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Your support makes all the difference.Jurgen Klopp's side welcome the league leaders Chelsea to Anfield on Tuesday night, hoping they don't leave Merseyside as the 'runaway leaders'.
Liverpool have gone through a tough period - with their only win in January coming against Plymouth in the FA Cup.
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What time is kick-off?
Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool host Antonio Conte's Chelsea at Anfield on Tuesday 31 January at 8.00pm.
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on BT Sport 1, with coverage starting at 7.00pm.
Alternatively, you can follow live coverage on The Independent’s live blog.
Who's in the squads?
All squads are provisional
Liverpool: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Lovren, Milner, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Firmino, Origi, Coutinho, Karius, Klavan, Gomez, Moreno, Can, Lucas, Stewart, Sturridge, Mane, Woodburn, Wilson.
Chelsea: Courtois, Begovic, Ivanovic, Alonso, Fabregas, Zouma, Kante, Hazard, Loftus-Cheek, Moses, Pedro, Costa, Matic, Willian, Batshuayi, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Luiz, Eduardo, Aina, Ake.
It’s a big game for…
Jürgen Klopp: After three consecutive home defeats in the space of 10 days, Klopp faces the daunting prospect of a visit from the Premier League’s runaway leaders.
Fail to win, and Liverpool’s once promising season will almost completely unravelled. If they still harbour ambitions of winning the title, it is simply a must-win game.
Best stat…
1.23: No team has ever won the Premier League with as bad a goals-conceded-per-game record as Liverpool’s (1.23).
Chelsea’s record (0.69), if maintained, would be the fifth best title-winning defensive record in Premier League history.
Remember when…
Liverpool took revenge for their 2012 FA Cup final defeat by thumping Chelsea 4-1 just three days later.
Jordan Henderson, Daniel Agger, Jonjo Shelvey and a Michael Essien own goal ended the visitors’ hopes of a top-four finish.
They would, of course, qualify for the Champions League anyway, by winning the competition in Munich.
Player to watch…
Pedro: With four goals in his last four, the former Barcelona winger is emerging as a more reliable source of scoring than even Eden Hazard.
There may be more goals in store too, if Pedro lines up against the talented but inexperienced Trent Alexander-Arnold at Anfield.
Prediction...
Past three-meetings…
Chelsea 1 (Costa) Liverpool 2 (Lovren, Henderson)
Premier League, September 2016
Liverpool 1 (Benteke) Chelsea 1 (Hazard)
Premier League, May 2016
Chelsea 1 (Zouma) Liverpool 3 (Coutinho 2, Benteke)
Premier League, October 2015
Form guide
Liverpool: WWDDL
Chelsea: WWLWW
Odds
Liverpool: 33/20
Chelsea: 19/10
Draw: 23/10
Both teams to score: 8/11
Hello and welcome to The Independent’s live blog for all seven of Tuesday night’s Premier League games.
Arsenal are in action at home to Watford, with Tottenham travelling to Sunderland in the 7.45pm kick offs.
However, the big one kicks off at 8pm as Chelsea head to Anfield knowing that a victory will surely end Liverpool’s title challenge.
Join us for all the build-up and action!
Away from the pantomime of transfer deadline day, there are seven matches in the Premier League. Here's the full rundown:
Arsenal v Watford – 7.45pm
Bournemouth v Crystal Palace – 7.45pm
Burnley v Leicester – 7.45pm
Middlesbrough v West Brom – 7.45pm
Sunderland v Tottenham – 7.45pm
Swansea City v Southampton – 7.45pm
Liverpool v Chelsea – 8pm
Let's take in the team news from around the grounds...
Arsenal v Watford – 7.45pm
Arsenal: Cech, Gabriel, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Iwobi, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud.
Subs: Ospina, Gibbs, Bellerin, Maitland-Niles, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Perez, Walcott
Watford: Gomes, Cathcart, Kaboul, Prodl, Britos, Behrami, Janmaat, Cleverley, Capoue, Niang, Deeney
Subs: Arlauskis, Mariappa, Mason, Watson, Doucoure, Success, Okaka
Referee: Andre Marriner
Bournemouth v Crystal Palace – 7.45pm
Bournemouth: Boruc, A. Smith, Francis, Cook, B. Smith, Stanislas, Surman, Wilshere, Fraser, King, Afobe
Subs: Allsop, Mings, Gosling, Arter, Pugh, Ibe, Wilson
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, Tomkins, Delaney, Van Aanholt, Cabaye, McArthur, Puncheon, Zaha,
Benteke
Subs: Speroni, Fryers, Ledley, Flamini, Townsend, Campbell, Remy
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Burnley v Leicester – 7.45pm
Burnley: Heaton, Lowton, Keane, Mee, Ward, Boy, Barton, Hendrick, Defour, Barnes, Gray
Subs: Robinson, Flanagam Vokes, Gudmundsson, Darikwa, Tarkowski, Arfield
Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs, Albrighton, Ndidi, Drinkwater, Gray, Mahrez, Vardy
Subs: Zieler, Chilwell, Musa, King, Okazaki, Mendy, Benalouane
Referee: Mike Dean
Middlesbrough v West Brom – 7.45pm
Middlesbrough: Valdes, Barragan, Gibson, Bernardo, Fabio, Clayton, De Roon, Forshaw, Stuani, Traore, Negredo
Subs: Konstantopoulos, Ayala, Leadbitter, Downing, Fischer, Bamford, Gestede
West Brom: Foster, Nyom, Dawson, McAuley, Brunt, Yacob, Fletcher, Chadli, Morrison, Phillips, Rondon
Subs: Myhill, Olsson, Robson-Kanu, Livermore, McClean, Leko, Field
Referee:Stuart Atwell
Sunderland v Tottenham – 7.45pm
Sunderland: Mannone, Jones, Manquillo, O’Shea, Kone, Denayer, Ndong, Larsson, Rodwell, Borini, Defoe
Subs: Mika, Love, Lescott, Pienaar, Januzaj, Gooch, Honeyman
Tottenham: Vorm, Walker, Alderweireld, Dier, Rose, Dembele, Wanyama, Alli, Eriksen, Son, Kane
Subs: Lopez, Carter-Vickers, Davies, Wimmer, Sissoko, Winks, Janssen
Referee: Lee Mason
Swansea City v Southampton – 7.45pm
Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Carroll, Fer, Cork, Routledge, Sigurdsson, Llorente
Subs: Nordfeldt, Rangel, Amat, Ki, Narsingh, Dyer, Borja
Southampton: Forster, Cedric, Stephens, Yoshida, Bertrand, Romeu, Clasie, Davis, Tadic, Redmond, Long
Subs: Taylor, Gardos, Reed, Boufal, Hojbjerg, McQueen, Sims
Referee: Roger East
And at Anfield...
Liverpool v Chelsea – 8pm
Liverpool: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Matip, Milner, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Can, Lallana, Coutinho, Firmino
Subs: Karius, Klavan, Moreno, Lucas, Mane, Origi, Sturridge
Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill, Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso, Willian, Costa, Hazard
Subs: Begovic, Terry, Zouma, Chalobah, Fabregas, Pedro, Batshuayi
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
With Sadio Mane only on the bench for Liverpool tonight, it might be time for Jurgen Klopp to park the bus.
Kick-off time is rapidly approaching so let's check out some key statistics courtesy of OptaJoe...
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