Newcomer “Chelsea” Mykhailo Mudrik can debut in the Premier League in the game with “reds”.
On Saturday, January 21, within the framework of the 21st round of the Premier League, the giants of English football “Liverpool” and “Chelsea” will meet.
The match will be held at the Anfield Stadium. The main referee of the meeting was appointed Michael Oliver.
Both clubs are traditionally neighbors in the EPL standings. However, if earlier fans were used to seeing these clubs as neighbors in the top 4, now both “Liverpool” and “Chelsea” are experiencing difficulties and occupy the eighth and ninth places in the EPL tournament. Both teams have 28 points on the eve of the face-to-face meeting.
From the last five matches, “Liverpool” won only two, lost two more and drew once. “Chelsea”, in turn, was able to win only once out of the last five matches, losing three times and the “blues” drew once.
It is noteworthy that “Liverpool” and “Chelsea” played a draw in the framework of the last 4 face-to-face meetings, another game ended in the triumph of the “blues”.
- Cup of England. “Chelsea” – “Liverpool” – 0:0 (5:6 penalties)
- League Cup. “Chelsea” – “Liverpool” – 0:0 (10:11 Pen.)
- APL “Chelsea” – “Liverpool” – 2:2
- APL “Liverpool” – “Chelsea” – 1:1
- APL “Liverpool” – “Chelsea” – 0:1
It will be recalled that “Chelsea” blew up the sports Internet space with the transfer of the midfielder of the Ukrainian national team Mykhailo Mudryk, who moved to the London club from “Shakhtar” for 100 million euros.
The Ukrainian is expected to make his debut for the Blues in the game against Liverpool.
Liverpool – Chelsea: prediction
In the duel between “Liverpool” and “Chelsea”, bookmakers prefer the “reds”. The coefficient for the victory of Jurgen Klopp’s team in this match is 1.92, for a draw – 3.75, and the victory of the “blues” is estimated at the coefficient – 4.00.
At the same time, analysts consider a draw with a score of 1:1 to be the most likely exact result of the match. The coefficient for this result is 7.40.
According to the bookmakers, it is worth expecting that both teams will entertain the fans with scored goals. The result “both will score – yes” can be bet with a coefficient of 1.67, while the result “both will score – no” has a coefficient of 2.21.
Bookmakers also believe that more than two goals will be scored in the match between “Liverpool” and “Chelsea”. Yes, you can bet on “total over 2.5” with a coefficient of 1.76.
Liverpool – Chelsea: broadcast
On the territory of Ukraine, the live broadcast of the match “Liverpool” – “Chelsea” will be available on January 21 on the Setanta Sports channel.
The meeting starts at 14:30 Kyiv time.
Let’s add that the leader in the league standings of the Premier League this season is the London “Arsenal”, whose colors are defended by the Ukrainian Oleksandr Zinchenko. The Gunners have 47 points.
