Possible nail-biting contest in Liverpool - Chelsea game

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (54074 seats)

Chelsea have travelled here for an absorbing duel against the home team Liverpool. Get ready for the match with this thorough Premier League preview!

Liverpool and Chelsea should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Liverpool form and stats

The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Anfield, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Liverpool last season were 10 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from 19 games.

Liverpool are confident in defense, having played 435 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The Liverpool supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Burnley in Premier League and win 2-0. Defender Trent Alexander-Arnold got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.81/10. Alexander-Arnold served one assist, hit seven key passes and won 4 of 11 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Norwich City.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Liverpool have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost zero.

At Anfield, Liverpool has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Chelsea form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 10 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

218 minutes! That's how long the Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's the second away game in a row for Chelsea, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Arsenal (placed 19th) in the Premier League last time out. Reece James got a match rating of 8.9 in that game, top player of the team. James scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 55 total).

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Crystal Palace.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Chelsea playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Chelsea win, three draws and zero defeats.

It's early days yet, but Chelsea has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Liverpool won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Chelsea have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolD. Teixeira da Silva
D. Teixeira da Silva
2 goals
LiverpoolR. Firmino
R. Firmino
1 goals
LiverpoolS. Mané
S. Mané
1 goals

Liverpool missing players

Chelsea missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Liverpool Chelsea
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 2 0 Scored S 0 2 5
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
9.5 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 6.5
3.5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9 5.5
0.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
23 27 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 22 17.5
8.5 9 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5.5
29% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 45%
Liverpool Last season Chelsea
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
20 10   Won W   10 19
9 3   Drew D   4 10
9 6   Lost L   5 9
68 29   Scored S   27 58
42 20   Conceded C   18 36
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 84%
79% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 68%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 45%
29% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 26%
13% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 13%
53% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 42%
32% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 47%
21% 32%   Failed to Score F T   21% 26%
 
6.8 7.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 5.9
3.2 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.2
1.1 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.3
0 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
16 16.8   Shots (avg) S (   14.7 14.5
5.6 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.4
32% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chelsea 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 Liverpool 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 6
3 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Tottenham Hotspur 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Manchester United 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
6 Everton 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
7 Brentford 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
8 Manchester City 2 1 0 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 3
9 West Ham United 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
10 Aston Villa 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
11 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Watford 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
13 Southampton 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
14 Crystal Palace 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
15 Leeds United 2 0 1 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 1
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
17 Burnley 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
18 Newcastle United 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
19 Arsenal 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
20 Norwich City 2 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chelsea 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 Liverpool 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 6
3 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Tottenham Hotspur 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Manchester United 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
6 Everton 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
7 Brentford 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
8 Manchester City 2 1 0 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 3
9 West Ham United 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
10 Aston Villa 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
11 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Watford 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
13 Southampton 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
14 Crystal Palace 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
15 Leeds United 2 0 1 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 1
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
17 Burnley 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
18 Newcastle United 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
19 Arsenal 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
20 Norwich City 2 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 0

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