Liverpool vs Chelsea - as it happened: Georginio Wijnaldum's header hands Reds a hard-fought point

Re-live all the action from Anfield

Wijnaldum celebrates after equalising for Liverpool (Reuters)

Jurgen Klopp's side welcome the league leaders Chelsea to Anfield on Tuesday night, hoping they don't leave Merseyside as the 'runaway leaders'.

Liverpool have gone through a tough period - with their only win in January coming against Plymouth in the FA Cup.

Follow the live blog below...

Please allow a moment for the blog to load...

What time is kick-off?

Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool host Antonio Conte's Chelsea at Anfield on Tuesday 31 January at 8.00pm.

Where can I watch it?

The match will be shown live on BT Sport 1, with coverage starting at 7.00pm.

Alternatively, you can follow live coverage on The Independent’s live blog.

Who's in the squads?

All squads are provisional

Liverpool: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Lovren, Milner, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Firmino, Origi, Coutinho, Karius, Klavan, Gomez, Moreno, Can, Lucas, Stewart, Sturridge, Mane, Woodburn, Wilson.

Chelsea: Courtois, Begovic, Ivanovic, Alonso, Fabregas, Zouma, Kante, Hazard, Loftus-Cheek, Moses, Pedro, Costa, Matic, Willian, Batshuayi, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Luiz, Eduardo, Aina, Ake.

It’s a big game for…

Jürgen Klopp: After three consecutive home defeats in the space of 10 days, Klopp faces the daunting prospect of a visit from the Premier League’s runaway leaders.

Fail to win, and Liverpool’s once promising season will almost completely unravelled. If they still harbour ambitions of winning the title, it is simply a must-win game.

Best stat…

1.23: No team has ever won the Premier League with as bad a goals-conceded-per-game record as Liverpool’s (1.23).

Chelsea’s record (0.69), if maintained, would be the fifth best title-winning defensive record in Premier League history.

Remember when…

Liverpool took revenge for their 2012 FA Cup final defeat by thumping Chelsea 4-1 just three days later.

Jordan Henderson, Daniel Agger, Jonjo Shelvey and a Michael Essien own goal ended the visitors’ hopes of a top-four finish.

They would, of course, qualify for the Champions League anyway, by winning the competition in Munich.

Player to watch…

Pedro: With four goals in his last four, the former Barcelona winger is emerging as a more reliable source of scoring than even Eden Hazard.

There may be more goals in store too, if Pedro lines up against the talented but inexperienced Trent Alexander-Arnold at Anfield.

Prediction...

Past three-meetings…

Chelsea 1 (Costa) Liverpool 2 (Lovren, Henderson)
Premier League, September 2016

Liverpool 1 (Benteke) Chelsea 1 (Hazard)
Premier League, May 2016

Chelsea 1 (Zouma) Liverpool 3 (Coutinho 2, Benteke)
Premier League, October 2015

Form guide

Liverpool: WWDDL

Chelsea: WWLWW

Odds

Liverpool: 33/20

Chelsea: 19/10

Draw: 23/10

Both teams to score: 8/11

[31 January 2017 18:10 · Jack Austin]

Hello and welcome to The Independent’s live blog for all seven of Tuesday night’s Premier League games.

Arsenal are in action at home to Watford, with Tottenham travelling to Sunderland in the 7.45pm kick offs.

However, the big one kicks off at 8pm as Chelsea head to Anfield knowing that a victory will surely end Liverpool’s title challenge.

Join us for all the build-up and action!

[31 January 2017 18:26 · Sam Dymond]

Away from the pantomime of transfer deadline day, there are seven matches in the Premier League. Here's the full rundown:

Arsenal v Watford – 7.45pm

Bournemouth v Crystal Palace – 7.45pm

Burnley v Leicester – 7.45pm

Middlesbrough v West Brom – 7.45pm

Sunderland v Tottenham – 7.45pm

Swansea City v Southampton – 7.45pm    

Liverpool v Chelsea – 8pm

[31 January 2017 18:36 · Sam Dymond]

[31 January 2017 18:39 · Sam Dymond]

[31 January 2017 18:46 · Sam Dymond]

[31 January 2017 18:46 · Sam Dymond]

Let's take in the team news from around the grounds...

Arsenal v Watford – 7.45pm

Arsenal: Cech, Gabriel, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Iwobi, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud.

Subs: Ospina, Gibbs, Bellerin, Maitland-Niles, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Perez, Walcott

Watford: Gomes, Cathcart, Kaboul, Prodl, Britos, Behrami, Janmaat, Cleverley, Capoue, Niang, Deeney

Subs: Arlauskis, Mariappa, Mason, Watson, Doucoure, Success, Okaka

Referee: Andre Marriner

Bournemouth v Crystal Palace – 7.45pm

Bournemouth: Boruc, A. Smith, Francis, Cook, B. Smith, Stanislas, Surman, Wilshere, Fraser, King, Afobe

Subs: Allsop, Mings, Gosling, Arter, Pugh, Ibe, Wilson

Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, Tomkins, Delaney, Van Aanholt, Cabaye, McArthur, Puncheon, Zaha,

Benteke

Subs: Speroni, Fryers, Ledley, Flamini, Townsend, Campbell, Remy

Referee: Jonathan Moss

Burnley v Leicester – 7.45pm

Burnley: Heaton, Lowton, Keane, Mee, Ward, Boy, Barton, Hendrick, Defour, Barnes, Gray

Subs: Robinson, Flanagam Vokes, Gudmundsson, Darikwa, Tarkowski, Arfield

Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs, Albrighton, Ndidi, Drinkwater, Gray, Mahrez, Vardy

Subs: Zieler, Chilwell, Musa, King, Okazaki, Mendy, Benalouane

Referee: Mike Dean

Middlesbrough v West Brom – 7.45pm

Middlesbrough: Valdes, Barragan, Gibson, Bernardo, Fabio, Clayton, De Roon, Forshaw, Stuani, Traore, Negredo

Subs: Konstantopoulos, Ayala, Leadbitter, Downing, Fischer, Bamford, Gestede

West Brom: Foster, Nyom, Dawson, McAuley, Brunt, Yacob, Fletcher, Chadli, Morrison, Phillips, Rondon

Subs: Myhill, Olsson, Robson-Kanu, Livermore, McClean, Leko, Field

Referee:Stuart Atwell

Sunderland v Tottenham – 7.45pm

Sunderland: Mannone, Jones, Manquillo, O’Shea, Kone, Denayer, Ndong, Larsson, Rodwell, Borini, Defoe

Subs: Mika, Love, Lescott, Pienaar, Januzaj, Gooch, Honeyman

Tottenham: Vorm, Walker, Alderweireld, Dier, Rose, Dembele, Wanyama, Alli, Eriksen, Son, Kane

Subs: Lopez, Carter-Vickers, Davies, Wimmer, Sissoko, Winks, Janssen

Referee: Lee Mason

Swansea City v Southampton – 7.45pm    

Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Carroll, Fer, Cork, Routledge, Sigurdsson, Llorente

Subs: Nordfeldt, Rangel, Amat, Ki, Narsingh, Dyer, Borja

Southampton: Forster, Cedric, Stephens, Yoshida, Bertrand, Romeu, Clasie, Davis, Tadic, Redmond, Long

Subs: Taylor, Gardos, Reed, Boufal, Hojbjerg, McQueen, Sims

Referee: Roger East

[31 January 2017 19:05 · Sam Dymond]

And at Anfield...

Liverpool v Chelsea – 8pm

Liverpool: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Matip, Milner, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Can, Lallana, Coutinho, Firmino

Subs: Karius, Klavan, Moreno, Lucas, Mane, Origi, Sturridge

Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill, Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso, Willian, Costa, Hazard

Subs: Begovic, Terry, Zouma, Chalobah, Fabregas, Pedro, Batshuayi

Referee: Mark Clattenburg

[31 January 2017 19:10 · Sam Dymond]

With Sadio Mane only on the bench for Liverpool tonight, it might be time for Jurgen Klopp to park the bus.

[31 January 2017 19:24 · Sam Dymond]

Kick-off time is rapidly approaching so let's check out some key statistics courtesy of OptaJoe...

[31 January 2017 19:34 · Sam Dymond]

I suppose when you're team's bottom of the league, destined for another relegation battle and have just signed Joleon Lescott, you need to find something - anything - to cheer yourself up...