It will look incredibly early in the year to be considering European football (unless youre a Wolves fan), but Liverpools face-off together with Chelsea in the UEFA Super Cup has a nice texture to it — an interesting curtain-raiser into the continental soccer season.
Champions League champions Liverpool much picked up from where they left off last campaign, putting Norwich. In what was quite a opening screen for Frank Lampard, chelsea, who naturally maintained the Europa League name, were very far on the receiving end of a demolition project at Old Trafford. The barefaced stats look OK as much as Chelsea are concerned, but a 2.18-1.33 xG deficit informs a more damning narrative; Chelsea had lots of efforts, but David de Gea was seldom stretched. ??
It must be pretty interesting on Wednesday, however, the result is beyond no doubt in my opinion; Chelsea defended badly against Manchester United, and if they did threaten the hosts early , it is not sufficient to convince me theyll lay much of a glove on Jurgen Klopps guys.
There are not enough targets on this Chelsea side. Although Eden Hazards loss may even have a while to get over the mustard will not cut as a six centre-forward should.
You know exactly what you buy with Liverpool at this point, and itll be a lot for Chelsea.
At 17/10, Liverpool to triumph with a -1 handicap looks a bet. The final meeting between these two finished 2-0 at the Reds favour, and Liverpool look much stronger in most departments than the adversaries of Wednesday. ??
We were all treated to our share of VAR-fuelled controversy in Europe last season, and with UEFAs interpretation of what represents a punishment being much stricter than the Premier Leagues, I am backing a.
We saw Chelsea concede a penalty against Manchester United this weekend–Kurt Zouma the guilty party–and contemplating just 3 sides received more penalties from the Premier League compared to Liverpool last season, Id suggest the probability of the referee pointing to the place are quite high, especially since this is a cup final (or sorts).
Of course, Chelsea could also win a punishment, but either way, its not outlandish think VAR will take centre stage. ??
Ive gone a rogue with this previous tip, but its for Virgil Van Dijk to score.
Hear me out here…
Although his goalscoring record at the early portion of his Liverpool career was plump for a person of stature, VVD has now scored seven goals in his past 23 appearances for club and country, which can be a solid return from centre-back.
Needless to say, Liverpool have a whole number of gamers that will (and probably will) score first on Wednesday, but Van Dijk has opened his account for the season with a goal against Norwich, and 25/1 for the Dutchman to obtain the internet first contrary to what seems like a pretty porous Chelsea is probably worth a nibble.
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