In this week 21 match on Jan 21st, Liverpool will play host to Chelsea in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Liverpool is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Harvey Elliott scored the first goal for Liverpool in the 13th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wolverhampton Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Liverpool took the shutout win. Liverpool should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Chelsea is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Crystal Palace. Kai Havertz scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 64th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Crystal Palace couldn’t muster any offence and Chelsea ran away with the shutout win. Chelsea looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stamford Bridge, Liverpool was victorious by a score of 0 to 0. Neither Chelsea nor Liverpool could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 7 and 22 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly are the top scorers for Chelsea in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Wout Faes has been the most effective weapon for Liverpool lately. The defender has netted two goals in his last 5 matches
Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool squad will be without Luis Díaz, Roberto Firmino, Virgil van Dijk, Arthur, Diogo Jota and Darwin Nuñez, while Graham Potter’s Chelsea squad will be without Raheem Sterling, Christian Pulišić, N’Golo Kanté, Reece James, Denis Zakaria, João Félix and Edouard Mendy.