Yossi Benayoun could make his 50th league appearance for Liverpool.
Earlier this season Liverpool won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge thanks to a Xabi Alonso goal in the tenth minute though it has been credited in some quarters to Jose Bosingwa.
The win broke Chelsea's 86 game unbeaten run stretching back to February 2004. Their run had broken Liverpool's own record of 63 from February 1978- January 1981.
The clubs clashed five times in total last season with both games at Anfield in the league and Champions League ending 1-1.
The Reds have lost only eight times to Chelsea in the league at Anfield with three of those coming in the last five years.
Since the inception of the Premier League Liverpool have won 12 and lost 14 of the 33 meetings.
Patrik Berger scored Liverpool's last hat trick against Chelsea in October 1997 on this ground.
He is one of four Liverpool hat-trick scorers in the league against the Londoners. The others were James Stewart in 1910, Fred Pagnam (1915) and Gordon Hodgson (1930).
Fernando Torres scored his first goal for the Reds in this fixture last season in a 1-1 draw.
Liverpool are looking to stretch their unbeaten league run against Chelsea to five games. It would be their best run for 12 years.
The Reds are aiming to record their first league ‘double' over today's opponents since 1989-90, the last time they lifted the title.
Liverpool's biggest league victory over Chelsea here came in April 1935 when they won 6-0.
The Reds win at the Bridge last October was their 600th away victory in the top flight.
There has only ever been one goalless draw between the sides in the league on this ground. It came on 9th October 1971.
If Liverpool win today they will record their 200th home victory in the Premier League.
This is the 22nd meeting between Liverpool and Chelsea in the last four and a half years.
Liverpool have lost just 2 of the last 65 home games in the Premiership – both 1-0 to Manchester United.
Liverpool have won 59 and drawn 8 of the last 67 home league games in which they have scored the first goal, since Arsenal won 2-1 at Anfield in October 2003.
The Reds are unbeaten in the last 15 games in all competitions and in the last 12 in the Premiership.
Liverpool have lost just once in the league in the last ten months.
Up until last Wednesday Liverpool had been in the top two since 27th September.
Two penalties have been awarded against Liverpool at Anfield in the league in the last five years - both to Chelsea and both scored by Frank Lampard, in October 2005 and August 2007. The previous award to that was given to Manchester City in May 2003 and scored by Nicolas Anelka.
Chelsea have kept just one clean sheet in their last 28 league visits. That came on New Years Day 2005 when Joe Cole scored the only goal of a game in which Xabi Alonso broke his ankle.
Only Everton and Manchester United have prevented Chelsea from scoring on their league travels this season.
Chelsea's last hat trick against the Reds was scored by George Mills in August 1937 at Stamford Bridge.
In the calendar year 2008 Chelsea conceded more than once in only two league games away from home. The first saw them draw 4-4 at White Hart Lane with Robbie Keane's 88th minute equaliser rescuing a point for Spurs. The second was at Fulham at the end of December.
Liverpool's win at Chelsea earlier in this campaign ended the Londoners run of 29 unbeaten league games home and away.
Chelsea have lost only two of the last nine league meetings.
The Blues have scored in four of the last five league visits to Anfield but have scored just twice in the last five home and away against Liverpool.
After winning their first eight away league games this season Chelsea have drawn at Everton and Fulham and lost at Manchester United.
Michael Ballack has scored his only three goals of this season in the last four games.
Chelsea's 2-0 win over Middlesbrough in midweek was their first clean sheet in seven games in all competitions.
Frank Lampard has scored six goals in his last eight games.
Liverpool scorers this season (league in brackets): Gerrard 15 (9), Keane 7 (5), Kuyt 7 (5), Torres 6 (5), Riera 4 (2), Alonso 3 (3), Babel 3 (2), Benayoun 2 (2), Hyypia 2 (1), Agger 1 (0), Arbeloa 1 (1), Carragher 1 (1), Lucas 1 (0), Ngog 1 (0), Plessis 1 (0), own goals 1 (1).
Chelsea scorers this season (league in brackets): Anelka 17 (14), Lampard 14 (9), Kalou 8 (4), Malouda 4 (2), Ballack 3 (0), Belletti 3 (3), J.Cole 3 (2), Deco 3 (3), Drogba 3 (1), Bosingwa 2 (2), Terry 2 (0), Alex 1 (1), Carvalho 1 (1), own goals 2 (2). |