[Liverweb] Chelsea Preview

Liverweb Match Preview
Opponents : Chelsea
Date : Sunday February 5 @ 4.00 pm
Venue : Stamford Bridge

TV Coverage : Sky Sports 1, Canal+ Sport (D/F/N/S), ART Sport 4, Setanta
PPV, The Score, Sport 2 Hungary, Telesport Romania, TSP Star, Canal+ Spain,
Sky Sport 3 Italia

Tape Delay : Sport TV (2hrs), Fox Sports (9hrs)
<http://www.liverweb.org.uk/cfchdhd.htm>Head to Head -
<http://www.liverweb.org.uk/chelseaprem.htm>Premiership Head to Head

LAST corresponding Fixture :
<http://www.liverweb.org.uk/chea0405report.htm>Chelsea 1 Liverpool 0

The two sides meet for the fourth time this season at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea won the reverse fixture earlier this season 4-1 and will hope to
complete their third league double over the Reds in this match. The two
Champions League games ended in draws.

The sides also met five times last season with the Reds winning the crucial
semi Final second leg which took them on to Champions League glory in
Istanbul. Chelsea though had won the League Cup Final.

Squads :

Liverpool : Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Agger, Warnock, Riise,
Traore, Luis Garcia, Gerrard, Hamann, Alonso, Sissoko, Kewell, Crouch,
Cisse, Morientes, Fowler, Carson, Dudek, Kromkamp.

Chelsea : Cech, Cudicini, Johnson, del Horno, Gallas, Terry, Carvalho,
Huth, Lampard, Makelele, Gudjohnsen, Maniche, J Cole, Robben, Duff, Crespo,
Diarra, Wright-Phillips, Pidgeley.

Team Stats :

Liverpool have the upper hand overall on Chelsea but their record of late
isn't great. In the Premiership they have won only once in the Premiership
- Bruno Cheyrou won the match in 2004. That is the last win in all
Premiership games that the Reds have won.

December 1995 was the last time this fixture ended in a draw in London.
That day saw the teams finiahs 2 goals each.

In all League games the Reds have won fifteen times away from home and
fifty seven times overall.

Counting all games between the sides the Reds have won 63 to Chelsea's 47.

Jose Mourinho hopes to win his 50th league game in charge of Chelsea.

Player Stats : Luis Garcia will hope to play his 50th league game for the
Reds.

Robbie Fowler will be hoping to add to his tally of five Liverpool league
goals against Chelsea. Joe Cole leads the way for Chelsea out of their
current squad with three.

Harry Kewell needs one goal to hit double figures in the league for the
Reds. Fernando Morientes needs one for double figures for the Reds in all
competitions.

Steven Gerrard will hope to start his 200th Premiership game in this one.
If he gets subbed in this game it will be the fiftieth time he has been
subbed in the league for the Reds.

William Gallas will start his 200th game for Chelsea.

Both sides average about one yellow card per match at Stamford Bridge. The
Reds are the only side though to have players sent off away at the Bridge -
Gerrard and Diouf have been ordered from the pitch.

Referee : Alan Wiley - has officiated 21 games so far this season and given
five penalties, sixty-two yellow cards and four Red

Betting : Liverpool 7/2, Chelsea 4/5, Draw : 19/10

Liverweb Prediction : Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2

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