Liverpool vs Chelsea Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st January 2023

Liverpool welcome Chelsea for a clash in the Premier League at Anfield on Saturday.

Chelsea can actually leapfrog Liverpool in the table with a win on Saturday. However, judging by the prices we get from the bookmakers, this seems rather unlikely to happen.

Liverpool are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They claimed a steady 14 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.4 goals per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 13 goals, or an average of 1.3 goals a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Chelsea are currently not the most scoring team in the Premier League, as they only found the back of the net seven times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.7 goals a game in which they conceded 11 times, an average of 1.1 per game. They managed three clean sheets in of these.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Saturday?

Liverpool vs Chelsea Prediction

Liverpool Form

Liverpool delivered a bit of everything as their last three matches added four points to their tally. An encounter with Wolverhampton brought a 2-2 draw, which was followed by a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Brighton. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail, as they beat Wolverhampton by 0-1. Liverpool won four of their last six Premier League matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded seven and scored 11 goals.

Chelsea Form

Chelsea suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by Manchester City in a 4-0 defeat. Fulham also proved too hard to handle as they won 2-1, before Chelsea were able to strike back in a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace. Chelsea claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Premier League. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by eight goals to five.

You could argue a case on behalf of both teams, but form quite simply looks better, and the prices with the bookmakers for a home win are decent. Therefore, Liverpool get the nod here against Chelsea.

Chelsea took three points from their last eight games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won zero, scored five goals and conceded 12. Liverpool are looking at a record of eight wins, four draws and six defeats in the Premier League this season. Chelsea enjoy a record of eight wins, four draws and seven defeats in the Premier League.

Liverpool vs Chelsea Team News

Liverpool could have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of their match at home with Chelsea this coming Saturday.

Virgil van Dijk, James Milner, Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz and Arthur are all absent from the Liverpool squad that faces Chelsea at Anfield.

Chelsea could have up to ten players on the injured and absent players for their match on Saturday atAnfield

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Edouard Mendy, Raheem Sterling, Christian Pulisic, Armando Broja, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ben Chilwell, Reece James, Wesley Fofana and N'Golo Kanté all face a spell on the sidelines for Chelsea due to various injuries.

Liverpool vs Chelsea H2H

It finished all square on when Liverpool last faced Chelsea. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 2-2 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 11/4. Looking back over their last ten encounters serves to emphasize how equally paired the two teams usually are. Visitors Chelsea claimed a win in two of the previous ten matches. Hosting side Liverpool won three of these, as the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 17/20.

Liverpool vs Chelsea Results

Recent meetings between Liverpool and visiting side Chelsea might have been action-packed, but not rich on goals. Backing under 2.5 goals was a winning bet no less than seven times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 6/5 with the bookies.

Liverpool vs Chelsea Betting Tips

Kai Havertz shows decent form right now for Chelsea, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Premier League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Liverpool, who are strong favourites this coming Saturday. Siding with Mohamed Salah also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Premier League matches.

Of their 10 most recent games at Anfield across all tournaments, Liverpool won seven times, drew one and lost two. Chelsea won three of their recent 10 games on their travels, as well as drawing two and losing five. Of the last 10 times Liverpool stepped out in front of their home crowd, "both teams to score" happened seven times. Both teams also scored in four of the last 10 away games for Chelsea.

Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Liverpool managed an average of 1.6 goals, with Chelsea averaging 1.1 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out nine times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Liverpool, who scored an average of 1.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in two of Chelsea's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.5 goals in these matches.