On Saturday at 19:30 in England we will witness a real football treat - in a battle for three points, London's "Chelsea" will host the footballers of "Liverpool" at home.
Although in the middle of the week "Chelsea" surpassed "Liverpool" in the league cup, the situation in the English "Premier" league is completely different - "Liverpool" with six wins out of the same amount is currently in the first position. "Chelsea", losing their first points in the last round, share the 2-3 positions with "Man City". Only two points separate the future opponents.
We present the most interesting facts and statistics of the match:
In the 21st century, no English team has faced each other more times than "Chelsea" and "Liverpool". This will be their 58th duel.
"Liverpool" has only managed two wins in the last 15 encounters against "Chelsea" - seven draws and six losses. However, both wins were achieved specifically at "Stamford Bridge" stadium.
The "Reds" have the worst "dry" goal streak against the "Chelsea" team - allowing at least one goal in the "Premier" league for 14 consecutive matches. This is the worst streak since the period from 1947-1995, when "Blackburn" conceded at least one goal in 17 consecutive matches.
"Chelsea" could win their first four home games of the season for the first time since the 2014-15 season. The last time this result was achieved was by Jose Mourinho.
The starting striker Olivier Giroud has scored five goals in the last six league matches against "Liverpool", including a winning goal at the end of last season.
Eden Hazard is currently the best player in the "Premier" league. The Belgian has already contributed to seven team goals - scoring five of them and providing two assists.
The last time "Liverpool" achieved seven consecutive victories at the start of the season was in the 1990-91 season. To break the "Chelsea" record, the "Reds" will still have to try harder - in the 2004-05 season, the "Blues" had achieved nine consecutive victories.
Jurgen Klopp has only led his team to a better winning streak in his career in the 2011-12 German football season - his Dortmund "Borussia" managed to achieve eight wins in a row.
Even with 10 goals already scored by 14 "Liverpool" players in the "Premier" league, the best results have been achieved in the first halves of matches. In addition, the "Reds" are still the only team to not concede a goal in the first 45 minutes of a match.
Liverpool has already beaten Tottenham away this season, but that was the only time in the last eight matches when Klopp's team managed to defeat the first-place team on their field - three draws and four losses.
Mohamed Salah has scored four goals against "Chelsea" in seven matches. In defense of the "Blues" colors, he has only managed to score two goals in 19 matches.
