📊 Form Guide

Chelsea

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Chelsea will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 1-4 Conference League victory versus Djurgårdens IF.

In that game, Chelsea had 58% possession and 12 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Chelsea, the goalscorers were Jadon Sancho (13'), Noni Madueke (43') and Nicolas Jackson (59', 65'). At the other end, Djurgardens IF got 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Isak Alemayehu (68') scored for Djurgårdens IF.

Enzo Maresca's Chelsea have celebrated scoring 9 times in their past six outings. The tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures amounts to 5.

Looking at their past form shows that Chelsea:

• are winless against Liverpool in their last 7 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 8 league matches at home. A very good run at home.

Liverpool

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Liverpool head into the game following on from a 5-1 Premier League win to beat Tottenham Hotspur in their previous outing.

In that match, Liverpool managed 63% possession and 25 attempts on goal with 8 on target. For Liverpool, the goalscorers were Luis Díaz (16'), Alexis Mac Allister (24'), Cody Gakpo (34') and Mohamed Salah (63'). For their opponents, Tottenham Hotspur had 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Dominic Solanke (12') and Destiny Udogie (69' Own goal) scored for Tottenham Hotspur.

Over the course of their last 6 outings, Liverpool have bagged a total of 12 goals. Liverpool have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, their defenders have had 7 goals scored by their opponents. Such a trend might not be carried forward here, however.

A look at their previous results shows us that Liverpool:

• have not won against Chelsea when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• remain unbeaten by Chelsea when having played them away from home in the previous 6 matches in the league. An impressive run.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 21/01/2023 shows that Chelsea have won 0 of them and Liverpool 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

A sum of 11 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 for The Blues and 8 coming from The Reds. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.83.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 8 on 20/10/2024 and the score finished Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea.

That time, Liverpool had 43% possession and 8 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Mohamed Salah (29') and Curtis Jones (51').

For their opponents, Chelsea had 12 shots on goal with 2 on target. Nicolas Jackson (48') was the scorer.

The referee was John Brooks.

🗞️ Team News: Chelsea

Aarón Anselmino (unknown injury), Marc Guiu (Hamstring injury), Omari Kellyman (surgery), David Datro Fofana (Knee injury) and Wesley Fofana (surgery) are not available for Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca.

We think that The Blues should go for a 4-2-3-1 formation featuring Filip Joergensen, Moises Caicedo, Trevoh Chalobah, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Romeo Lavia, Enzo Fernandez, Pedro Neto, Cole Palmer, Noni Madueke and Nicolas Jackson.

📰 Team News: Liverpool

Out of a mainly full-strength group of players, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Liverpool manager Arne Slot to be concerned about. Tyler Morton (Shoulder injury) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that The Reds will likely make use of a 4-3-3 formation with a starting lineup of Alisson Becker, T. Alexander-Arnold, Jarell Quansah, Virgil van Dijk, K. Tsimikas, Harvey Elliott, Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones, Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Liverpool are likely to find the back of the net against this Chelsea team, although it probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid a loss.

Our selection here is for a very close game with a 2-1 win for Chelsea after 90 minutes. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Peter Guest, 15:01 04/05/2025