Liverpool and Chelsea kick off the weekend’s Premier League action at Anfield this afternoon.
Despite a second-half comeback, the Reds lost against Manchester United last weekend who secured Champions League qualification at the expense of their arch-rivals.
Liverpool remain in fourth but their is an intense battle underway to secure the remaining spots.
Chelsea’s hopes of qualifying for Europe’s premier club competition might be over. A dismal run of six defeats on the bounce – scoring just once in that run – has seen them slip down to ninth and could finish the weekend in the bottom half if results go against them.
A win on Merseyside would offer faint hope however and provide some much-needed momentum ahead of next week’s FA Cup final against Manchester City.
Metro’s LIVE matchday blog will bring you all the build-up, confirmed team news and starting XIs, goal updates and minute-by-minute coverage.
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May 9, 2026 11:17 am
Confirmed Chelsea team to face Liverpool
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Jorgensen, Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella, Hato, Caicedo, Santos, Enzo, Palmer, Pedro
Subs: Slonina, James, Acheampong, Adarabioyo, Chalobah, Lavia, Eboue, Kabila-McQueen, Delap
May 9, 2026 11:16 am
Confirmed Liverpool team to face Chelsea
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Mamardashvili, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Jones, Gakpo, Frimpong, Gravenberch, Ngumoha.
Subs: Woodman, Gomez, Isak, Chiesa, Robertson, Nyoni, Morrison, Ndiaye, Wright.
May 9, 2026 11:11 am
How Liverpool could line up today
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May 9, 2026 11:10 am
How Chelsea could line up today
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May 9, 2026 11:07 am
Liverpool team news today
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Liverpool are expected to have Alexander Isak available today.
The Sweden international returned to training on Thursday with Arne Slot hopeful he can have a role to play. Giorgi Mamardashvili also returned to training this week and will be pushing to reclaim his place in goal with Alisson Becker still out.
Mohamed Salah meanwhile is still to return to training after his hamstring issue and is set to miss out again.
May 9, 2026 11:05 am
Chelsea team news today
Tony Mogan
Chelsea will be without Robert Sanchez, Jesse Derry, Alejandro Garnacho and Pedro Neto today.
Robert Sanchez was involved in that dreadful head-to-head collision with Morgan Gibbs-White during Monday’s defeat against Nottingham Forest with both men requiring stitches.
May 9, 2026 11:05 am
Liverpool vs Chelsea live stream and TV channel
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You can watch the match live on TNT Sports 1 with streaming also available through the HBO Max app.
May 9, 2026 11:02 am
Liverpool vs Chelsea kick-off time
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We are underway at 12:30pm sharp this afternoon.
May 9, 2026 11:00 am
Good morning
Tony Mogan
Lovely day for it, isn’t it? A Premier League fixture that rarely lets us down gets us started this afternoon with Liverpool looking to pile more misery on Chelsea on Merseyside.
Stick around, all your team news and build-up is on the way.
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