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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 11 9 1 1 21 6 +15 28
2 Manchester City 11 7 2 2 22 13 +9 23
3 Chelsea 11 5 4 2 21 13 +8 19
4 Arsenal 11 5 4 2 18 12 +6 19
5 Nottingham Forest 11 5 4 2 15 10 +5 19
6 Brighton & Hov… 11 5 4 2 19 15 +4 19
7 Fulham 11 5 3 3 16 13 +3 18
8 Newcastle United 11 5 3 3 13 11 +2 18
9 Aston Villa 11 5 3 3 17 17 +0 18
10 Tottenham Hotspur 11 5 1 5 23 13 +10 16
11 Brentford 11 5 1 5 22 22 +0 16
12 AFC Bournemouth 11 4 3 4 15 15 +0 15
13 Manchester United 11 4 3 4 12 12 +0 15
14 West Ham United 11 3 3 5 13 19 -6 12
15 Leicester City 11 2 4 5 14 21 -7 10
16 Everton 11 2 4 5 10 17 -7 10
17 Ipswich Town 11 1 5 5 12 22 -10 8
18 Crystal Palace 11 1 4 6 8 15 -7 7
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 1 3 7 16 27 -11 6
20 Southampton 11 1 1 9 7 21 -14 4

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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