Everton’s Away form:
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The Toffees are unbeaten in 9 games on the road
HT: Liverpool 0-1 Chelsea.
FT: Liverpool 0-2 Everton
FT: Liverpool 1-4 Man City
FT: Liverpool 0-1 Brighton
FT: Liverpool 0-1 Burnley
Liverpool have now failed to produce a single first-half shot on target in two of their last four Premier League games at Anfield.
They went the whole of 2018-19 and 2019-20 without this happening once.
None of Liverpool’s front three of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino or Sadio Mane attempted a single shot in the first half for Liverpool vs. Chelsea.
Cesar Azpilicueta created as many goalscoring chances (2) as Liverpool in the first half
Liverpool didn’t even register a single shot on target…
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Chelsea into fourth to go four points ahead of Liverpool in the race for the UCL places.
Liverpool’s last five matches at Anfield:
0-1 Chelsea
0-2 Everton
1-4 Man City
0-1 Brighton
0-1 Burnley
Five straight home defeats for the first time in their history https://t.co/h9uBPRM7Gq
2 - Chelsea have conceded only two goals in 10 games in all competitions under Thomas Tuchel, the same return as they had after 10 games under José Mourinho - both managers’ 10th game was a 1-0 win against Liverpool. Mastered.
55% - Édouard Mendy has kept 12 clean sheets in 22 Premier League starts (55%); of the 210 goalkeepers to have started at least 10 games in the competition, he is the only one to keep a clean sheet in over half. Force.
Jorginho’s game by numbers for Chelsea vs. Liverpool:
100% aerials won
87% passing accuracy
81 touches
5 tackles (most)
3 interceptions (most)
2 ball recoveries
2 fouls won
1 clearance
1 block
1 clean sheet
Thomas Tuchel is a fan.
Thomas Tuchel has taken Chelsea from tenth to fourth and is 10 games unbeaten. He has faced Liverpool, Manchester United, Atletico Madrid and Tottenham in that time too.
Sadio Mané failed to produce a single shot or create a single chance in his 90 minutes on pitch for Liverpool vs. Chelsea.
Touch count of Liverpool’s front three vs Chelsea:
Roberto Firmino - 55
Mo Salah - 53
Sadio Mane - 46
One was subbed off in the 62nd minute…
18 - Only Manchester City (24) have earned more points than Chelsea (18) since Thomas Tuchel took over eight games ago; Frank Lampard earned only seven points from his final eight games in charge. Spark.
Liverpool after 27 games of 2019-20: 79 points
Liverpool after 27 games of 2020-21: 43 points
The largest negative points differential by a defending champion after 27 games in PL history.