Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 31 January 2024

Result

Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Wednesday 31 January 2024, 20:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea: match report

Liverpool beat Chelsea 4-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 31 January 2024. The half-time score was 2-0.

Diogo Jota opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Liverpool's goals came from Diogo Jota (23'), Conor Bradley (39'), Dominik Szoboszlai (65') and Luis Díaz (79'). Chelsea scored through Christopher Nkunku (71').

Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 48 points from 21 and Chelsea 10th on 31 points from 21. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 82 points, and Chelsea 6th with 63.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Conor Bradley of Liverpool (9.5), ahead of Luis Díaz (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 5 draws and 1 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

11'Yellow card · Moisés CaicedoChelsea
23'Goal · Diogo JotaLiverpool · 1-0
33'Yellow card · Enzo FernándezChelsea
35'Yellow card · Ben ChilwellChelsea
39'Goal · Conor BradleyLiverpool · 2-0
41'Yellow card · Axel DisasiChelsea
45+2'Missed penalty · Darwin NúñezLiverpool
47'Yellow card · Darwin NúñezLiverpool
65'Goal · Dominik SzoboszlaiLiverpool · 3-0
71'Goal · Christopher NkunkuChelsea · 3-1
76'Yellow card · Ibrahima KonatéLiverpool
79'Goal · Luis DíazLiverpool · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 4, draws 5, Chelsea 1.

Chelsea 1-1 LiverpoolPremier League · 13 Aug 2023
Chelsea 0-0 LiverpoolPremier League · 4 Apr 2023
Liverpool 0-0 ChelseaPremier League · 21 Jan 2023
Chelsea 2-2 LiverpoolPremier League · 2 Jan 2022
Liverpool 1-1 ChelseaPremier League · 28 Aug 2021
Liverpool 0-1 ChelseaPremier League · 4 Mar 2021

Team news

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Thiago AlcântaraLiverpool · injury (Hip Injury)
Wesley FofanaChelsea · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Stefan BajceticLiverpool · injury (Calf Injury)
Joël MatipLiverpool · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Reece JamesChelsea · injury (Surgery)
Marc CucurellaChelsea · injury (Ankle Surgery)
Robert SánchezChelsea · injury (Knee Injury)
Ben Gannon-DoakLiverpool · injury (Meniscus Tear)
Lesley UgochukwuChelsea · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Roméo LaviaChelsea · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Mohamed SalahLiverpool · injury (Hamstring Muscle Injury)
Levi ColwillChelsea · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Nicolas JacksonChelsea · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Konstantinos TsimikasLiverpool · injury (Broken Collarbone)
Wataru EndoLiverpool · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Andrey SantosChelsea · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
Trevoh ChalobahChelsea · injury (Fitness)

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Curtis Jones, Diogo Jota, Darwin Núñez, Luis Díaz

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

Djordje Petrovic, Axel Disasi, Thiago Silva, Benoît Badiashile, Ben Chilwell, M. Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Noni Madueke, Conor Gallagher, Raheem Sterling, Cole Palmer