Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 29 December 2013

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Sunday 29 December 2013, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool: match report

Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 29 December 2013. The half-time score was 2-1.

Martin Škrtel opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Eden Hazard (17') and Samuel Eto'o (34'). Liverpool scored through Martin Škrtel (4').

Discipline: Chelsea received 4 yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 6th on 32 points from 18 and Liverpool 3rd on 36 points from 18. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 77 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 81.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 7 for Liverpool.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-W-L-D and Liverpool's L-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Martin ŠkrtelLiverpool · 0-1
  • 17'Goal · Eden HazardChelsea · 1-1
  • 34'Goal · Samuel Eto'oChelsea · 2-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Glen JohnsonLiverpool
  • 47'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 50'Yellow card · David LuizChelsea
  • 79'Yellow card · Gary CahillChelsea
  • 90'Yellow card · OscarChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 2, draws 1, Liverpool 7.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, Gary Cahill, César Azpilicueta, Ramires, F. Lampard, Willian, Eden Hazard, Fernando Torres

Liverpool expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Simon Mignolet, Martin Škrtel, Mamadou Sakho, Glen Johnson, Jon Flanagan, Jordan Henderson, Lucas Leiva, Luis Suárez, Raheem Sterling, Steven Gerrard