Date :Sunday 20th September,2020
Time: 4:30pm
Stadium Stamford Bridge
Referee Paul Tierney (England)
Goal Scorer:
Team News:
Both teams made winning starts to their 2020-21 campaigns, with Chelsea overcoming Brighton & Hove Albion and Liverpool squeezing past newly-promoted Leeds United in a seven-goal thriller.
Chelsea
There was concern over Werner when he was spotted with an ice pack on his thigh after the game against Brighton, but he played the majority of that match with the problem and has been passed fit for this game against the club he nearly joined instead of Chelsea.
Lampard has confirmed that fellow new signings Ben Chilwell, Hakim Ziyech and Thiago Silva remain unavailable, though.
Mateo Kovacic's red card in last season's FA Cup final ruled him out of the Premier League season opener, but he is now ready to come back into the fold and could take the place of Jorginho, despite his goal against Brighton.
Defenders Reece James and Kurt Zouma were both on the scoresheet too and will hope to have done enough to keep their places, although Cesar Azpilicueta and Antonio Rudiger do provide greater experience having both surprisingly been left out of the starting XI last weekend.
Christian Pulisic was the main dangerman the last time these two sides faced off but he misses out this weekend, while Billy Gilmour is a long-term absentee.
Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Kepa; James, Rudiger, Zouma, Azpilicueta; Kante, Kovacic; Hudson-Odoi, Havertz, Mount; Werner
Chelsea Premier League form: W
Liverpool
Liverpool will no doubt be looking to test Kepa as often as possible, with the world's most expensive keeper having now conceded nine of the past 13 shots on target he has faced in the league, and a league-high 19 from outside the box since joining in 2018.
Former Chelsea man Salah will be licking his lips at those statistics as he aims to extend his latest record; Liverpool have now won the past 35 league games in which Salah has scored, overtaking Wayne Rooney's record.
Thiago will not feature following his arrival having not yet trained with the team, but fellow new signing Kostas Tsimikas is expected to be available again after recovering from coronavirus.
Xherdan Shaqiri is also pushing for a return from his latest injury, but Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is a longer-term absentee.
Fabinho will be pushing for a starting berth in order to provide more protection for a back four which was exposed and at times in disarray against Leeds.
At one end, Virgil van Dijk scored his 10th Premier League goal for Liverpool - more than any other centre-back in the competition since his club debut in January 2018 - but at the other end he made his second error leading directly to a goal in his past four Premier League games, more than he registered in his first 154 appearances.
Liverpool possible starting lineup:
Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Keita; Salah, Firmino, Mane
Liverpool Premier League form: W
Liverpool form (all competitions): LW
Head To Head
These two sides faced each other on four occasions last season, with Liverpool winning both Premier League meetings and the UEFA Super Cup but being knocked out of the FA Cup by Lampard's side.
The corresponding league fixture saw Trent Alexander-Arnold and Roberto Firmino get the goals in a 2-1 Liverpool win almost exactly a year ago to the day, meaning that the Reds have now lost just one of their last six top-flight visits to Stamford Bridge.
Indeed, home and away Liverpool have now won the last three league meetings, and victory on Sunday would see them triumph in four such matches on the bounce for the first time since 2012.
Prediction: Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool
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