Liverpool: Mignolet;, Johnson, Skrtel, Sakho, Flanagan, Gerrard, Allen, Coutinho, Sterling, Sturridge, Suárez.
Jordan Henderson remains ineligible as he serves the second of a three-match ban. Daniel Sturridge is a doubt as he is fighting to recover from the hamstring injury that saw him miss the Norwich game last weekend. Jose Enrique remains sidelined with a knee injury and Victor Moses will miss out as he is ineligible to face his loanee club.
Chelsea: Schwarzer; Ivanovic, Luiz, Cahill, Azpilicueta; Mikel, Matic, Lampard; Salah, Ba, Schürrle.
Chelsea will have to manage without goalie Petr Cech and defender John Terry due to injuries. Ramires will be out as well, after accepting an FA charge of violent conduct. Eden Hazard is sidelined and will be replaced by Mohamed Salah on the right-wing. Up front, Samuel Eto’o is also out with a knock.
Liverpool arrive to this pivotal title clash with a better momentum and an impressive form, coming into the match on a run of 16 games unbeaten.
By contrast, Chelsea are under pressure to bag three points if they would like to keep their title hopes alive, following their surprise loss to Sunderland last weekend.
It will be interesting to see which players Blues manager Jose Mourinho will choose to shelter ahead of the Champions League’s semifinal against Atletico Madrid this upcoming Wednesday.
Chelsea’s boss Jose Mourinho may opt for Demba Ba up front at Anfield instead of Spanish international Fernando Torres, as well as David Luiz and Branislav Ivanovic in the heart of defence, the latter replacing injured defender John Terry. Nemanja Matic will start in midfield after being ineligible in midweek and could be partnered by Frank Lampard or John Obi Mikel.
Mamadou Sakho is expected to retain his place in the Reds’ defence ahead of Daniel Agger once again, while either Joe Allen or Lucas will fill in for Henderson in central midfield. Should Sturridge fail to make it, both Allen and Lucas could start. Such a scenario would allow Philippe Coutinho to move into the front three alongside Luis Suarez and Raheem Sterling.
Some essential facts to help with online betting:
Luis Suarez needs five goals in Liverpool’s last three games to set a new record for a player in a single Premier League campaign.
Liverpool have now scored 3 or more goals per game in 20 league games this season, matching Manchester City’s Barclays Premier League record set two seasons ago.
Jose Mourinho has won six and lost just one of his eight previous Premier League meetings with Liverpool.
Only four of the last 14 teams to score 100 or more goals in a single season have won the title.
A win in this game will see the Reds equal their best ever run of wins set in the top-flight (12 in 1990).
Fernando Torres is yet to score in 337 Premier League minutes against former club Liverpool in the Premier League.
Fernando Torres has scored 45 Premier League goals at Anfield, 10 more than Luis Suarez.
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