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Chelsea vs Liverpool: Match Preview and Prediction
Chelsea vs Liverpool: Injuries plague Liverpool heading into the Carabao Cup final. Chelsea’s wins at Villa and Palace before the Manchester City draw boosted their confidence. In Liverpool’s last seven matches across competitions, both teams scored.
Liverpool and Chelsea will compete for the season’s first championship in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Chelsea fans have had a forgettable season as their team hovers around tenth in the Premier League. A Carabao Cup triumph may improve Mauricio Pochettino’s fortunes. After winning the 2015 League Cup, Chelsea lost two more. The timing is ideal for Pochettino and his team.
The best form of the season for the Blues. Despite playing Aston Villa and Manchester City away, they have won two and drawn one of their previous three games in all competitions. Chelsea’s 1-1 draw at Etihad Stadium last weekend showed they can compete with the best in the country.
Liverpool fit this category after a 4-1 midweek win against Luton Town at Anfield. On Wednesday night, Jurgen Klopp, who will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, picked an inexperienced bench. The German manager had major issues with injured players before the final.
The Wembley encounter may be too soon for Alisson Becker, Darwin Nunez, Mohamed Salah, and Dominik Szoboszlai. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Curtis Jones, Thiago Alcantara, and Diogo Jota all missed Sunday.
Chelsea vs Liverpool: Betting Analysis
Less than a month has passed since the Carabao Cup finalists met. On that occasion, Liverpool won the Premier League tie 4-1. Liverpool’s dominant triumph halted a streak of seven draws between these rivals.
Only one of the six H2H encounters had three or more goals.
Liverpool beat Luton 4-1 on Wednesday, but with so many injured players before the Carabao Cup final, their chances are slim. Chelsea have found the right time to improve, beating Villa and Palace on the road before drawing Manchester City 1-1 at Etihad Stadium. We must choose Chelsea to win or draw a double chance at 1.70 due to Liverpool’s absences.
The Cup final is usually a low-scoring affair with a fierce center-field duel. Chelsea and Liverpool have played better offensively than defensively in recent weeks. Two teams scored in Chelsea’s last five games in all competitions. Liverpool had the same situation in its previous seven matches in all competitions. Both Teams to Score is a good bet at 1.57.
Chelsea vs Liverpool: Head-to-Head
Who will win the match between Chelsea and Liverpool?
We believe that Chelsea will have to exert a lot of effort to score goals against this Liverpool team, who we believe has a good chance of winning and possibly even maintaining a clean sheet. As a result, the game ends with a highly contested match that ends with a Liverpool victory.
Our Prediction: Away Win
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What are the best odds for the game?
According to the most recent bookmaker odds on the win-draw-win market, picking Liverpool to win is 2.2, betting on a draw outcome is 3.85, and a win for Chelsea is 3.28. At this moment, these represent the best market prices that are obtainable.
