Chelsea vs Liverpool prediction and preview
Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2026, 12:30 UTC
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Chelsea vs Liverpool
Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2026, 12:30 UTC · Stamford Bridge, London
Chelsea vs Liverpool preview
The Premier League fixture between Chelsea and Liverpool is scheduled for Saturday 5 December 2026 at 12:30 UTC at Stamford Bridge in London. Chelsea are 4th in the table with 16 points from 9, while Liverpool go into the round 5th, on 15 points from 9 games.
Chelsea come into the game with a W-L-W-W-L run in the league (3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats in their last 5), while Liverpool's recent sequence reads L-W-W-W-W. Over their last 6, Chelsea have scored 1.8 and conceded 1.3 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2. Liverpool average 2.3 scored and 1.8 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.
The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Chelsea won 2, 6 games were drawn and Liverpool won 2. Those games averaged 2.5 goals, 5 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 8. The most recent meeting, on 9 May 2026, ended Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea.
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Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Mike Penders, Levi Colwill, Joshua Kofi Acheampong, Maxence Lacroix, Morgan Rogers, Cole Palmer, Jordan Henderson, M. Caicedo, Pedro Neto
Liverpool expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alisson, Jérémy Jacquet, Ronald Araujo, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Florian Wirtz, Alexis Mac Allister, Bradley Barcola, Trey Nyoni, Alexander Isak
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