Chelsea vs Liverpool 02.01.2022

The battle for the Premier League has taken a dramatic twist over the last couple of weeks and Chelsea have found themself on the wrong end of it. They have only won one of their last 4 league games with the others ending in draws including their midweek fixture that saw them conceding a goal in injury time to draw 1-1 at home to Brighton.

Liverpool aren’t doing any better themselves. They lost away to Leicester last time out and are now going to face a prolonged period without Salah and Mane who are set to jet off for the African Cup of Nations

With Man City making the most of these two teams’ slip-ups to open up a gap at the top, both of them will be under immense pressure to not lose any further ground here. We fancy a closely contested match particularly to start the game and we are backing the two teams to be level at the break here.

Main tip: 1st Half Draw (go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats Chelsea vs Liverpool

Considering their last 10 meetings

• Pretty even. Liverpool have 4 wins, Chelsea 3 and they have drawn 3 times
• These matches scored an average of 2.80 goals per match
• The last time they met they drew 1-1

Latest results Chelsea

• 2 wins and 3 draws in the last 6 matches
• 7 goals scored in the last 5 matches. Average of 1.40 goals per match
• They drew 1-1 with Brighton in their last league match

Latest results Liverpool

• 3 wins, 2 draws and a loss in their last 5 matches
• 11 goals scored in the last 5 matches. Average of 2.20 goals per match
• They lost 1-0 away at Leicester in their last match

EPL Table Standings and Latest Results

Chelsea: rank 2nd – 20 matches – 12 wins – 6 draws – 2 losses – 42 points
Form Guide (most recent first): D-W-W-D-D

Liverpool: rank 3rd – 19 matches – 12 wins – 5 draws – 2 losses – 41 points
Form Guide (most recent first): L-W-D-W-W

Possible squad Chelsea

Chelsea: Mendy; Chalobah, Christensen, Rudiger; James, Kante, Jorginho, Alonso; Mount, Pulisic, Lukaku

Out: Chilwell (Knee)

Coach: Thomas Tuchel

Possible squad Liverpool

Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Konate, Tsimikas; Keita, Henderson, Milner; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jota, Firminho

Out: Robertson (red card), Alcantara (COVID-19), Jones (COVID-19), Van Dijk (COVID-19), Fabinho (COVID-19), Origi (Knee), Phillips (Head) Adrian (Calf), Salah (National Team), Mane (National Team)

Coach: Jürgen Klopp

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Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on 1st Half Draw

1XBet offers competitive odds for the bet “1st Half Draw”
The odd of 2.22 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 45% chance that the match will be level at halftime

Odds for 1st Half Draw

1XBet – odd 2.22
Betway – odd 2.15
Bet9ja – odd 2.13

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2) Bet on Under 3.5 Goals

• Their H2H goal average in their last 10 games is 2.80
• Only 1 of their last 15 matches have had 4 or more goals scored
• There will be a greater emphasis on defence by both teams here

Bet365 offers competitive odds for the bet “Under 3.5 Goals ”
The odd of 1.40 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 71% chance that there will be fewer than 4 total goals scored in this match

Odds comparison for Under 3.5 Goals

Bet365 – odd 1.40
Odibets – odd 1.38
Betway – odd 1.38

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