Chelsea vs Liverpool Preview

Chelsea vs Liverpool

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Stamford Bridge

Date: 29th September 2018

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

Liverpool suffered their first defeat in all competitions on Wednesday and it was at the hands of this Chelsea side, so Jurgen Klopp would be looking for a reaction from his boys when they visit the Blues in this game.

Chelsea started the season by winning their first 5 league games and 6 games in all competition, however, they were held by West Ham to a 0-0 draw in their last league game.

They responded well to that dropping of points to beat Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield on Wednesday and Maurizio Sarri would be hoping they can take that form to the Premier League and end Liverpool’s 100 percent start to the league season.

Eden Hazard whose contract runs out at the end of the 2019/2020 season is in the form of his life and there seems to be no match for him in finding the back of the net.

His goal against Liverpool was his was his 6th goal in all competitions already this season and he could be an anytime scorer here as well.

Liverpool made 8 changes to the team that beat Southampton 3-0 at the weekend when they faced Chelsea in midweek, and it was obvious that several of the players who were playing together for the first time were struggling in that game.

However, expect Jurgen Klopp to put his best men forward in this game as they look to continue their impressive start to the campaign.

The Reds have just 2 points more than Chelsea and Manchester City, so if they drop points here, they might end the weekend in 2nd position or lower depending on what happens in Manchester City’s game.

Chelsea have won three, drawn two, and lost one of their last six meetings with Liverpool, although four of the last seven league encounters between these sides have ended all square.

All four of these were 1-1 scorelines.

Interestingly, bookmakers have priced Liverpool up as early favourites to get a win at the Bridge however the odds are as close as it gets and Chelsea will no doubt have their supporters.

Goal markets suggest this could be an extremely lively affair as over 2.5 goals is trading odds-on.

This game gets underway at 17:30 UK time.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Chelsea

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D West Ham United 0-0 Chelsea 23 Sep, 2018 English Premier League
W PAOK Salonika 0-1 Chelsea 20 Sep, 2018 Europa League
W Chelsea 4-1 Cardiff City 15 Sep, 2018 English Premier League
W Chelsea 2-0 AFC Bournemouth 1 Sep, 2018 English Premier League
W Newcastle United 1-2 Chelsea 26 Aug, 2018 English Premier League

Liverpool

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Liverpool 3-0 Southampton 22 Sep, 2018 English Premier League
W Liverpool 3-2 Paris Saint-Germain 18 Sep, 2018 Champions League
W Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool 15 Sep, 2018 English Premier League
W Leicester City 1-2 Liverpool 1 Sep, 2018 English Premier League
W Liverpool 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion 25 Aug, 2018 English Premier League

H2H

DATE COMPETITION
Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool 6 May, 2018 English Premier League
Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea 25 Nov, 2017 English Premier League
Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea 31 Jan, 2017 English Premier League
Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool 16 Sep, 2016 English Premier League


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# 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

Latest Premier League Results

December 22, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 6 Liverpool
Manchester United 0 - 3 AFC Bournemouth
Leicester City 0 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 0 - 0 Southampton
Everton 0 - 0 Chelsea
December 21, 2024
Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal
Brentford 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 0 - 4 Newcastle United
West Ham United 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 West Ham United
December 15, 2024
Southampton 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 2 - 1 Brentford
Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
December 14, 2024
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town

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