These are the Chelsea vs Liverpool predicted lineups and most recent team news for the early Saturday kick-off. The two struggling giants will meet in the Premier League as the Reds aim to cling to their spot in the top five while the Blues try to keep pace for any European football after a run of six league defeats in a row.
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Chelsea vs Liverpool Predicted Lineups & Team News
Chelsea Team News
Injury news, latest and any suspensions are sourced from PremierInjuries.
Calum McFarlane is having to oversee a pretty heavy injury workload as five different winger options could be ruled out for this one. Jamie Gittens and Estevao have been out for a while but they were joined by Alejandro Garnacho and Pedro Neto who were absent from the squad to face Nottingham Forest altogether. Young replacement Jesse Derry got his first start for the side due to these injuries before having his season ended by a head injury.
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First-choice goalkeeper Rob Sanchez also suffered a head injury on Monday and won’t be fit to play against Liverpool. Mykhailo Mudryk remains on a long-term suspension.
Chelsea Predicted Lineup
GK – Filip Jorgensen
LB – Marc Cucurella
CB – Jorrel Hato
CB – Trevoh Chalobah
RB – Malo Gusto
DM – Romeo Lavia
DM – Moises Caicedo
W – Joao Pedro
AM – Enzo Fernandez
W – Cole Palmer
ST – Liam Delap
Liverpool Team News
Arne Slot is dealing with an injury list that is worse than his opponents. Starting goalkeeper Alisson is out, star winger Mo Salah is injured, backup goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili is also unavailable, Alexander Isak has a small issue that forced him out of the last outing so he will likely not be fit to start. On the fringes, Wataru Endo, Conor Bradley, Giovanni Leoni, and Jayden Danns are also sidelined for this one.
Liverpool Predicted Lineup
GK – Freddie Woodman
LB – Milos Kerkez
CB – Virgil van Dijk
CB – Ibrahima Konate
RB – Curtis Jones
DM – Alexis Mac Allister
DM – Ryan Gravenberch
W – Florian Wirtz
AM – Dominik Szoboszlai
W – Jeremie Frimpong
ST – Cody Gakpo
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