Chelsea take on the visitors Liverpool in the round 1 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Sunday, August 13th at Stamford Bridge (London).
Chelsea shocked with the ratio of massive spending and meager results under the new owner. Bowley clearly didn't try to save on the new project. On the contrary, under the American owner, the Blues spent a lot, but the efficiency turned out to be dreadful. They seemed to hastily get rid of Tuchel, and Potter didn't live up to expectations, well, Lampard inherited a team in a semi-dilapidated state. The result was a disappointing 12th place, which is quite underwhelming for a grand club. As a consequence, a new manager appeared, and they managed to bring Pochettino back to London. But at the same time, hyperactivity returned to the transfer market, this time with an emphasis on sales. At the moment, you can put together a football team from the departed players (Mendy - Azpilicueta, Koulibaly, Baba - N'Golo Kante, Kovacic, Mount, Loftus-Cheek - Pulisic, Havertz, Aubameyang), and there will be some young talent and players not released from loan, led by João Félix. However, there are also new signings: Robert Sanches is clearly seen as the new No. 1, Disasi with Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson are also clearly part of the core, but Ugochukwu and Angelo Gabriel are more for the future. How Poch will handle this and whether there is a place for Mount in his plans remains to be seen.
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Liverpool are unlikely to overcome all its problems. The Reds, of course, did not reach the same bottom as the Blues. But for them, too, the previous season turned out to be extremely unsuccessful, especially compared to the previous ones. Yes, in 2022 they were unlucky: they lost the Champions League final to Real, and they failed to catch up with Manchester City in the EPL (both times - again). But there were also full-fledged trophies, as they won both English cups. However, they were eliminated well before the decisive stages in all knockout tournaments (except for the hardly needed Super Cup). Moreover, in the Premier League, all attempts to surge forward and get back into the top group ended with Liverpool ultimately securing only the 5th place. It seemed that this signal was heard, and the departures of Naby Keita, Firmino, and Milner were met with costly signings of Sobotslai and Mac Allister. But shortly before the start of the new season, Fabinho, the versatile player, and, most importantly, the captain, Henderson, left for Saudi Arabia. The gap that appeared in the midfield seems to be filled by Lavia, but Southampton, despite being relegated, held on to and did not release the midfielder.
A draw in regular time has been recorded for the 6th consecutive time. Moreover, in four cases, they didn't even score any goals before extra time. It's unlikely that anything serious will change now. We expect a new total under 2.5 goals.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
