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Luis Diaz can equal an unlikely Ian Rush feat in Liverpool vs. Chelsea

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Oct 21, 2024 / 7988 Views

Evan Walker

Luis Diaz has been in outstanding form for Liverpool this season, and another goal against Chelsea on Sunday would see the No. 7 equal Ian Rush‘s feat.

Should he score today Diaz will become the first Liverpool player to score in three successive league games against Chelsea since Ian Rush in October 1990.

Today Rush celebrates his 63rd birthday. He scored 10 goals in 19 Liverpool appearances against Chelsea in league and cup.

Liverpool chasing their 3,000th win

A win would see Liverpool record their 3,000th in history in all competitions, including penalty shootouts.

A victory will also see them record a 50th Anfield success over Chelsea in league Football, while one goal will be their 250th in all league encounters.

Should Liverpool lose, though, it will be their 350th top-flight defeat at Anfield.

Record vs. Chelsea

Liverpool are seeking a third successive win over Chelsea in all comPetitions for the first time since November 2011, when they recorded a sequence of four.

The Reds have lost two of the last 19 home and away league clashes, both by a 1-0 scoreline – at Chelsea in 2018 and at Anfield behind closed doors three years later.

However, they have won only three of the last 14 in all competitions against the Blues on Merseyside.

In the last 10 Anfield league encounters and in 13 in all competitions, Liverpool have managed to score more than once on only three occasions – winning 2-0 in 2019, 5-3 in 2020 and 4-1 last season.

In the last 13 home league encounters the Reds have kept two clean sheets.

Kelleher’s milestone day

Caoimhin Kelleher‘s next appearance will be his 50th for the club in all comPetitions.

He made his debut in September 2019 and has kept 16 clean sheets, two of which came in winning League Cup finals at Wembley against Chelsea in 2022 and 2024.

Fifty-seven percent of all Kelleher’s appearances for Liverpool have come since September 2023.

A strong start for Chelsea

Chelsea are one of two teams with a 100 percent win record away from home in the league this season. Liverpool are the other.

Going into this weekend’s fixtures, only Man City (17) have scored more top-flight goals this season than Chelsea’s 16.

Chelsea are undefeated in their last six away league Games since a 5-0 defeat at Arsenal in April, winning five and drawing the other.

They have won their opening three games of a league campaign for the first time since 2017/18. Not since 2008/09 have they extended that to four in a row.