Chelsea-Liverpool is a match valid for the first day of the Premier League and is played on Sunday at 5:30pm: TV, lineups, predictions.
Couldn’t miss a big match in the first day of the 2023-24 Premier League, and the Stamford Bridge match between Chelsea and Liverpool fully satisfies the fans’ palate.
The goal for the Blues and Reds is to return immediately to the top of English soccer, archiving last season, which was one to forget for both, as soon as possible. The first year of the post-Abramovich era for Chelsea was an authentic disaster: despite the 500 million euros spent in the two market sessions, it even finished in the right side of the standings, far from the positions that count. A real paradox. Much confusion also regarding the technical leadership: having exonerated Tuchel, the management of Graham Potter – “purchased” from Brighton in September – lasted only a few months, with the club forced to recall former captain Lampard as a ferryman until the end of the season. To change course, the Blues have turned to Mauricio Pochettino, hoping he can replicate what good he did at Tottenham.
Blues and Reds rivals even in the marketplace
The roster, as was to be expected, has undergone countless changes: many redundancies have been sold but the feeling is that in the entrance the strong pieces are yet to come.
Klopp
In addition to Nkunku – he was injured almost immediately, he will be out for a few months – Disasi and Jackson, Brighton’s Caicedo could also land on the Thames. Last Thursday it seemed that Liverpool had closed for the Ecuadorean midfielder for a record 127 million, but the player’s desire would be to wear the Chelsea jersey, which had made a similar offer to the Seagulls. Pochettino and Klopp are also rivals in the market: the Reds have picked up Mac Allister and Szoboszlai but must replace Fabinho and Henderson, who have ended up in Saudi Arabia. The German wants to build on last season’s finish, in which his Liverpool partially made up for the disasters of the first half by snatching Europa League qualification in the last minute. Only one defeat for Salah and co. in the preseason, which came against Bayern Munich, while Chelsea remained unbeaten in tests against Brighton, Newcastle, Fulham and Borussia Dortmund.
The Prediction
The new Pochettino course seems to be off to the best possible start, with Chelsea seeming to have already found a clear identity. However, the Blues, as well as the Reds, remain two “open building sites” and it is not easy to identify a clear favorite. Liverpool’s Achilles’ heel last season was away matches, where Jurgen Klopp’s men had mixed results. The air at Stamford Bridge, by contrast, will be good for the Londoners, who should at least avoid defeat. The last four league head-to-heads have ended in draws, and this one may be no exception either.
The likely Chelsea-Liverpool lineups
- CHELSEA (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; James, Thiago Silva, Colwill, Chilwell; Enzo Fernandez, Andrey Santos; Sterling, Chukwuemeka, Mudryk; Nicolas Jackson.
- LIVERPOOL (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, van Dijk, Konaté, Robertson; Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Jones; Salah, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
