two sides have met 57 times in recent years and Chelsea have come out on top most often.

History

The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 1:2, 2:2, 1:1, 4:1 and 1:2.

Possible line-ups

Liverpool (4-3-3)

Mignolet
Flanagan
Sakho
Škrtel
Johnson
Coutinho
Gerrard
Leiva
Suárez
Sturridge
Sterling

Chelsea (4-4-1-1)

Čech
Azpilicueta
Terry
Cahill
Ivanović
Salah
Matić
Ramires
Schürrle
Willian
Ba

Bookmakers make Liverpool favourites to come out on top in this match.

Odds: Liverpool (8/11) Draw (3/1) Chelsea (4/1)Gamingtips Prediction – Liverpool 2:3 Chelsea

A win for Liverpool will almost ensure they win this years Barclays Premier League.

Chelsea must win in order to give themselves a chance and of course Manchester City who are 6 points behind Liverpool with a game in hand.

Chelsea travelled to the Spanish Capital midweek to play vs Atletico and if that trip hasn’t taken a lot out of them, they should have a great chance of winning against a Liverpool side who haven’t been in this position in many years.

Liverpool have looked exceptional this year and although they won against Manchester City a few weeks ago, they have looked slightly shaky in several games and may find closing out their season a bit tougher than other teams.

 

 

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