Approaching the top sides is at stake when these mid-table sides battle it out. Both are aiming to strenghten their league table standing, Chelsea in 11th and Liverpool in 8th spot.
- Liverpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Chelsea form and stats
6 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Chelsea have to build on here at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.
Chelsea's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Aston Villa (placed 9th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through three league fixtures. James was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.51 out of 10. The defender James hit two key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Everton that ended 2-2.Low on goals? In this team's last 16 league games, 13 have contained two goals or less.
Chelsea are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Wolverhampton Wanderers awaits in four days.
Chelsea are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 14 games. Chelsea have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Liverpool form and stats
Liverpool have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-3-8 (14 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Liverpool are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Liverpool, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Manchester City (placed 2nd). The attacker Salah got a match rating of 7.31 in that game. Salah scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A defeat, in the Champions League away at Real Madrid, before that. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Liverpool in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Liverpool, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Stats flash: 9 of the last 10 league games featuring this club have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
Liverpool's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Chelsea have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (1-5-0) when facing Liverpool.The latest head to head match ended Liverpool - Chelsea 0-0, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Salah Ghaly 12 goals |  R. Firmino 8 goals |  D. Núñez Ribeiro 8 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Liverpool missing players
| Chelsea | Liverpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 29 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 48 |
| 30 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | 33 |
| 89% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 89% |
| 64% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 71% | 74% |
| 39% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 64% | 59% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 36% | 33% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 43% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 48% |
| 32% | 36% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 21% | 37% |
| 36% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 43% | 26% |
| 5.9 | 6.8 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.9 | 13.7 | 19.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.4 | 13.6 | 16 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
| 25% | 28% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 20% | 31% |
| 11.2 | 10.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 11.4 | 9.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5 | 4.1 |
- Liverpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 70 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 43 | 72 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 45 | 64 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 50 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 52 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 49 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 47 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 43 |
| 7 | Brentford | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 43 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 42 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 41 |
| 10 | Fulham | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 38 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 30 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 28 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 32 | -27 | 27 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 38 | -28 | 27 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -12 | 26 |
| 17 | Everton | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -18 | 26 |
| 18 | Leicester City | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 39 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -10 | 25 |
| 19 | West Ham United | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 24 |
| 20 | Southampton | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -23 | 23 |
