[Liverweb] Chelsea Preview

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Liverweb Match Preview

Opponents : Chelsea
Date : Tuesday December 6 @ 7.45pm
Venue : Stamford Bridge
TV Coverage : Premiere Sport Portal, ART Sport 3, TV3 Ireland,
Polsat Sport Extra, SKY Calcio 11, C+ Deporte 2, C+ Sport (France),
Viasat Sport 1 SE, ITV1, LTV

Head to Head
Liverpool take on Chelsea in the final game of this Champions Legaue
group encounter. Both teams are assured of qualification with the
game merely showing who finishes top of the group.

Both managers have played down the game as being relatively un-
important to how they finish and the Reds have confirmed they will
rest Xabi Alonso for definite.

The Reds will win the group if they avoid defeat in this one but
Chelsea can only win the group by winning the match.

Squads : Liverpool squad : Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia,
Warnock, Traore, Luis Garcia, Kewell, Gerrard, Hamann, Sissoko,
Riise, Crouch, Cisse, Morientes, Sinama-Pongolle, Carson, Dudek,
Josemi, Potter.

Team Stats : Away from home on a Tuesday the Reds have won 6 drawn 2
and lost 4 of all their Champions League games (quals inc).

The Reds are yet to score this season in the period 61-75 minutes of
any Champions League game. This same period of time is notoriously
there weakest in terms of scoring. Only 6 of their 75 goals in the
past have come in this period.

This game represents the Reds' 49th game in the Champions League
(quals inc).

Should the Reds bag 5 goals in this one it will take them to 1500 in
all cup competitions.

The two sides have met for 138 games in the past. The Reds have won
63 of those so far compared to Chelsea's 47.

Player Stats : Pepe Reina of Liverpool and Chelsea's John Terry and
Arjen Robben willmiss the next game if they are booked in this
match.

Momo Sissoko and Darren Potter both hope to play their tenth match
in Europe for the Reds in this match.

Peter Crouch, fresh from scoring his first Reds goal looks to play
his 20th game for the Reds.

Djibril Cisse is one goal away from ten in european competition.
Luis Garcia needs one goal to reach 20 in his Liverpool career. A
hat-trick for either of them would take them to double figures in
the Champions League (all games)

Didi Hamann is one booking away from double figures in this
competition.

Should Josemi start this one it will be his 10th CL start for the
Reds.

Florent Sinama-Pongolle has appeared as a sub nine times in Europe
for Liverpool so far in his career.

A goal for Steven Gerrard would take him level with Roger Hunt in
European competition for the Reds.

Referee : Herbert Fandel (GER) - with a German Ref away from Anfield
the Reds have an even match of results - one win, one draw and one
loss. The loss actually came under the running of Fandel in
Valencia.

Betting : Match : Liverpool 5/1, Chelsea 6/10, Draw : 2/1

Group : Liverpool : 11/10, Chelsea : 8/11

Tournament : Liverpool : 14/1, Chelsea : 9/2

Liverweb Prediction : Chelsea 0 Liverpool 0

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