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LIVERPOOL continue their title defence against Chelsea in a HUGE Premier League game today.

Like the Reds, Chelsea also got off to a winning start after defeating Brighton 3-1 earlier in the week and both teams will be gunning for three points in this clash which could prove vital towards the end of the season.

  • Kick-off: 4.30pm
  • TV/live stream: Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League
  • Non Sky subscribers can buy a day pass to stream the match for £9.99 on NOW TV
  • Chelsea vs Liverpool latest betting tips

Follow ALL of the latest updates below…

  • MAGIC GINI

    Gini Wijnaldum's future looks as if he is staying at Liverpool for now after new reports say that La Liga have put a stop to the move due to strict guidelines.

    Barcelona would have to put to sell as they have a staggering £510million-a-year wage bill.

  • NOT TOO SHABBY

    After winning just one of their first 16 Premier League visits to Stamford Bridge between 1992-93 and 2007-08 (D4 L11), Liverpool have since won six of their last 12 league games away at Chelsea (D3 L3), including three of five under Jürgen Klopp (D1 L1).

  • HEAD-TO-HEAD

    The two sides have met 186 times with Liverpool winning 81 to Chelsea's 64 with 41 draws.

    Chelsea have lost each of their last three Premier League meetings with Liverpool; only once before have they lost more in a row against the Reds in the competition (four between November 2010 and May 2012).

  • LEAKY DEFENCE

    Since their 2019-20 title win was confirmed in June, Liverpool have conceded 15 goals in their eight Premier League games (W5 D1 L2) – their previous 15 league goals conceded came across a 23-game spell.

  • LIVERPOOL SUBS

    New boys Thiago and Tsimikas start from the bench.

    Adrian, Thiago, Milner, Jones, Minamino, Tsimikas, Origi.

  • BLUES BENCH

    Academy products Callum Hudson-Odoi, Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori all start from the bench tonight.

    Caballero, Azpilicueta, Tomori, Barkley, Hudson-Odoi, Abraham, Giroud.

  • LIVERPOOL STARTING XI

    Joe Gomez misses out with a slight knock alongside Matip, Thiago starts from the bench.

    Klopp sticks with the 4-3-3.

    1 Alisson; 26 Robertson, 4 van Dijk, 3 Fabinho, 66 Alexander-Arnold; 5 Wijnaldum, 14 Henderson (c), 8 Keita; 10 Mane, 9 Firmino, 11 Salah.

  • CHELSEA STARTING XI

    Frank Lampard goes with the 4-3-3, Werner and Havertz start once again.

    1 Kepa; 24 James, 4 Christensen, 15 Zouma, 3 Alonso; 5 Jorginho (c), 7 Kante, 17 Kovacic; 19 Mount, 29 Havertz, 11 Werner.

  • RED HOT

    Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino and Trent Alexander-Arnold scored home and away against Chelsea in last season’s Premier League; the last player to score in three consecutive league matches for Liverpool against the Blues was Ian Rush between December 1989-October 1990.

  • ONE TO WATCH

    Timo Werner had 50 per cent of Chelsea’s shots in his Premier League debut against Brighton on MD1 (5/10), though just one of these was on target.

  • KING MO

    Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah was involved in more shots than any other Premier League player on the opening weekend of the season (13 – 9 shots, 4 chances created), with the Egyptian finding the net with all three of his shots on target against Leeds.

  • READY THIA-GO

    Reigning Premier League champions Liverpool have a tough fixture on their hands, they face big spenders Chelsea after narrowly scraping past newly promoted Leeds United.

    Jürgen Klopp’s men mad it hard for themselves when Leeds came to Anfield, calamity defending from Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold very nearly handed Leeds a point or all three on their Premier League return.

    Big spenders Chelsea got off to a good start with a 3-1 victory away to a resilient Brighton side, Chelsea fans were treated to a glimpse of their two new German superstars Timo Werner and Kai Havertz.

    Chelsea will be without new signings Ben Chilwell, Hakim Ziyech due to injury, both continue their recovery and boss Frank Lampard hopes to have both back fit heading into October.

    As for Liverpool, they could catch a glimpse of their new arrival Thiago who is available to play after being registered on time to feature.

    As for new boys Diogo Jota and Kostas Tsimikas, they both cannot feature after Jota was not registered on time and Tsimikas has been forced to isolate after testing positive for COVID-19.

    Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s injury struggles continue, the midfielder is set to miss tonight’s fixture after picking up a knee injury.

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