Chelsea and Liverpool will play on Sunday the 2nd of January at 4:30 pm in the 21st week of the Premier League. The match will be played in London at the Stamford Bridge. The encounter will be officiated by Anthony Taylor.
Chelsea is in the 2nd position in the league with 42 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 12 times, draw 6 times, and lost twice.
Liverpool occupies the 3rd position in the league with 41 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Leicester City in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 12 times, draw 5 times, and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 80.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (16 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Liverpool with the following players: E. Mendy, C. Azpilicueta Tanco, A. Rüdiger, T. Chalobah, M. Alonso Mendoza, N. Kanté, J. Frello Filho, K. Havertz, C. Hudson-Odoi, M. Mount and R. Lukaku Menama.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Chelsea would be 27.82.
Thomas Tuchel will probably not be able to employ A. Christensen, T. da Silva, R. Loftus-Cheek and T. Werner because of injury.
B. Chilwell and R. James will definitely miss the match.
Liverpool
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (19 times).
Jürgen Klopp is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: A. Becker, K. Tsimikas, V. van Dijk, J. Job Matip, T. Alexander-Arnold, N. Keïta, J. Henderson, R. Firmino, S. Mané, M. Salah Ghaly and D. Teixeira da Silva.
If the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Liverpool would be 28.91.
Jürgen Klopp will probably not be able to employ N. Phillips, T. Alcântara do Nascimento, H. Elliot, T. Minamino and D. Okoth Origi because of injury.
A. San Miguel del Castillo will definitely miss the match.
Jürgen Klopp will not be able to have the presence of A. Robertson who is suspended.