Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Friday 16 September 2016

Result

Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Friday 16 September 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool: match report

Chelsea lost to Liverpool 1-2 in the Premier League on Friday 16 September 2016. The half-time score was 0-2.

Dejan Lovren opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Chelsea's goal came from Diego Costa (61'). Liverpool scored through Dejan Lovren (17') and Jordan Henderson (36').

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and Liverpool 6th on 7 points from 4. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Liverpool 4th with 76.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Henderson of Liverpool (8.0), ahead of Dejan Lovren (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 4 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Dejan LovrenLiverpool · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Jordan HendersonLiverpool · 0-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · WillianChelsea
  • 61'Goal · Diego CostaChelsea · 1-2
  • 88'Yellow card · Lucas LeivaLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 3, draws 3, Liverpool 4.

Team news

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

Thibaut Courtois, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, David Luiz, César Azpilicueta, N'Golo Kanté, Nemanja Matić, Willian, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Joël Matip, Dejan Lovren, James Milner, Adam Lallana, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Sadio Mané, Daniel Sturridge, Philippe Coutinho