Premier League big guns Liverpool and Chelsea meet on Thursday night as Germans Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel clash.
Liverpool bounced back from four straight top-flight defeats by beating Sheffield United at the weekend.
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The Reds are sixth in the table and need a good run of form to get themselves back in the top four.
Chelsea, who are a point and place better off, drew with Manchester United last time out.
Liverpool beat the Blues 2-0 in September with Sadio Mane netting twice.
Liverpool v Chelsea: How to watch
This match will be held at Anfield on Thursday, March 4 and will kick-off at 8:15pm.
This game is being broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League from 8pm and will follow their coverage of West Brom v Everton.
Sky Sports customers can live stream this via the app using their mobile, tablet or computer devices.
If not, you can purchase a Sky Sports Day Pass from NowTV for £9.99.
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Liverpool v Chelsea: Confirmed XIs
The teams are out ahead of tonight’s huge Premier League clash between Liverpool and Chelsea.
Alisson has returned for the Reds after he missed the last match following the tragic passing of his father.
On the Blues side, Callum Hudson-Odoi has been dropped to the bench with Reece James coming on as right-wing back.
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Kabak, Robertson, Thiago, Wijnaldum, Jones, Salah, Firmino, Mane.
Subs: Milner, Keita, Adrian, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jota, Shaqiri, Origi, Rhys Williams, Neco Williams.
Chelsea: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, James, Kante, Jorginho, Chilwell, Ziyech, Mount, Werner.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Alonso, Pulisic, Zouma, Kovacic, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi, Havertz, Emerson Palmieri.
Liverpool v Chelsea: Match stats and facts
- Liverpool have won each of their last four Premier League meetings with Chelsea, netting 11 goals and conceding four. The only team to win five in a row against the Blues in the competition is Blackburn (7 between February 1993 and May 1996).
- Chelsea have lost their last two away league games against Liverpool, last losing more consecutively at Anfield between September 1992 and October 1997 (6).
- Of all the 15 fixtures between the six ever-present Premier League sides, only Everton vs Manchester United (1) has seen fewer goalless draws than matches between Chelsea and Liverpool (3).
- Chelsea have won just 10% of their 10 Premier League games against Liverpool taking place between Monday-Friday (W1 D4 L5), compared to a 40% Premier League win rate against the Reds at the weekend (W19 D10 L18).
- Liverpool have lost each of their last four Premier League home games, as many as they had in their first 100 at Anfield under manager Jürgen Klopp. The Reds have never lost five consecutive home games in their history, either in the league or all competitions.
- No team has benefitted from more own goals in the Premier League this season than Liverpool (3). The last campaign to see the Reds benefit from more own goals was in 2014-15 (4).
- Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel is unbeaten in his first nine matches as Blues boss in all competitions (W6 D3), with only José Mourinho (10 games) and Luiz Felipe Scolari (12 games) having longer unbeaten starts as Chelsea managers.
- This will be the 15th meeting in all competitions between Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel and Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp. Tuchel has won just two of their previous 14 meetings (Mainz 1-0 Dortmund April 2010 and PSG 2-1 Liverpool November 2018), losing more against Klopp than any other manager in his career with top-flight clubs (9).
- Liverpool’s Sadio Mané has scored seven goals in 16 appearances against Chelsea in all competitions, only netting more against Crystal Palace (10) and Aston Villa (8) since moving to England.
- Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud has netted seven Premier League goals against Liverpool, with the Frenchman only scoring more against Aston Villa and Newcastle (9 each) in the competition. Four of his seven goals against the Reds have come at Anfield.
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