Liverpool vs. Chelsea FA Cup final preview six key questions to decide Saturday's game

Liverpool's quest for the quadruple continues, while the success of Chelsea's season seems like it hangs in the balance. Win the FA Cup on Saturday (streaming LIVE, 11:45 a.m. ET, ESPN+) and it's a major trophy for Thomas Tuchel in each of his first two seasons with Chelsea. Lose and it feels like a step backward after last season's Champions League trophy, last summer's major investment in the front line and last week's sale of the club. Such are the fine margins and nature of knockout football.

So, what can we expect to see at Wembley? Here are six questions to consider before the FA Cup final at Wembley.

Quietly, this has once again become a fascinating and compelling rivalry. After Tuchel arrived last season, Chelsea did something almost no one ever does: dominate Liverpool… at Anfield. Although it was in the midst of the hosts' injury crisis to the extent that Fabinho and Ozan Kabak were starting at center-back, Chelsea conceded possession, but outshot their opponents 11 to 7. They created the better chances en route to a 1-0 win.

Of course, this year's Liverpool is much different than last year's Liverpool. Kabak is playing for Norwich, Fabinho is starting at the base of midfield and the center-backs are now Virgil van Dijk and one of either Joel Matip and Ibrahima Konate. Throw Luis Diaz and a mostly healthy Thiago into the mix and you've got arguably the best team in the world.

Despite Liverpool significantly outperforming Chelsea on the whole this year, there hasn't been a ton to separate the two sides across their three matches this season (two in the Premier League, plus the Carabao Cup final, which Liverpool won after a remarkable 11-10 penalty shootout). If we throw out the second half of their first league