Liverpool vs Chelsea: Key stats and facts ahead of Saturday’s clash
By Joel Masibo, May 9, 2026Liverpool will host Chelsea in a Premier League early-kickoff cracker with all the facts and figures giving an overview on how the tie could be determined at Anfield on Saturday, May 9, 2026.
With three Premier League games to play, Chelsea are currently ninth on 48 points. Liverpool are ten points ahead of the Blues in fourth.
Head-to-head
The two sides will face each other for the 200th time in all competitions. Chelsea have only played Arsenal more often (215). The clubs first met on Christmas Day 1907 when Chelsea won 4-1 at Anfield in Division One, Chelsea’s biggest-ever victory over Liverpool which they equalled in 2005/06.
After beating Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in October 2025, Chelsea are aiming for three consecutive Premier League victories against Liverpool for the first time since 2014.
The Blues are seeking a league double against Liverpool for the first time since 2013/14.
Chelsea have won one of their past ten Premier League away games against Liverpool (five draws, four defeats), a 1-0 victory in March 2021. Liverpool are unbeaten in their last four at home against Chelsea since then (two wins, two draws).
Chelsea are playing at Anfield for the 95th time, more than they have played at any other away ground in their history.
Liverpool and Chlsea have faced off 199 in all competitions. The Blues have recorded 67 wins, 49 draws and 83 defeats on the road against the Reds.
Chelsea stats
Only Arsenal and Man City (32) and Tottenham (26) have won more away points in the Premier League this season than Chelsea (25). Only Manchester City (31) have netted more Premier League goals on the road this season than Chelsea (30). Chelsea have won eight of their past nine Premier League games kicking off at 12:30 pm on a Saturday (one draw) since a 2-0 home defeat to Brentford in October 2023.
Chelsea have lost six consecutive Premier League games for the first time since November 1993 and are aiming to avoid equalling their club-record seven consecutive league defeats set in 1952. The Blues have conceded in each of their last 13 Premier League matches, and have let in three goals in four of the last five. Their last longer run without a league clean sheet was from March to August 1991.
Liverpool facts
Liverpool are looking to win three consecutive home Premier League games for the first time since the opening few weeks of the season.
The Reds have the Premier League’s fifth-best home record this season, with 34 points from 17 games (10 wins, four draws and three defeats, against Manchester United, Nottingham Forest and Manchester City).
Liverpool have lost five games thanks to 90th-minute goals in the Premier League this season, the most of any side in a single campaign in the competition’s history.
Liverpool have conceded 17 set-piece goals (excluding penalties) in the Premier League this season, their highest total in a single campaign, surpassing the 16 they allowed in during 1992/93.
Liverpool have suffered 11 league defeats in 2025/26, their highest total in a Premier League season since the 2014/15 campaign (12).
Liverpool have conceded 47 goals in the Premier League this season, the most by a reigning champion since Leicester in 2016/17 (63).
The Reds have conceded two or more goals in 16 different Premier League matches this season. Only in 2012/13 have they done so more often in a campaign (17 games).
Liverpool have won six of their past 10 Premier League games (one draw, three defeats), the same as their previous 20 combined (six wins, six draws, eight defeats). At home they are unbeaten in four matches in the competition (three wins, one draw).
Dominik Szoboszlai is one of three Premier League players to have both scored and assisted 10 or more goals in all competitions this season. Rayan Cherki and Jarrod Bowen are the others.
Last five meetings at Anfield (all Premier League)
4 Mar 2021 | W 1-0 Mount
28 Aug 2021 | D 1-1 Havertz
21 Jan 2023 | D 0-0
31 Jan 2024 | L 1-4 Nkunku
20 Oct 2024 | L 1-2 Jackson