Venue: Anfield Date: Sunday, 7 November Kick-off: 1600 GMT
Coverage: Watch live on Sky Sports 1 and highlights on Match of the Day 2; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC Radio Merseyside 95.8 FM, 1485 MW and DAB; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles
TEAM NEWS
Liverpool midfielder Joe Cole will miss Sunday's match against his former club Chelsea with a hamstring strain.
Glen Johnson has overcome a thigh problem to face his previous employers, and Dirk Kuyt may recover in time from an ankle injury. Chelsea's Florent Malouda has recovered from an ankle strain, but Michael Essien is doubtful with a toe problem.
Ramires is on standby, with Frank Lampard not yet ready to return following a hernia operation.
Liverpool
Doubtful: Babel (rib), Kuyt (ankle)
Injured: Agger (calf), Aurelio (groin), Cole (hamstring)
Chelsea
Doubtful: Bosingwa (illness), Essien (toe)
Injured: Benayoun (Achilles), Lampard (hernia)
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head• Liverpool and Chelsea have met 26 times in various competitions since October 2004.
Chelsea have won 12 of those games, and Liverpool seven.
• Chelsea won a league game at Anfield for the first time in four attempts in May; the 2-0 success left them on the verge of the title.
• There have been 24 goals in the last seven league and cup games between them.
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• Manager Roy Hodgson has not won any of his last six league matches against Chelsea (D1, L5).
• Liverpool have not led at half-time in any league match this season, and have only scored two first-half goals.
• They have not managed a league goal that wasn't either scored or assisted by Steven Gerrard or Fernando Torres since the opening day of the season.
• Fernando Torres has scored four goals in as many matches against Chelsea at Anfield.
Chelsea
• Chelsea earned their first come-from-behind victory of 2010 at Blackburn last weekend.
• They have taken 10 points out of 12 and won six of their last seven matches in all competitions.
• The champions have the best goalscoring and defensive records in the division.
• Nicolas Anelka scored five goals in 22 league and cup games on loan at Liverpool in the 2001-02 season.
