With both sides having started the season with impressive 100% clean sheets, Liverpool will go head to head with Chelsea in an interesting Premier League blockbuster at Anfield on Saturday with kickoff at 19:00.
The two English giants who are among the favorites to be crowned Premier League kings are yet to drop points in the Premier League and will looking to maintain their perfect record this weekend in a mouthwatering fixture that looks evenly matched with both sides bursting with immense talents in their squads.
Both sides opened their new Premier League campaigns with back to back clean sheets with Liverpool opening with a 3-0 win over newly promoted Norwich City before dismissing Burnley 2-0 at Anfield last weekend, whereas Chelsea opened with a 3-0 home victory against Crystal Palace before winning 2-0 at the Emirates last weekend with their main man Lukaku getting on the score sheet.
Both sides are tipped to push and challenge Manchester City to the tittle this season and thus this should be a Saturday”s night cracker at Anfield as the Merseysiders look rejuvenated following the return of Virgil van Dijk who missed most of last season due to injury while the West Londoners are bursting with the re-addition of Romelu Lukaku in their ranks from Inter Milan. Therefore, this will be a great opportunity for both sides to put an early marker in the title race.
The two sides are also in terrific forms as the Reds haven’t lost in any of their last eight home matches and have only lost one of their six matches across all competitions with a three-match winning streak while the Blues haven’t lost in their last seven games with also a three-match winning streak.
Liverpool vs Chelsea head to head
Chelsea hold a slender advantage over Liverpool as they have claimed 31 victories in 78 matches since 1993 while Liverpool have 28 victories and there have been 19 draws. Take a look;
- Liverpool 0-1 Chelsea 04/03/21
- Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool 20/09/20
- Liverpool 5-3 Chelsea 22/07/20
- Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool 03/03/20
- Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool 22/09/19
Home
- Liverpool 2-0 Burnley
- Norwich 0-3 Liverpool
- Liverpool 3-1 Osasuna
- Liverpool 1-1 Bilbao
- Liverpool 3-4 Hertha
Away
- Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea
- Chelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace
- Chelsea 6-5 Villarreal (AP)
- Chelsea 2-2 Tottenham
- Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea
Liverpool team news
Curtis Jones is carrying a knock at the moment and will miss tomorrow’s clash and James Milner is also injured and might be excluded from the squad too. Fabinho missed Liverpool’s last weekend match against Burnley due to the death of his father and it remains to be seen if he will return time for the Chelsea clash, while Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain is expected to come back after the birth of his child.
Chelsea team news
Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Christian Pulisic were reported to have tested positive for Covid-19 and will not be available tomorrow while Hakim Ziyech and N’Golo Kante are expected to start following their successful recoveries.
Prediction and odds
- Double chance
- Both sides to score
- Lukaku and Salah to score
