Chelsea vs Liverpool Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 🔥
🔥Chelsea have lost each of their last three Premier League meetings with Liverpool; only once before have they lost more in a row against the Reds in the competition (four between November 201 O and May 2012).
🔥After winning just one of their first 16 Premier League visits to Stamford Bridge between 1992-93 and 2007-08 (D4 L 11 ), Liverpool have since won six of their last 12 league games away at Chelsea (D3 L3), including three of five under Jurgen Klopp (D1 L 1 ).
🔥Only Liverpool themselves (22) have won more Premier League matches against the reigning champions than Chelsea (15 -level with Manchester United); indeed, the Blues are unbeaten in their last 13 home league games against the previous season's title-winning side (W7 D6), winning each of their last three in succession.
🔥Excluding games on the opening day of a season, this will be Liverpool's first Premier League match against a side starting the day above them in the league table since October 2018, a 0-0 draw against Manchester City.
🔥Chelsea finished the 2019-20 Premier League season with six consecutive home victories, last winning seven in a row at Stamford in Bridge in the competition in December 2017 under Antonio Conte.
🔥Since their 2019-20 title win was confirmed in June, Liverpool have conceded 15 goals in their eight Premier League games (W5 D1 L2) -their previous 15 league goals conceded came across a 23-game spell.
🔥Only against Aston Villa and Newcastle United (both 8) has Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud scored more top-flight goals in his career than he has against Liverpool (7); indeed, the Frenchman netted the winner the last time Chelsea defeated Liverpool in the Premier League in May 2018.
🔥Liverpool's Roberto Firmino and Trent Alexander-Arnold scored home and away against Chelsea in last season's Premier League; the last player to score in three consecutive league matches for Liverpool against the Blues was Ian Rush between December 1989-October 1990.
🔥Timo Werner had 50% of Chelsea's shots in his Premier League debut against Brighton on MD1 (5/10), though just one of these was on target.
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🔥Liverpool's Mohamed Salah was involved in more shots than any other Premier League player on the opening weekend of the season (13 -9 shots, 4 chances created), with the Egyptian finding the net with all three of his shots on target against Leeds.
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