Liverpool vs Chelsea | EPL | Live stream
FIFA Club World Cup holders Chelsea entertain defending champions Liverpool in the English Premier League.
The match at Stamford Bridge in London, United Kingdom, kicks off at 5:30pm.
Liverpool is coming off back-to-back defeats under Slot for just the second time since he arrived in the summer of 2024.
Slot said he saw opponents start to work out Liverpool’s style of play under him in the second half of last season – when the team was already well on its way to winning the Premier League title – and that it has continued into this campaign.
Liverpool is also trying to gel after a $570m spending spree on new players in the summer transfer window, with the likes of Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak adjusting to life at their new club.
Slot suggested Liverpool will start turning to being more efficient at set pieces – an approach he called the “new reality” in the Premier League – to break down opponents.
Red cards have plagued Chelsea on the other hand, with goalkeeper Robert Sanchez dismissed five minutes into the 2-1 defeat at Manchester United and Trevoh Chalobah being sent off in last weekend’s 3-1 loss to visiting Brighton & Hove Albion.
“Most of the games we didn’t get the points were because of the red cards. Also, the injury situation, we have eight players out. It’s a mixed combination, but we don’t have any doubt that slowly we will be again where we need to be,” Maresca said.
Liverpool’s back-to-back losses over the last week have shown that they are vulnerable, but that will not make this weekend’s Premier League clash with the champions any easier for Chelsea, the London-based club’s manager Enzo Maresca said on Friday.
Leaders Liverpool started the league campaign with five straight wins but lost at Crystal Palace last Saturday, before a defeat away to Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Chelsea, who have lost their last two games in the top-flight and sit eighth in the table, seven points adrift of Liverpool, will look to build on the momentum from Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League win over Benfica at Stamford Bridge.
Formations:
Enzo Maresca and Arne Slot go in with matching 4-2-3-1 systems.
Alexander Isak leads the line for the Reds, while Joao Pedro does the same for the Blues.
Team news in full:
🚨OFFICIAL: Chelsea XI to face Liverpool: Sanchez, Gusto, Acheampong, Badiashile, Cucurella, James (c), Caicedo, Pedro Neto, Fernandez, Garnacho, Joao Pedro.
Bench: Jorgensen, Slonina, Hato, Emenalo, Lavia, Buonanotte, Gittens, Estevao Willian, Guiu.
Liverpool XI to face Chelsea: Mamardashvili, Bradley, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Salah, Isak, Gakpo.
Bench: Woodman, Gomez, Robertson, Frimpong, Endo, Jones, Wirtz, Chiesa, Ekitike #CFC #CHELIV
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