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Here is the complete Liverpool vs Chelsea prediction team news lineups guide with confirmed injuries and the projected starting elevens ahead of today’s early kickoff at Anfield.
Liverpool enter this match bruised after a 3-2 loss at Old Trafford. Arne Slot’s side missed the chance to seal Champions League qualification. They sit fourth with 58 points. A win today combined with Bournemouth dropping points at Fulham will rubber-stamp a top-five finish. The Reds have taken ten points from the last twelve available at home. Clean sheets remain a concern though. Just one in their last seven league outings.
Chelsea are in horrific form. Six consecutive Premier League defeats. Zero points from the last eighteen available. Their top-five hopes are dead and buried. The Blues sit ninth and are now at risk of losing seven straight league games for only the second time in their entire history. The last such collapse happened in 1952. They arrive at Anfield wounded and desperate to stop the bleeding.
Head-to-head at Anfield favors the hosts. Liverpool have won their last two meetings here. Chelsea did claim a 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge in October 2025. But this is a different beast entirely. The early kickoff under the Anfield lights is a brutal test for a team with shattered confidence.
Liverpool vs Chelsea prediction team news lineups – full injury list and projected XI
Liverpool are missing several stars. Alexander Isak has a minor groin problem but could recover in time. Alisson Becker and Mohamed Salah are ruled out. Conor Bradley Giovanni Leoni and Wataru Endo are all sidelined. Hugo Ekitike remains a long-term absentee. Florian Wirtz and Ibrahima Konate missed training midweek through illness and a personal matter but should be available. Giorgi Mamardashvili may return from a knee issue.
Chelsea’s injury situation is even worse. Jesse Derry suffered a sickening head injury against Forest. Robert Sanchez also clashed heads with Morgan Gibbs-White. Filip Jorgensen is forced to start in goal. Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho are unlikely to feature. Jamie Gittens Estevao Willian and Mykhaylo Mudryk remain completely out. The Blues are stretched to the breaking point.
Liverpool possible starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Woodman; Jones, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Szoboszlai; Frimpong, Wirtz, Ngumoha; Gakpo. Chelsea possible starting lineup (4-3-1-2): Jorgensen; James, Colwill, Chalobah, Cucurella; Santos, Caicedo, Lavia; Fernandez; Pedro, Delap. The hosts have far more firepower and the visitors look toothless at both ends of the pitch.
Prediction: Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea. Chelsea’s miserable run is too deep to ignore. Anfield will be hostile. One goal should be enough to put the Blues out of their misery and send Liverpool marching back toward the Champions League.
