With the end of the international break, the fire of the five major European leagues is rekindled, Beijing time on October 20 at 23:30 pm, the 8th round of the Premier League will usher in a focus battle, the Reds Liverpool will sit at home at Anfield Stadium to face the Blues Chelsea, this is the most popular form of the recent two Premier League teams between the competition, but also between the two new coaches, the result of this game also stirred the Premier League title situation, so this game is enough to attract the attention of thousands of Premier League fans.
Liverpool vs Chelsea, Slote has a squad of 931 million euros, with Salah, Jota, Dias, Nunez, Gakpo, McAllister, Szobosloy, Hrafenberg, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Alisson and other stars. For Chelsea, Maresca has a 954 million euro squad with Sancho, Felix, Jackson, Mudryk, Nkunku, Palmer, Caicedo, Lavia, Enzo, Cucurella and other famous players. The sum of the two teams' worth is converted into 14.2 billion yuan.
Liverpool won the Carabao Cup last season, the last title of the Klopp era, and after the season, Klopp left and Netherlands coach Slot took over, basically using the main squad left over from the Klopp era, and Slote only signed Chiesa Jr. this summer. At the beginning of the new season, Liverpool won all the games except for a shock loss at home to Nottingham Forest.
Liverpool's record in the Premier League is 6 wins and 1 loss, 18 points lead the standings, scoring 13 goals and conceding only 2 goals, is the strongest defensive team in the Premier League, the offensive ranking is 5th, a total of 9 players in the team have scored, including Salah scored 6 goals and 5 assists, is the team's top scorer, Dias and Jota combined to score 9 goals, Liverpool's forward attack blossomed.
Boehly, on the other hand, was unhappy with Pochetti's 6th place finish in the Premier League last season and lost to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final, so Pochettino left at the end of the season to lead Leicester City's promoted Maresca to Stamford Bridge. In the transfer market, Chelsea has invested heavily as always, with players such as Sancho, Felix, Neto, Giu, Hall and others joining the company, and Chelsea's transfer expenditure is nearly 200 million euros.
Chelsea have rebounded from the opening defeat to Manchester City in the opening game of the new season and are unbeaten in their last seven matches in all competitions. At present, with 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, 14 points are ranked 4th, scoring 16 goals and conceding 8 goals, ranking 2nd only to Manchester City in terms of goals, a total of 8 players in the team have scored, and the forward line has blossomed, Nkunku has scored 7 goals in all competitions, Palmer has scored 6 goals and 5 assists, Maduekai has scored 5 goals, and Jackson has 4 goals and 3 assists.
Judging from the history of the two teams, Liverpool has won 1 win, 8 draws and 1 loss in the last 10 times against Chelsea, and the two sides are evenly divided, which shows that the recent encounters between the two sides have mostly been draws, and in the League Cup final last season, Liverpool and Chelsea also drew 0-0 in regular time. Liverpool thrashed Chelsea 4-1 at home last season, with goals from Jota, Bradley, Dias and Szobosloy, with Chelsea netting through Nkunku. It is a game at the top of the table, with Liverpool continuing to lead the pack with a win, with a Chelsea win equalling Liverpool on points and Manchester City and Arsenal benefiting from a draw.