Liverpool are unbeaten in their last four Premier League away games against Chelsea (W2 D2) – they’ve never gone five league visits to Stamford Bridge without defeat before.
Each of Chelsea's last three meetings with Liverpool in all competitions have finished 0-0. Only two previous fixtures between two top-flight clubs have finished goalless in four consecutive meetings – Everton against Liverpool (1974-1975) and Arsenal against QPR (1992-1994).
Chelsea start this game today in 11th place in the Premier League table. With this their 29th match of the season, it's the latest in a campaign they've played a league match while in the bottom half of the table since their penultimate fixture of 1995-96 (11th place – 1-1 v Spurs).
Chelsea have won just three of their last 13 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games (D6 L4), losing both such games so far in 2023. They've not lost three in a row within the same season since May 2012 under Roberto Di Matteo, the third game of which was against Liverpool.
Liverpool have won 13 of their last 14 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games, including each of the last nine in a row since a 1-0 loss to Leicester in December 2021.
Chelsea have failed to score in five Premier League home games this season, with four of those coming since the turn of the year. Only in 1994-95 and 2020-21 (both 6) have the Blues failed to score in more different games in a season at Stamford Bridge in the competition.
Liverpool have lost five of their 11 Premier League games so far in 2023 (W4 D2), one more than they did in the whole of 2022 (W24 D7 L4). They've lost eight Premier League away games this season (as many is their three previous campaigns combined), last losing more on the road in 2011-12 (10).
Chelsea have scored just 29 goals from 355 shots in the Premier League this season, with their shot conversion rate of 8.2 per cent their lowest on record in a single campaign in the division (since 1997-98).
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored four goals in 11 Premier League games against Chelsea – the only player to score more times against the Blues after having previously played for them in the competition is Kevin De Bruyne (5). Salah was also the last former Chelsea player to score against them at Stamford Bridge in the league, doing so in January 2022.