Team news
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has doubts over the fitness of Alexis Mac Allister, Waturu Endo and Kostas Tsimikas.
Goalkeeper Alisson remains on the sidelines but Caoimhin Kelleher returns after recovering from an illness.
Chelsea are without Wesley Fofana and Marc Cucurella, who are both serving a one-match suspension.
Reece James is fit again after a hamstring injury and could make his first appearance of the season.
Match facts
Head-to-head
After three consecutive league defeats against Chelsea between 2013 and 2014, Liverpool have lost just two of the past 19 meetings (W7, D10).
Chelsea are winless in nine matches against the Reds all competitions since a 1-0 league victory at Anfield in March 2021 (D7, L2). Two of the draws in that run ended in penalty shootout victories in cup finals for Liverpool.
The Blues have won just one of their last nine Premier League away games against Liverpool (D5, L3).
Liverpool
Arne Slot is the first Liverpool manager to win nine of his first 10 matches in charge in all competitions.
It is only the third time the Reds have won nine of their opening 10 games in a season, emulating 1961-62 and 1990-91.
All six of Liverpool's league wins this season have been against teams that begin this weekend in the bottom half of the table.
The Reds could keep six clean sheets in their opening eight matches of a league campaign for the first time.
Arne Slot’s side have conceded the fewest goals (two), kept the most clean sheets (five), and have the lowest expected goals against figure (5.2) of any top-flight side this season.
Mohamed Salah has scored only four goals in 18 appearances for Liverpool against Chelsea in all competitions, and none in his last five.
Chelsea
Chelsea are aiming to win their first four away games of a league season for only the third time, after 2005-06 (four) and 2008-09 (eight).
Enzo Maresca is looking to become only the fifth manager to win each of his first four away Premier League games, with one of the previous four to do so being Arne Slot.
The Blues have lost only two of their last 22 league games.
Only Manchester City (17) have scored more top-flight goals than Chelsea's 16 this season.
Cole Palmer (28 goals, 16 assists) has been directly involved in 44 goals in 40 Premier League appearances for Chelsea. Only Erling Haaland for Man City (43 goals, nine assists), Andy Cole for Newcastle United (34 goals, 13 assists) and Mohamed Salah for Liverpool (34 goals, 11 assists) have had as many goal involvements in their first 40 Premier League games for a single club.
Since his league debut for Chelsea in September 2023, no player has provided more top-flight assists than Palmer’s 16 (level with Bukayo Saka).
