Chelsea v Liverpool: Premier League – live

From the archive

Jonathan Wilson on Liverpool

Chelsea are without a number of players today, most notably Christopher Nkunku. Liverpool are missing Thiago Alcantara and Stefan Bajcetic.

Brentford v Spurs still has around ten minutes (plus added time) remaining. You can follow that with Daniel Harris.

Whether it’s the real quiz depends on your perspective, but it seems Chelsea have already had one victory over Liverpool this weekend.

Those are two interesting teams, with debuts galore: Robert Sanchez, Axel Disasi, Levi Colwill and Nicolas Jackson for Chelsea; Alexis Mac Allister and Dominic Szoboszlai for Liverpool.

Chelsea (possible 3-4-1-2) Sanchez; Disasi, Thiago, Colwill; James, Gallagher, Enzo, Chilwell; Chukwuemeka; Sterling, Jackson.
Substitutes: Bergstrom, Gusto, Cucurella, Maatson, Santos, Ugochukwu, Mudryk, Madueke, Burstow.

Liverpool (possible 4-1-2-3) Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister; Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Salah, Jota, Diaz.
Substitutes: Kelleher, Gomez, Nunez, Jones, Elliott, Tsimikas, Matip, Doak, McConnell.

Referee Anthony Taylor.

Chelsea and Liverpool have plenty in common. They don’t like each other; they do like Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia; and they would really like to forget about last season. Chelsea finished 12th, their lowest position in a generation; Liverpool were fifth after a late rally, but for much of the season they were a shadow of the awesome side that won the Premier League and Champions League.

Both teams have had a summer makeover. Chelsea have a young, streamlined squad and a new manager in the brilliant Mauricio Pochettino; Liverpool have a new midfield. Both teams are not in the Champions League this year, which increases their chances of qualifying for next season’s competition. In short, there is justified first-day optimism for both teams – though they wouldn’t have minded an easier fixture.

Kick off 4.30pm.