Chelsea have continued their yearly preseason tradition of travelling out the USA this week, as they prepare for the second part of their pre-season tour where they will compete in the International Champions Cup facing Liverpool, AC Milan and European champions, Real Madrid, during their stay in the States.
Antonio Conte will get his first taste of Premier League football as he prepares to face Liverpool in a reportedly half empty Rose Bowl stadium. The Blues will hope that their victory over RZ Pellets last week will them game momentum going into the upcoming fixtures.
Liverpool will look to continue their pre-season form as they are currently unbeaten in four games but are yet to face tough opposition having played Tranmere Rovers, Fleetwood Town, Wigan Athletic and Huddersfield Town as they prepare for the new Premier League season.
Match details
Thursday 28th July 2016 | KO: 04:00 (GMT) | Chelsea TV
Team News:
Branislav Ivanovic picked up a shoulder injury against RZ Pellets so will not feature, Courtois & Hazard have returned from their breaks, N’Golo Kante will not join up with the squad until a later date and John Obi Mikel has met up with the Nigeria squad as he prepares to lead them out at the 2016 Brazil Olympics.
Predicted XI
Courtois: Azpilicueta, Cahill, Terry, Aina; Chalobah, Fabregas; Cuadrado, Batshuayi, Loftus-Cheek, Moses (4-2-4)
Prediction
Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool
