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Chelsea vs Liverpool

Overview

	Match Day 26
Kick-off:	Sunday, 6th of Feb 2011 at 4.00pm GMT (11am East Coast, 3am Sydney)
Location:	Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London
Referee:	Andre Marriner (16 matches, 2 red cards)
Assistant referees:	Scott Ledger & Adam Watts
Fourth official:	Kevin Friend
Previous Fixture:	Liverpool won 2-0 at Anfield with Fernando Torres scoring two goals. The match marked the beginning of a form slump for the title holders. Soccernet Match Report
Television:	Live on Sky Sports 1 (UK), Fox Sports (Aus) and Fox Soccer Channel (USA)
Websites:	Liverpool Latest News, Chelsea Latest News

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Match News

• Critical match for both teams, with Chelsea looking to get their title bid back on track after a recent slump in results. The blues spent more than 70 million pounds in the transfer window to re-enforce their starting lineup both at the front and at the back.
• Liverpool have seen a recent revival under new manager Kenny Dalglish and have also spent bid in the January transfer window in a bid to secure a place in Europe next year. The top 4 is still not out of sight for Liverpool, but they will need to pick up more points on the road.
• Fernando Torres is set to make his debut for Chelsea against his former club after a 50M pound move from Anfield
• Ancelotti is likely to slot Torres up front in a 3-man front line alongside Drogba and Anelka.
• Both Chelsea and Liverpool have taken maximum points from their last three Premier League games
• New Liverpool signing Luis Suarez is set to make his starting debut after coming on in the 70th minute against Stoke mid-week and scoring the second goal.
• Suarez scored 81 goals in 110 games for Ajax, and is looking to make his mark in his first full EPL game
• Raul Meireles is looking to continue his recent good form, with 3 goals in his last 4 EPL outings. The former Porto player has re-found his old form under new manager Kenny Dalglish, who has played him in a more advanced midfield role where he has the freedom to create opportunities.
• Pepe Reina is coming into the game having not conceded a goal in 308 minutes of play (since they played Everton at Anfield on the 16th of January). Three straight clean-sheets for the Spanish keeper.
• Jamie Caragher is expected to return to the starting lineup after sitting out the mid-week Stoke match on the bench. He return from a shoulder injury that kept him out for 6 weeks.
• New Chelsea signing David Luiz is set to make his debut for his new club after a protracted January transfer from Portugese club Benfica. Luiz is expected to line up along-side club captain John Terry in the center of defense, while Branislav Ivanovic is expected to take back his newly preferred position of right-back, possibly relegating Jose Bosingwa back to the substitutes bench.

Match Trivia

• Liverpool have not scored a goal in 5 of their last 6 visits to Stamford Bridge.
• In the 2008 fixture, Liverpool beat Chelsea 1-0 with Alonso scoring the only goal of the match early on. The Liverpool win ended Chelsea's 86-game winning streak at the Bridge. Match Report from 2008
• The sides have met 27 times since 2004, with Chelsea winning 12 times while Liverpool have won 8.
• Chelsea have won all four games at Stamford Bridge this year without conceding a single goal
• Didier Drogba has scored five goals in his last eight matches against Liverpool in all competitions.
• Over the last five games since Kenny Dalglish has taken over at Liverpool they have taken 10 points. Only Manchester United are in better form in the past 5 games
• Fernando Torres scored seven goals in eight games for Liverpool against Chelsea.

Pre-Match Press Quotes

We are more important than any player they have got. We'll play against whoever they put on the pitch. I would expect they would relish the battle against him [Torres] but they have competed brilliantly against everyone since I have come in

-- Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool Manager

Media

Site	Links
Soccernet	Gamecast
Guardian	Gamecast
Sky Sports(UK)	Preview

Live Streams

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Match Odds

The price on Liverpool has been shifting a lot while Chelsea have shortened. A lot of money on Torres to score at $2.20

Agency	Chelsea	Draw	Liverpool
SportingBet	1.53	3.70	5.75
William Hill	1.57	3.75	6.00
Bet365	1.57	4.00	6.00
Betfair	1.64	4.30	6.00

Bets: 2-2 is $19, while Chelsea to lead at half time and Liverpool to win is paying $41

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Man Utd	25	15	9	1	55	24	31	54
2	Arsenal	25	15	5	5	54	27	27	50
3	Man City	26	14	7	5	42	22	20	49
4	Chelsea	24	13	5	6	46	21	25	44
5	Tottenham	25	12	8	5	35	27	8	44
6	Sunderland	26	9	10	7	32	31	1	37
7	Liverpool	25	10	5	10	33	31	2	35
8	Bolton	26	8	9	9	36	37	-1	33
9	Stoke	25	10	3	12	31	32	-1	33
10	Newcastle	25	8	7	10	40	38	2	31

Stats

	Chelsea		Liverpool
Top Scorers	Florent Malouda	9	Fernando Torres
	Didier Drogba	9	Steven Gerrard
	Salomon Kalou	7	Dirk Kuyt
	Nicolas Anelka	6	Maxi Rodríguez
Assists	Didier Drogba	8	Steven Gerrard
Yellows	Branislav Ivanovic	7	Fernando Torres
Reds	Michael Essien	1	Lucas
Last 5 (home/away)	W-D-W-D-L		W-L-L-L-L
Last 5	W-W-W-L-D		W-W-W-D-L
Avg. Scored1		2.2
Avg. Conceeded1		0.6

*1. Average at home for home team, away for away team *

Last 5 Results

Chelsea	Result	Liverpool	Result
Sunderland (A)	4-2	Stoke (H)	2-0
Bolton (A)	4-0	Fulham (H)	1-0
Blackburn (H))	2-0	Wolves (A)	3-0
Wolves (A)	0-1	Everton (H)	2-2
Aston Villa (H)	3-3	Blackpool (A)	1-2

Lineups

Chelsea

Manager:
Formation:
Unavailable:
In doubt:

Possible Starting (unconfirmed)

No.	Player	Pos
1	Petr Cech	GK
17	José Bosingwa	RB
2	Branislav Ivanovic	CB
26	John Terry	CB
3	Ashley Cole	LB
5	Michael Essien	CM
12	Jon Obi Mikel	CM
8	Frank Lampard	CM
39	Nicolas Anelka	RW
9	Fernando Torres	ST
11	Didier Drogba	LW

Subs

No.	Player	Pos
22	Ross Turnbull	GK
4	David Luiz	CB
15	Florent Malouda	F
19	Paulo Ferreira	D
21	Solomon Kalou	F
51	Josh McEchran	M
43	Sala

Liverpool

Manager:
Formation:
Unavailable:
In doubt:

Starting (Confirmed - LFC)

No.	Player	Pos
25	Reina	GK
23	Jamie Carragher	CB
34	Skrtel	CB
5	Agger	CB
34	Kelly	RWB
2	Johnson	LWB
21	Lucas	CM
8	Gerrard	CM
17	Maxi Rodríguez	LM
4	Meireles	CAM
18	Kuyt	ST

Live Updates

Min	Action
0'	KICK OFF
33'	FUCK!! MAXI!!
45'	HALF TIME - Awesome Game. Torres had one chance, runs onto a ball from Drogba that was cut across goal. Brilliant last second block from Carragher. And then there was Maxi. Maxi, maxi maxi. No doubt that video will be all over reddit within an hour.
45'	SECOND HALF
65'	SUBSTITUTION CHELSEA Solomon Kalou (9M pounds) has come on for Fernando Torres (50M pounds)
68'	RAUL MEIRELES!!!! LIVERPOOOOOL!
90'	FULL TIME what a game, what a weekend!

(Apologies for not keeping up a running game log. I got a bit carried away watching the game. Almost had a heart attack)

Match Overview

Chelsea	0	Liverpool	1
		Meireles	68'
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Match Stats

Chelsea		Liverpool
0(0)	Shots (on Goal)	0(0)
0	Fouls	0
0	Corner Kicks	0
0	Offsides	0
0%	Possession	0%
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Saves	0

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