Frank Lampard is looking for his first win against Jurgen Klopp in the Premier League when Chelsea meet Liverpool this weekend.
Reported by Opta, Lampard and Klopp have met four times in all competitions. However, Lampard has not won over Klopp in two league meetings.
In the league last season, which was Lampard’s coaching debut, Chelsea lost twice to Liverpool, 0-2 at Stamford Bridge and 3-5 at Anfield.
Lampard’s only win over Klopp came when Chelsea met Liverpool in the FA Cup third round. At that time Chelsea won 2-0.
This season, Lampard is determined to win his first victory over Klopp in the Premier League. The Blues chances to win over Liverpool has open. Even though they played without spectators, the Chelsea squad did not want to be embarrassed again by losing to Liverpool at home.
Opta also noted, Klopp with Liverpool has played five times against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The result is three wins, one draw and one defeat.
In all, Liverpool have won six of their 12 away games against Chelsea in the Premier League. The rest have drawn three and lost three times.
While Chelsea are unbeaten in 13 matches against the defending champions, namely seven wins and six draws. At the weekend, Liverpool arrived with the status of Premier League champions last season.
In the 2019/2020 season, Chelsea ended the league with a record six consecutive home matches.
Both Chelsea and Liverpool have positive capital ahead of the clash at the weekend. Both teams won the opening match of the season.
Chelsea overcame host resistance Brighton and Hove Albion 3-1. Meanwhile, Liverpool struggled to beat the promotion team Leeds United 4-3 at Anfield.
Liverpool recently strengthened their squad on Thursday by reaching an agreement to sign Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara from Bayern Munich.
“There are a lot of threats, they made a very good transfer and already have an amazingly good team,” said Klopp. “We suffered a lot against them in last season’s game.”
“There are so many good players up front, in midfield, defense and full-back – they are not the biggest threat, Chelsea itself is the threat.”
