Liverpool FC suffered their first non-win, across all competitions, of the 2018-19 campaign last night as Chelsea beat them 2-1 in the third round of the Carabao Cup. Eden Hazard was the hero off the bench as Jurgen Klopp was stunned by a couple of the VAR rulings. Now comes the back half of the double header between the two teams, and the Reds will look to hand the Blues their first loss of the season, in any competition.
Chelsea dropped their first points of the term only just last weekend, so this match, with tremendously high league title implications, is a battle between the two British top flight clubs who stayed perfect the longest in 2018-19.
The Bank Liverpool FC Starting XI Prediction
Attackers: Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah
Midfielders: Naby Keita, Georginio Wijnaldum, James Milner
Back line: Andrew Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Trent Alexander-Arnold
Goalkeeper: Alisson
Chelsea vs Liverpool FC FYIs
Kick-off: Saturday Sept 29 5:30 p.m. (BST), 12:30 p.m. (ET)
TV Info: BT Sport (UK), NBC Sports (U.S.)
Live Stream: BT Sport website (UK), NBC Sports App (U.S.)
Odds for this match via Odds Shark: Chelsea 17/10, Liverpool FC 7/5, Draw 5/2
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Prediction: Liverpool FC 3, Chelsea 2
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