A week after the 5-1 victory over Tottenham to win the Premier League, Liverpool will return to play, meeting another club also from London.
The reigning Premier League champions could travel to Stamford Bridge in a relaxed mood. Of course, they still want to win to improve their performance.
Meanwhile, The Blues will be looking for a victory to keep their hopes of reaching the top 5 and qualifying for the Champions League. However, talking is always easier than doing.
This will be Chelsea's 7th Premier League match with a team having won the championship, the most of all teams. They have won just one of their previous six games (D2 L2), beating Manchester United 1-0 in 2012-2013. One of their defeats came against Liverpool 3-5 at Anfield in July 2020.
However, Enzo Maresca's side have regained their form in recent weeks. Chelsea have picked up 17 points from their last eight Premier League games (W5 D2 L1), after picking up just nine points from their previous 10 games (W2 D3 L5).
The Blues also beat Djurgarden 4-1 to get into the Europa Conference League final.
The lack of experience is what has hindered The Blues as they are considered a potential candidate for the Premier League title before Christmas. Chelsea have not used any players over 27 in 34 Premier League games this season. Liverpool's previous longest streak was only 6 matches in April and May 2000.
Liverpool have not lost in their last 20 Premier League games in May (won 16, drew 4). However, their most recent defeat was at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea in 2018.
The Kop have averaged 2.41 points per game in the league this season. In just three of Jurgen Klopp's eight full seasons in charge, Liverpool have averaged more points per game than they are now. These were the 2021-2022 seasons (2.42), 2018-2019 (2.55) and when they won the championship in the 2019-2020 season (2.60).
Slot is the fifth Premier League captain to win the championship in his first season in charge. The Dutch strategist will follow in the footsteps of Jose Mourinho (Ch Chelsea, 2004-2005), Carlo Ancelotti (Ch Chelsea, 2009 2010), Manuel Pellegrini (Man City, 2013-2014) and Antonio Conte (Ch Chelsea, 2016-2017).
Liverpool have scored in their last 30 Premier League games since a 1-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest last September. The only team to have a longer scoring streak in a single campaign was Arsenal in the 2001-2002 season (scoring in all 38 matches).
Mohamed Salah has scored 28 Premier League goals and added 18 assists in the 2024-2025 season. With just one more goal or one more assist, Salah could equal the record held by Andrew Cole in 1993-1994 and Alan Shearer in 1994-1995 for the total number of times participating in goals.
Head-to-head record
After a 2-1 win last October, Liverpool are aiming for their first double against Chelsea since their 2019-2020 title campaign.
Slot could become the third Liverpool manager to win both of his first two games against Chelsea, after Bill Shankly and Roy Evans.
Chelsea are winless in their last 10 meetings with Liverpool in all competitions (D7 L3).
Score prediction
Liverpool are rated with a 31.9% chance of winning, less than Chelsea's 43.3%. Meanwhile, 24.8% is the scenario where the two teams will share points.
Predicted result: Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool
The match between Chelsea and Liverpool takes place at 22:30 on April 4 (Vietnam time).
