Liverpool entertain Chelsea on Wednesday evening in their first league fixture since Jurgen Klopp confirmed he would be leaving the club at the end of the season.
Liverpool sit top of the Premier League and recorded a comfortable 4-0 away win at Bournemouth last time out, with Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota scoring twice.
They also progressed in both the FA Cup and Carabao Cup since then and will meet Wednesday’s opponents in the final of the latter.
Chelsea smashed Middlesbrough 6-1 in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final, easily overturning their one goal deficit.
In their last league match they edged past Fulham 1-0, with Cole Palmer’s penalty on the stroke of half-time the difference.
Premier League form: Liverpool W3 D2 L0; Chelsea W4 D0 L1
Premier League top scorers
Liverpool – Mohamed Salah 14 goals
Chelsea – Cole Palmer 9 goals
Match history
Incredibly the last seven meetings between the two sides have finished level, including a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge earlier in the campaign.
Both league meetings finished 0-0 last season, with the last league win in this fixture back in 2021, when Chelsea won 1-0 at Anfield.
Last five Premier League meetings
Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1 – 13/08/23
Chelsea 0 Liverpool 0 – 04/04/23
Liverpool 0 Chelsea 0 – 21/01/23
Chelsea 2 Liverpool 2 – 02/01/22
Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1 – 28/08/21
Team news
Mohamed Salah remains out for Liverpool following a hamstring injury sustained on international duty with Egypt at the African Cup of Nations.
Trent Alexander-Arnold returned for Liverpool in their FA Cup win over Norwich City and should start here.
Levi Colwill dropped out in the warm-up of Chelsea’s FA Cup draw with Aston Villa, but he’s expected to be okay.
They will be without numerous players once again, although Christopher Nkunku will be assessed.
Expected starting XI’s
Liverpool (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Gomez; Szoboszlai, MacAllister, Jones; Jota, Nunez, Diaz
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Petrovic; Disasi, Silva, Colwill, Chilwell; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Gallagher, Sterling; Palmer
Predictions
Result: Liverpool
Despite the incredible amount of draws in this fixture, a narrow Liverpool win is probable here
Correct Score: 2-1
Can see both teams scoring, with Liverpool edging a three goal affair
Anytime Goalscorer: Diogo Jota
Looks in excellent form and has stepped up in Salah’s absence
