Chelsea are expected to be without quite a few players for his or her Premier League with Liverpool this afternoon.
While there may be an FA Cup final to look ahead to next weekend, the Blues’ league campaign is spiralling towards a dreadful conclusion, losing six games on the bounce and scoring only once in that run.
Robert Sanchez was involved in that dreadful head-to-head collision with Morgan Gibbs-White during Monday’s defeat against Nottingham Forest with each men requiring stitches.
The previous Brighton goalkeeper is not going to be involved today, nor will Jesse Derry who was also involved in one other sickening clash of heads in a separate incident.
So as to add to Chelsea’s woes, each Alejandro Garnacho and Pedro Neto are expected to miss out with knocks. With Estevao’s season over attributable to a serious hamstring injury and Jamie Gittens sidelined, it leaves Calum McFarlane very light on the wings.
In higher news for the Blues, Reece James and Levi Colwill trained this week. Colwill played the second-half against Forest having also played a full 90 for the Under-21s in April.
Liverpool meanwhile hope to have Alexander Isak available to start out after he missed the defeat at Manchester United last trip.
The Sweden international returned to training on Thursday with Arne Slot hopeful he can have a job to play. Giorgi Mamardashvili also returned to training this week and shall be pushing to reclaim his place in goal with Alisson Becker still out.
Mohamed Salah meanwhile continues to be to return to training after his hamstring issue and is ready to miss out again.
Florian Wirtz and Ibrahima Konate missed training earlier this week but each were back among the many group on Friday.
Chelsea XI to face Liverpool – Metro prediction
With no wingers fit, Calum McFarlane may turn to Enzo Fernandez to occupy a more advanced role once more.
Joao Pedro can be an choice to drop deep if Liam Delap gets the nod up top.
While Colwill has only recently returned to motion after his ACL injury, he shall be eager to be fully in control for next weekend’s FA Cup final against City. A starting role today at Anfield will surely aid that.
Liverpool XI to face Chelsea – Metro prediction
Isak’s availability offers a point of interest up top for Liverpool with Hugo Ekitike a long-term absentee.
Liverpool vs Chelsea live stream, TV channel and kick-off time
Liverpool vs Chelsea kicks off at 12:30pm today (Saturday 9 May) at 12:30pm.
You possibly can watch the match live to tell the tale TNT Sports 1 with streaming also available through the HBO Max app.
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