It‘s week five in the Premier League, and thus teams are still moving up and down the table with breakneck speed.
However, a few trends are already pretty clear – and one of them is that Chelsea remembered how to play football.
Tonight they‘re meeting Liverpool, who impressed last weekend in a 4-1 thrashing of defending champions Leicester City. So this clash between two currently hot teams ought to be quite compelling.
Last season, Liverpool won the first meeting, back when everyone was still wrapping their heads around how badly then defending champions Chelsea were playing. When the Blues finally recovered later in this season, the second match ended in a draw.
Thus far, Chelsea is looking better than Jurgen Klopp‘s lads – so how might this meeting end?
According to the UK-licensed bookie TonyBet, it seems like this is going to be one tough fight – but it‘s one where Chelsea is more likely to triumph with the odds of 5/4 for their victory against the 21/10 that Liverpool are receiving. It‘s fair to assume that the Blues are receiving better odds because they have performed more consistently than the Reds, who have been very up-and-down in the early going.
This season, Liverpool seem to be a more confident team than the one who finished eighth last year in the table; two places ahead of Chelsea. While Liverpool have been adept at scoring goals, they are also pretty generous at giving them up.
LFC’s defensive woes are a major reason that Chelsea are favored in this one, as is the fact that this match is at Stamford Bridge. The Blues have only lost one single match out of their last 13 at their home stadium.
However, Chelsea are still without ace defender Kurt Zouma, and John Terry is out as well, providing a significant hurdle for the Blues to overcome. Of course, their opponents aren’t completely healthy either; with Emre Can on the bench. Mamadou Sakho and Joseph Gomez are also doubtful.
All in all, it looks like this is a perfect recipe for a very exciting match between two very passionate teams.