Chelsea vs Liverpool Prediction & Match Preview

• Liverpool are crippled with injuries going into the Carabao Cup final.
• Chelsea have grown in form and confidence with successive wins at Villa and Palace before the draw at Man City.
• We’ve seen goals at both ends in each of Liverpool’s last seven fixtures across competitions.

The first title of the season will be on the line on Sunday afternoon as Chelsea and Liverpool take on each other in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium. It has been a season to forget for Chelsea fans as their team has constantly hovered in and around the tenth position in the Premier League standings.

Nevertheless, a piece of silverware, albeit the Carabao Cup one, could entirely shift Mauricio Pochettino’s fortunes around. Chelsea have lost two League Cup finals since winning their last one in 2015. We’d say this one comes at an ideal moment for Pochettino and his troops.

The Blues are enjoying the best form of the season. They enter this on the back of two wins and a draw in the last three games in all competitions despite facing the likes of Aston Villa and Manchester City on the road in the process. The 1-1stalemate at Etihad Stadium last weekend proved once again that Chelsea have what it takes to compete with the strongest teams in the country.

Liverpool certainly belong to this category, especially after a 4-1 midweek success against Luton Town at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp, who will depart from Liverpool at the end of the season, named a highly inexperienced bench on Wednesday night. The German manager has huge problems with sidelined players ahead of the final.

The match at Wembley could come too soon for a number of first-team regulars, including Alisson Becker, Darwin Nunez, Mohamed Salah, and Dominik Szoboszlai. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Curtis Jones, Thiago Alcantara, and Diogo Jota are all confirmed to miss out on Sunday.

Recent Meetings

• It’s been less than a month since the Carabao Cup finalists last met each other. Liverpool celebrated a convincing 4-1 victory in the Premier League tie on the occasion.
• Liverpool’s commanding win ended a run of seven subsequent draws in the head-to-head encounters between these two rivals.
• Only one of the previous six H2H matches produced three or more goals.

Chelsea vs Liverpool Prediction

Liverpool did pick up an impressive 4-1 comeback win over Luton on Wednesday but it is hard to be optimistic about their chances with so many injured players ahead of the Carabao Cup final. Chelsea have found the perfect moment to grow in form and pick up successive road wins over Villa and Palace before holding title hopefuls Manchester City to a 1-1 stalemate at Etihad Stadium. With all the absences in the Liverpool squad, we have to go for Chelsea to win or draw double chance pick at the odds of 1.70.

This is the cup final and we would normally predict a low-scoring scenario with an intense battle at the center of the pitch. However, both Chelsea and Liverpool have looked much better offensively than defensively in recent weeks. Both teams scored in all of Chelsea’s last five games across competitions. The same scenario occurred in all of Liverpool’s previous seven outings in all competitions. Both Teams To Score pick is well worth backing at the 1.57 odds.

Steffen Schmidt- February 23, 2024

Chelsea vs Liverpool Betting Tips

Chelsea to win or draw

OK

	1.74 Odds
	1.62 Odds

Both Teams Score

OK

	1.59 Odds
	1.57 Odds

Correct Score: Draw 1-1

OK

	7.00 Odds
	6.50 Odds