Chelsea vs Liverpool head to head

Chelsea vs Liverpool in the FA Cup1931/32 - Quarter-finals - Liverpool 0-2 Chelsea1961/62 - Third round - Liverpool 4-3 Chelsea1964/65 - Semi-finals - Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea1965/66 - Third round - Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea1977/78 - Third round - Chelsea 4-2 Liverpool1981/82 - Fifth round - Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool1985/86 - Fourth round - Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool1996/97 - Fourth round - Chelsea 4-2 Liverpool2005/06 - Semi-finals - Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea2011/12 - Final - Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool2019/20 - Fifth round - Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool

Liverpool have kept just three clean sheets in their last 28 matches against Chelsea in all competitions.

Chelsea stats

Both the men’s and women’s FA Cup finals will be against the same teams we met earlier in the season in the respective League Cup finals.

The last three domestic cup finals in both the men’s and women’s game have involved Chelsea.

Chelsea are the most successful side in the FA Cup since the turn of the century, reaching 11 finals (including 2022), winning six of them.

We have now reached 22 cup finals (excluding the UEFA Super Cup) in the last 19 seasons. Our overall tally of finals reached now stands at 34.

This is the sixth successive season in which we’ve reach the final of a major cup competition, a club record. We’re also the first team in the history of English football to reach the final of at least one of the two major domestic cup competitions in six consecutive campaigns.

Excluding the three matches played there as a Tottenham home game, the Blues will play our 28th game at the new Wembley since it opened in 2007, more than any other side.

Chelsea have failed to win any of our past four finals at the national stadium – against Liverpool in the 2022 League Cup, Leicester City in the 2021 FA Cup, Arsenal in the 2020 FA Cup and Manchester City in the 2019 League Cup. We last won a trophy there in the 2018 FA Cup final against Manchester United, when Eden Hazard scored the only goal from the penalty spot in the first half.

Chelsea have won the FA Cup eight times under eight different managers. Thomas Tuchel is looking to make it nine.

Our last five FA Cup finals2011/12 Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool2016/17 Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal2017/18 Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United2019/20 Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal2020/21 Chelsea 0-1 Leicester City

This final will be the 13th occasion we have played the same team in both domestic competitions in the same season, and it will be the third time this has happened against Liverpool.

This is Thomas Tuchel’s sixth final since joining us in January 2021.

Chelsea’s road to the finalThird round - Chelsea 5-1 ChesterfieldFourth round - Chelsea 2-1 (aet) Plymouth ArgyleFifth round - Luton Town 2-3 ChelseaQuarter-finals - Middlesbrough 0-2 ChelseaSemi-finals - Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace

Most major cup final appearances for ChelseaCesar Azpilicueta 12, Petr Cech 12, Antonio Rudiger2 12, Didier Drogba 10, John Terry 10, Peter Bonetti 8, Ashley Cole 8, Ron Harris 8, N’Golo Kante 8, Salomon Kalou 7, Antonio Rudiger 7, Tommy Baldwin 6, Gary Cahill 6, Charlie Cooke 6, David Luiz 6, Antonio Rudiger0 6, Antonio Rudiger1 6, Jorginho 6, John Mikel Obi 6

Our 11-10 penalty shoot-out defeat to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final was our first this season, having won the first three against Villarreal in the Super Cup and Aston Villa and Southampton in the Carabao Cup.

This season we have played in five games that had to go to extra time, which is a club record. Our previous record was four, set in 1997/98 and equalled in 2011/12.

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Liverpool stats

Best seasons in the FA CupWinners: 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006Runners-up: 1914, 1950, 1971, 1977, 1988, 1996, 2012

Liverpool have reached the final of the League Cup and FA Cup in the same season for a third time, after 2000/01 and 2011/12.

Jurgen Klopp’s side will be looking to win an FA Cup final at Wembley for the first time since 1991/92 against Sunderland when Graeme Souness was in charge.

Liverpool’s road to the finalThird round - Liverpool 4-1 ShrewsburyFourth round - Liverpool 3-1 Cardiff CityFifth round - Liverpool 2-1 Norwich CityQuarter-finals - Nottingham Forest 0-1 LiverpoolSemi-finals - Liverpool 3-2 Manchester City

Liverpool have scored 142 goals in 59 games in all competitions this term, their highest ever total in a season in their club history.

Jurgen Klopp's side have won four and lost three of their last seven penalty shoot-outs in all competitions since 2019.

Jurgen Klopp’s side have only lost one of their 31 games in all competitions in 2022 (24 wins, six draws).

Klopp is the first manager to reach the Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup finals in the same season. This will be his first FA Cup final.

Jurgen Klopp’s managerial record against ChelseaWon 6Drawn 8Lost 4

Discipline

There are no suspensions.

Referee and VAR

Referee: Craig PawsonVAR: Paul Tierney

Craig Pawson will referee a Chelsea game for the first time since our defeat at Manchester City in January.