Head to head stats: Will Pochettino break his awful record against Klopp?
Chelsea begin their premier league campaign against Liverpool today at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea is currently trying to rebuild it’s squad under new coach Mauricio Pochettino whose first premier league task is Liverpool. Pochettino is yet to lose a game as a Chelsea coach in the six preseason matches he has managed and he hopes to continue with positive results in the opening match in the league as Chelsea has the best record in the Premier league for claiming the most points from the previous 31 opening games fixtures accumulating 66 points.
Mauricio Pochettino’s tenure at the Premier league has seen him meeting Klopp’s Liverpool fourteen times. In these meetings Pochettino has only managed to win against Liverpool only once and drawing four times. Pochettino has lost nine times against Klopp including losing a UCL final. This is the worst record he has against an opponent coach. In the match press conference when asked about Klopp he also praised him. Today they meet again but in a new home the Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea last five games against Liverpool have all ended in a draw including two finals, the FA and Carabao cups where Liverpool won on penalties. Predictions for this match is Chelsea 34% win Draw 25% while Liverpool has 41% winning probability.
Team news on Chelsea squad is that only Nkunku, Chalobah, Broja, Madueke, W. Fofana, Betinelli and Kepa will be out of today’s clash due to injury and Kepa being involved to a move to Real Madrid. Liverpool will miss Bajetic and Thiago Alcantara due to injuries.
