Topic: MATCH PREVIEW - Liverpool v Chelsea - 31 January 2024 - 8.15pm, TNT Sports

[TAA66]

Think this one will end 4-0

[RedDeadRejection]

In work for this unfortunately. Hoping when I get to look at my phone, we will be 3-0 up and Caicedo is crying at his reflection in the back of Szoboszlai's beautiful, lacquered bouffant as he drives forward to score a worldie.

[latortuga]

Think this one will end 4-0

Careful, worse Chelsea sides have blown up past title challenges.

In terms of points collected in the last 5 games, Chelsea are 2nd to only Man City.

[Air Jota]

Expecting a difficult game, I believe our last win in the league against them was at the Bridge in 20/21. That aside, excited for every game now, hope we find a way to win one way or another

[RedG13]

Excellent OP Raid.
I expect the strongest possible Lineup, will be interesting to see who 90 minute fit coming back from injury. Excited for this

[1892tillforever]

Careful, worse Chelsea sides have blown up past title challenges.

In terms of points collected in the last 5 games, Chelsea are 2nd to only Man City.

They have beaten Fulham, Palace, and Sheffield United at home and hung on for an away win at Luton. They'd have to be extra levels of shite not to pick up a fair amount of points from these fixtures (though Luton can be a pain in the arse away as we found out.).

That Luton game is their only away win in their last 6 matches, with losses to Saudi, United, Everton, Wolves, and Boro. I guess their squad of Mercs don't travel too well. If we turn up the heat tonight, they'll melt.

[SerbianScouser]

If we press like we did vs Newcastle there'll be only one winner.

[1892tillforever]

Massive couple of games coming up. Abu really only 2 points behind us and their next 4-5 games are 'buys' as far as i remember. Arsenal hanging in there and they will probably be thinking if they lose or possibly even draw with us , they face an uphill battle to overtake both us and abu. They will be throwing everything at us and i just hope we are ready for them from kickoff this time. 
Long way to go obviously but lets hopefully get chelsea out of the way first which is never easy

You would expect the cheats to win their next few comfortably. However, if we could win tonight AND emerge victorious from what's sure to be a tough game on Sunday, their game away to Brentford with Toney back on Monday night might seem less of a gimme. We have to do our stuff in those two games though.

[TipTopKop]

Just get the win, no matter how. No more draws please!

[duvva 💅]

Thanks for the OP Raid

Our record against “top 6” sides hasn’t been as good as it should this season. Hopefully we can start putting that right tonight. Although I know Chelsea aren’t literally top 6 right now.

They’ve shown signs of improvement, but are still inconsistent, so it’s difficult to predict what we’ll face, but their away record definitely gives cause for optimism.

Arsenal away Sunday makes 3 points here vital, but if we come out fast and play anywhere close to our best we should win.

A red hot atmosphere will no doubt help and with Tierney acting as 12th man for them that should be a given.

[latortuga]

They have beaten Fulham, Palace, and Sheffield United at home and hung on for an away win at Luton. They'd have to be extra levels of shite not to pick up a fair amount of points from these fixtures (though Luton can be a pain in the arse away as we found out.).

That Luton game is their only away win in their last 6 matches, with losses to Saudi, United, Everton, Wolves, and Boro. I guess their squad of Mercs don't travel too well. If we turn up the heat tonight, they'll melt.

We have every right to be confident, but there are plenty of home games this season that have shown us we continue to have vulnerabilities - recency bias ensures most fans forget this and only remember Bournemouth 4-0 thrashing. 

We give everyone chances and frequently the 1st goal.  They only need the first goal and a little bit of luck and they could be hanging on for a draw. 

[Crosby Nick]

Careful, worse Chelsea sides have blown up past title challenges.

In terms of points collected in the last 5 games, Chelsea are 2nd to only Man City.

Think they’ve had a run of winnable games haven’t they? But yeah, they’re definitely looking a bit better now than they were in the Autumn. They could be dangerous but I’m hoping we will overpower them. Not winning would put a lot of pressure on the Arsenal game and would be good for the belief to batter a ‘big’ team.

[DelTrotter]

We have every right to be confident, but there are plenty of home games this season that have shown us we continue to have vulnerabilities - recency bias ensures most fans forget this and only remember Bournemouth 4-0 thrashing. 

We give everyone chances and frequently the 1st goal.  They only need the first goal and a little bit of luck and they could be hanging on for a draw.

If your predicitions were accurate we'd get relegated every season on about 11 points!

[meady1981]

Chelsea will definitely turn it on against us

[Zlen]

Chelsea will definitely turn it on against us

I do hope so.
Bring it on I say.
Let them come fighting, we'll be ready.

[Boston Bosox]

CHELSEA PROFILE
Official games: 194
Friendly games: 3
LFC players who have played against Chelsea: 416
Players who have played against Liverpool: 492
Players who have transferred from: 5
Players who have transferred to: 4
Players who have played for both sides: 19

Last 5 official games
Date Result Stadium Competition
13 August 2023 1 - 1 Stamford Bridge Premier League
4 April 2023 0 - 0 Stamford Bridge Premier League
21 January 2023 0 - 0 Anfield Premier League
14 May 2022 0 - 0 Wembley FA Cup Final
27 February 2022 0 - 0 Wembley League Cup Final


All
Games played: 194
Won: 83
Drawn: 46
Lost: 65
Goals scored: 285
Goals against: 263

Home
Games played: 92
Won: 53
Drawn: 23
Lost: 16
Goals scored: 175
Goals against: 99

Away
Games played: 95
Won: 25
Drawn: 23
Lost: 47
Goals scored: 99
Goals against: 155

Neutral
Games played: 7
Won: 5
Drawn: 0
Lost: 2
Goals scored: 11
Goals against: 9

MANAGER PROFILE
MAURICIO POCHETTINO
Teams: Chelsea, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur


All
Games played: 17
Won: 9
Drawn: 5
Lost: 3
Goals scored: 28
Goals against: 19

Home
Games played: 8
Won: 5
Drawn: 2
Lost: 1
Goals scored: 14
Goals against: 9

Away
Games played: 8
Won: 3
Drawn: 3
Lost: 2
Goals scored: 12
Goals against: 10

Neutral
Games played: 1
Won: 1
Drawn: 0
Lost: 0
Goals scored: 2
Goals against: 0


We Have Played Chelsea Twice On This Day In The Past , Both ending in draws


1931 – We drew 2-2 at Chelsea, with Gordon Gunson and Gordon Hodgson scoring. Future reds wartime guest George Mills bagged the first of his four goals against us, with Jackie Crawford also on target for the Blues.

2017 – Centre-half Dejan Lovren reached a century of reds games as we were held to a 1-1 draw at Anfield by Chelsea, with Simon Mignolet saving a Diego Costa penalty. David Luiz gave the visitors the lead with an opportunistic free-kick, with Gini Wijnaldum heading in after the break.

[Knight]

This is such a tricky run for us. Games agains the traditional top 6 including our 2nd hardest away game of the season, without Salah and City have some very winnable games. If we can come out of it with 6 points it’d be absolutely massive.

[slaphead]

Huge game tonight. Forget Sunday. Arsenal putting the pressure on last night, City could rack up a cricket score tonight. Win here, any win, is massive. Anfield will be rocking. Few players back for us and a few bang in form. Let's get the job done then 16 more to go. Come on lads

[Indomitable_Carp]

Great OP by the way. I'm in the mood....

[plura]

Chelsea will definitely turn it on against us

And I hope that will increase our fighting spirits, and beyond that also open up their defensive areas even more for our attacks. 

[Yorkykopite]

Thanks Raid. I feel confident you'll have another famous victory to add to the list.

[Draex]

Colwill is out, doesn't want to lose against his new side.

[Caligula?]

I don't think this will be as easy as some think it'll be. When's the last time we beat these very convincingly? They could be bottom of the table and relegated and they'll still give us a game. They always do.

I think it'll be a hard-fought 1-0 or 2-1 win for us.

[The Test]

Huge game tonight. Forget Sunday. Arsenal putting the pressure on last night, City could rack up a cricket score tonight. Win here, any win, is massive. Anfield will be rocking. Few players back for us and a few bang in form. Let's get the job done then 16 more to go. Come on lads

on the flip side after these 2 huge aways our run in is decent. City at home, Man U and Ev away you'd hope / assume we'd manage professionally. And Villa away may be too late to make a difference.

[Crosby Nick]

Saw somewhere that they’re trying to rush Jackson back for this. He only got knocked out on Monday I think.

[Draex]

Saw somewhere that they’re trying to rush Jackson back for this. He only got knocked out on Monday I think.

I'm sorry Miss Jackson.. Are you for real?

[smicer07]

Saw somewhere that they’re trying to rush Jackson back for this. He only got knocked out on Monday I think.

Hope he plays, he's woeful.

[kaesarsosei]

For once I have an exact team in my head for this despite us having more options than for a few weeks. TAA I would put straight back in but I would stick with Gomez at LB since Robbo will be very rusty having been out for longer. Going forward there is an argument Gomez would be a better option at LB considering what we are doing with TAA but thats a discussion for another day.

                   Alisson

TAA     Konate        VVD    Gomez

    Szoboslai  MacAllister  Jones

      Jota        Nunez        Diaz

Really hope this MF is available as I think its our best setup. Front 3 are listed like that but to be honest they could play in any position.

[Cusamano]

At least they dont have Hazard who decided to be reincarnated as Messi every-time he played us

[Samie]

I hate playing these bastards and the fact we play them twice within a month pisses me off. They will turn up somehow and I hope we're on it for the full match.

[StL-Dono]

Echoing what many have already said but I too hate playing this bunch.  Always raise their game and play up to their salaries and payroll. 

Being at Anfield is huge though.  2-1 for the Reds. 

[SamLad]

Think this one will end 4-0

jeez, more OTT score predictions.

we all HOPE it will be a blowout.  given the fact that there's been barely a single goal scored in these games over the pat 5 years .... why do you say that?

[Tony19:6]

Despite where they are in the PL, this will be tricky, they will hit some proper form sometime soon...

Paul 'Effing' Tierney, Cole Porter Palmer (the 2nd most Manc looking Manc ever, just behind Foden) Raheem Sterling  not to mention 7 consecutive draws (in 90 mins)...

Just win please....

[SamLad]

Darwin's gonna give Thiago Silva a nervous breakdown. 

[Cafe De Paris]

You would think this should be fairly easy. They are on 31 points and have looked terrible at times. But you know they will all be up for it. So now it is more like playing one of the top 4. If we take our chances we will will win. I’m hoping they can’t compete with us like Newcastle home game. 4-2 Liverpool.

[alonsoisared]

Nice OP! Those Meireles and Johnson goals were brilliant moments. It felt like we had years of failures at Stamford Bridge and then we couldn't stop beating them.

It's a huge game tonight isn't it? Win and it's another marker laid down, drop points and we'll get a lot of talk about Klopp leaving being a distraction etc. Big chance to nip that straight in the bud and show everyone we mean business. Performances have been great since the United game, keep those levels and we'll win. I reckon 2 nil Liverpool.

[Yorkykopite]

Darwin's gonna give Thiago Silva a nervous breakdown. 

I'm also thinking that this could be a serious mis-match. Thiago five years ago might have stood a very good chance. But Darwin is precisely the sort of player he wouldn't fancy facing today.

[jillcwhomever]

The wind is crazy at the moment, anyone know if this is due to continue tonight? It could certainly play a part if it's as bad as it is now.

[Passmaster Molby]

The wind is crazy at the moment, anyone know if this is due to continue tonight? It could certainly play a part if it's as bad as it is now.

It should die down by 8pm tonight. Rain with a moderate breeze according to BBC.

[slaphead]

jeez, more OTT score predictions.

we all HOPE it will be a blowout.  given the fact that there's been barely a single goal scored in these games over the pat 5 years .... why do you say that?

It's because of a City in Australia
I'll take a scrappy 1-0 all day long