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Liverpool vs Chelsea Prediction & Betting tips
The top game between Liverpool and Chelsea is scheduled at Anfield on Thursday evening. It will be a duel between the German managers Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel. Chelsea have one point more than Liverpool and would like to keep that lead intact in view of Champions League qualification.
Liverpool:
Liverpool must really achieve a good result on Thursday evening when Chelsea is a guest at Anfield. In recent weeks, Klopp’s team has dropped the necessary points and Champions League qualification is no longer a certainty. In fact, Liverpool are in a disappointing sixth place in the Premier League. The current national champion currently has one point less than Chelsea, which is in fifth place and also has a slightly better goal difference. In comparison: Liverpool took 33 (!) Points more than Chelsea last season.
After four defeats in a row in the Premier League, Liverpool managed to grab another three points on Sunday evening. At Bramall Lane, Liverpool managed to win 0-2 against Sheffield United. Partly because of all the injuries at The Reds, Georginio Wijnaldum was the captain at Liverpool. The Dutch midfielder saw in the second half how a ball from Curtis Jones and a shot by Roberto Firmino changed direction, scored the goals in Sheffield. Alisson Becker was missing from Bramall Lane due to private circumstances (his father passed away last week). At Liverpool they hope that the Brazilian will be back against Chelsea. However, there are still plenty of absentees at Liverpool on Thursday evening. With a victory over Chelsea, Liverpool will take over fourth place from West Ham United on Thursday evening and move Chelsea to sixth place.
Chelsea:
The duel with Liverpool is also extremely important for Chelsea. Just like Liverpool, Chelsea can also take fourth place on Thursday evening. For Chelsea, even a draw at Anfield is enough to level with West Ham United, which has less goal difference than Tuchel’s side. At Chelsea, however, they also realize that Liverpool has been out of shape in recent weeks and that a three-point at Anfield is not impossible. However, for Chelsea’s last league victory at Liverpool, we have to go back to November 2014: Chelsea then won 1-2 at Anfield by hits from Gary Cahill and Diego Costa.
Chelsea has been in much better shape than Liverpool in recent weeks. The Blues are unbeaten even under Tuchel. Chelsea lost a match for the last time on January 19. After that, Chelsea played ten more games and seven of those games were won by the West Londoners. Chelsea did not manage to book a victory in the home game with Manchester United last weekend: 0-0. Callum Hudson-Odoi was injured during that match, but the attacker seems fit in time for the duel with Liverpool. Timo Werner started on the bench at Chelsea last weekend and will start in the starting line-up against Liverpool. Hakim Ziyech therefore disappears back to the bank. Tuchel still does not have access to Thiago Silva at Anfield, who has already resumed training.
Liverpool vs Chelsea head to head matches
20.09.20 PL Chelsea Liverpool 0 : 2
22.07.20 PL Liverpool Chelsea 5 : 3
03.03.20 FAC Chelsea Liverpool 2 : 0
22.09.19 PL Chelsea Liverpool 1 : 2
14.08.19 SC Liverpool Chelsea 3 : 2 (1 : 1)
* Our advice is: Both teams to score / YES
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.69
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