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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 Manchester City 37 27 7 3 93 33 +60 88
2 Arsenal 37 27 5 5 89 28 +61 86
3 Liverpool 37 23 10 4 84 41 +43 79
4 Aston Villa 37 20 8 9 76 56 +20 68
5 Tottenham Hotspur 37 19 6 12 71 61 +10 63
6 Chelsea 37 17 9 11 75 62 +13 60
7 Newcastle United 37 17 6 14 81 60 +21 57
8 Manchester United 37 17 6 14 55 58 -3 57
9 West Ham United 37 14 10 13 59 71 -12 52
10 Brighton & Hov… 37 12 12 13 55 60 -5 48
11 AFC Bournemouth 37 13 9 15 53 65 -12 48
12 Crystal Palace 37 12 10 15 52 58 -6 46
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 13 7 17 50 63 -13 46
14 Fulham 37 12 8 17 51 59 -8 44
15 Everton 37 13 9 15 39 49 -10 40
16 Brentford 37 10 9 18 54 61 -7 39
17 Nottingham Forest 37 8 9 20 47 66 -19 29
18 Luton Town 37 6 8 23 50 81 -31 26
19 Burnley 37 5 9 23 40 76 -36 24
20 Sheffield United 37 3 7 27 35 101 -66 16

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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