Liverpool vs Chelsea

Liverpool will welcome Chelsea at the Anfield for what is will be a crucial round of 21 tie for both sides, on Saturday afternoon. These two have been the two biggest underperformers in the Premier League this season and the misery could be accelerated for one of them even further this weekend. They head into the fixture as ninth and 10^th in the league standings, which is worrying given that we are in January. Combined, they have lost 13 games in the league so far and both will be desperate to avoid another setback in this clash.

Liverpool vs Chelsea head to head

Both sides have met in 82 encounters since 1993 with Chelsea winning 31 times, while Liverpool have won 30 matches and there have been 21 draws.

• Chelsea 5-6 Liverpool (AP)
• Chelsea 10-11 Liverpool (AP)
• Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool
• Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea
• Liverpool 0-1 Chelsea

Home

• Wolves 0-1 Liverpool
• Brighton 3-0 Liverpool
• Liverpool 2-2 Wolves
• Brentford 3-1 Liverpool
• Liverpool 2-1 Leicester

Away

• Chelsea 1-0 Crystal Palace
• Fulham 2-1 Chelsea
• Man City 4-0 Chelsea
• Chelsea 0-1 Man City
• Nottingham 1-1 Chelsea

Liverpool team news

Liverpool will be without Luis Diaz, Arthur Melo, Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino, Virgil Van Dijk and Darwin Nunez due to injuries, while Kostas Tsimikas is a doubt.

Chelsea team news

Chelsea will be without N'Golo Kante, Ben Chillwell, Armando Broja, Wesley Fofana, Reece James, Edouard Mendy, Raheem Sterling, Christian Pulisic and Denis Zakaria due to injuries, while Joao Felix is suspended.

Prediction and odds

• Liverpool win
• BTTS: No
• Goals under 2.5