21st January 2023 – 13:30, Anfield, Liverpool
Liverpool and Chelsea will open the Premier League 21st-round action with Saturday’s afternoon clash. Neither team can be satisfied with its performances this season, and they will try to return to the continental race.
Liverpool Preview & Team News
Liverpool will be hoping for a repeat of their last result following a 1-0 FA Cup victory versus Wolverhampton Wanderers. However, the Reds have tied two defeats in the English top flight and dropped to 9th place. At least three goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last six meetings in which Liverpool has participated. Opposing sides scored ten times in these games, whereas Liverpool bagged a total of 9. We will have to find out if that trend can be sustained in this game. Going into this encounter, Liverpool is unbeaten in their previous two home league matches. Nevertheless, the hosts need to stabilize their form to return to the top-four battle.
Chelsea Preview & Team News
Chelsea will come into the match following a 1-0 Premier League win as they beat Crystal Palace in their previous outing. The Blues celebrated for the first time after three winless Premier League games, staying in 10th place. During their six most recent matches, Graham Potter’s Chelsea has found the net five times – earning them the goals scored per game average of 0.83. However, Chelsea managed to remain undefeated away from home just twice on the previous seven occasions in all competitions. Chelsea manager Graham Potter has multiple availability issues to deal with. Christian Pulisic (Knee Problems), Raheem Sterling (Hamstring Injury), Edouard Mendy (Shoulder Injury), Ben Chilwell (Hamstring Injury), Reece James (Knee Injury), Wesley Fofana (Knee Injury), Denis Zakaria (Hamstring Injury), N’Golo Kanté (Hamstring Injury) and Armando Broja (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) miss out here. João Félix is ineligible for this match because of suspension.
Full-Time Winner Odds & Prediction
Both teams have been very inconsistent recently, and this game could go either way. However, Chelsea has been struggling a lot away from home lately, and we think Liverpool can take advantage of that to pick up valuable three points.
Goals Market Prediction
The crowd didn’t see many goals in their recent head-to-head encounters, and this one should follow the same trend. Therefore, we don’t expect to see more than two goals in total at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.
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