Chelsea vs Liverpool Preview

January 26, 2015
By: Deke Hardman

Jose Mourinho

Tuesday evening’s game at Stamford Bridge sees Premier League leaders Chelsea host Liverpool in the second leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final.

The tie is finely poised after the pair drew 1-1 in the first leg at Anfield last week, with Raheem Sterling’s strike just before the hour mark cancelling out Eden Hazard’s first half penalty.

Jose Mourinho’s men go in to this match having been humbled by League One Bradford City on Saturday afternoon – just their third defeat in all competitions so far this season.

The hosts are likely to recall a number of first team regulars, with Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Nemanja Matic and Diego Costa all set to return after being rested at the weekend though John Obi Mikel and Andre Schurrle are both injury doubts.

Costa is 4.4 (17/5) with Bet Victor to open the scoring with what would be his eighteen goal of the season, ahead of 8.0 (7/1) chance Eden Hazard.

The home win inside ninety minutes is 1.65 (13/20) with Bet Victor, with the visitors as highly priced as the 6.0 (5/1) on offer from a variety of firms while the draw is 4.33 (10/3) with Betfred.

Brendan Rodgers men also didn’t get the result they hoped for at the weekend, but are in the hat for the FA Cup fifth round draw after Bolton Wanderers took then to a replay.

The goalless draw with the Championship side extended the Reds’ unbeaten run to ten games in all competitions, and they have lost just once in their last sixteen outings.

Daniel Sturridge may make his long awaited return to action after recovering from a long-term thigh problem, while Steven Gerrard, Martin Skrtel and Mario Balotelli could all be recalled.

Raheem Sterling, who has this week been linked with a move to Stamford Bridge, is 10.5 (19/2) with Bet Victor to get the first goal of the game, while Rickie Lambert can be backed at 11.0 (10/1) with a number of bookmakers.

Last week’s encounter was the ninth time in ten meetings between the sides where both teams have scored, and you can back that outcome here at 1.83 (5/6) with Ladbrokes.

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