The battle for the title continues on Sunday, 14th April, when Liverpool will host Chelsea, and the Geeks could not be more excited. Liverpool is in the lead by 2 points with one game more played compared with their main combatant Manchester City. City will play their 33rd game on Sunday against Crystal Palace, a game City should win. Meaning, Liverpool probably needs to win against Chelsea to avoid getting behind City by 4 points.
Chelsea on the other hand come from a win against West Ham earlier this week. Sarri have been questioned several times during the season and he probably needs a win on Sunday to avoid tabloids of failure and missing the chance of top-4 position.
Liverpool:
In Liverpool´s last Premier League game they came behind against Southampton but managed to turn it around to a 3-1 victory. The hero was Mohamed Salah who scored the 2-1 goal in the 80th minute. This was Salah´s first goal since 9th February (18th goal of the season). Maurizio Sarri and his team needs to keep an eye on Salah on Sunday now when he´s finally finding the net again. Liverpool also took a comfortable win in this week´s Champions League against Porto, winning 2-0. Liverpool won’t have an easy game on Sunday, 2012 was the last time Liverpool won against Chelsea at Anfield. Something the Reds want to change for sure.
Chelsea:
Chelsea played West Ham on Monday evening, wining 2-0. On Thursday the Blues are going to Czech Republic to face Slavia Prague in the first quarterfinal of Europa League. With 3 games in one week Sarri hopes to rotate the squad to muster a strong team on Sunday against Liverpool. Chelsea got a strong record against Liverpool at Anfield. Chelsea hasn’t lost to Liverpool in the past 5 games played at Anfield.
Head-to-head
Last five games (Liverpool 0, Draw 3, Chelsea 2):
31 Jan 2017 Liverpool v Chelsea 1-1 Premier League
25 Nov 2017 Liverpool v Chelsea 1-1 Premier League
6 May 2018 Chelsea v Liverpool 1-0 Premier League
26 Sep 2018 Liverpool v Chelsea 1-2 League Cup
29 Sep 2018 Chelsea v Liverpool 1-1 Premier League
Last five games at Anfield (Liverpool 0, Draw 4, Chelsea 1):
20 Jan 2015 Liverpool v Chelsea 1-1 League Cup
11 May 2016 Liverpool v Chelsea 1-1 Premier League
31 Jan 2017 Liverpool v Chelsea 1-1 Premier League
25 Nov 2017 Liverpool v Chelsea 1-1 Premier League
26 Sep 2018 Liverpool v Chelsea 1-2 League Cup
Our Tip
Even though previous records are telling us that we probably will be looking at a draw on Sunday, we believe that Klopp and his team will be the strongest one. Salah ended his goalless streak and will definitely be a threat! Our bet is a home victory.
