The next sensation in the Premier League will take place on Sunday afternoon. The local team Chelsea will host Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in London!

Position in the table and team condition:
Chelsea (7-13) with 22 points after 11 rounds holds the 4-th place. The “Red” (6-th place) have 19 points. Both teams haven’t showed the best condition since the beginning of the season. Unusually unpleasant moments have occurred with Londoners (3:5 with Arsenal, 0-1 with QPR), and Liverpool in its turn has performed better at away matches than at their own stadium. Draws with such teams as Norwich or Swansea at Anfield Road don’t display the game of Liverpool players at their best.

Potential and team situation:
Equally both Chelsea and Liverpool are giants not only of the English but also of the European football. Price for footballers from Stamford Bridge makes more than €421 million. The most expensive footballer is Fernando Torres with the price of €42 million. For several other Villas-Boas’ players the potential buyers would have to pay a bit less. On the other hand there are also many other successful players in Liverpool’s lineup. Gerrard or Luis Suarez are footballers of world scale. Interesting is the situation of confrontation between Torres and the Uruguayan who is his successor in Liverpool. It should be mentioned that this forward thrashed Chile several days ago scoring 4 goals in the qualification match for the WC 2014. The Uruguayan had been injured in the match with Chile but Oscar Tabares let him rest in the match with Italy, so we hope that on Sunday he will be ready to withstand Chelsea.
The injured: Drogba, Hilário, Essien (Chelsea) – Gerrard? Suarez? (Liverpool)

History of matchups:
Matches between Chelsea and Liverpool are not only the classics of the Premier League but also of the Champions League. In the previous seasons these teams met repeatedly. The balance of these matches is unusually evened (4-2-4). In the last season Liverpool won, winning twice with the score 2-0 at Anfield and 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.

Forecast and grounds:
It is hard to predict the favorite of this match since both teams are at an even level this season. It is hard to talk about advantages of the home stadium here since Chelsea in a weak style lost to Arsenal. A variant of a bet for the sum of goals under 2,5 goals looks very interesting. Looking through statistics, the fact that 7 out of 10 matches between these teams ended with the option under 2,5 can be noticed. If to add the fact that four following matches ended with the results: 2-0, 2-0, 2-0, 1-0 – this only approves our forecast.