Liverpool vs Chelsea: Statistical preview

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Liverpool v Chelsea - Premier League

  • Liverpool have now scored more than 3 goals in 20 league games this season, matching the Premier League record set by Manchester City two seasons ago.
  • Liverpool have had Over 2.5 goals in their last seven home matches.
  • Liverpool have scored at least 2 goals in their last 14 home League games.
  • Luis Suarez needs five goals in Liverpool’s last three games to set a new record for a player in a single Premier League campaign.
  • Liverpool need four more goals to become the 30th instance of a top-flight team scoring 100 goals in a single season (and only the second since the 1960s).
  • Only four of the last 14 teams to score 100+ goals in a top-flight campaign have won the title.
  • Liverpool have scored first in their last six home matches
  • Fernando Torres is yet to score in 337 Premier League minutes against former club Liverpool in the Premier League.
  • Torres has scored 45 Premier League goals at Anfield, 10 more than Luis Suarez (35).
  • Liverpool have scored at least 2 goals in their last 3 home matches against Chelsea in all competitions.
  • There have been under 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Chelsea’s last 7 away games in the Premier League.
  • Liverpool have won now 11 successive matches in the Premier League.
  • Jose Mourinho has won six and lost just one of his eight previous Barclays Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D1).
  • Liverpool are the only team yet to lose any points from a winning position at home this season.
  • Chelsea have won their last five matches against top-six teams
  • A win in this game will see the Reds equal their best ever run of wins set in the top-flight (12 in 1990).
  • Chelsea have lost only one of seven Premier League games played in between Champions League semi-final matches (and that was back in 2004); winning four and drawing two.

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