UCL: Liverpool v Chelsea Preview

Steven Gerrard

Liverpool and Chelsea meet in the UEFA Champions League for the fifth season in succession as they prepare to do battle in the 2008/09 quarter-finals.

Facts, figures and stats.

- Liverpool have met Chelsea in each of the last five seasons in the Champions League.

- The team drawn at home in the first leg each of the last three meetings in the knockout stages has been eliminated.

- Liverpool have won seven and lost none of their last nine Champions League home matches.

- Liverpool have played Chelsea 22 times in four and a half seasons since Rafael Benitez arrived on Merseyside, winning seven and losing nine.

- The Reds have won home and away against the Blues in the Premier League this season.

- Fernando Torres has scored four goals in his four appearances against the Blues.

- Steven Gerrard has scored seven goals in seven Champions League appearances this season.

- Didier Drogba has scored in his last three Champions League matches.

- In the previous eight Champions League encounters between these two sides only one has seen more than two goals, and only two more than one.

- Chelsea have been caught offside in the CL more than any other team so far – 36.

- Liverpool have taken and scored the most penalties in the competition so far, three.

Posted on April 8, 2009 | Filed Under Football