Chelsea has the opportunity to occupy first place this season if Liverpool's consistency begins to be disturbed in the upcoming matches, but if Liverpool continues to be as good as Chelsea, second place will not fall to any other team other than Chelsea because so far the improvement in the game of the Chelsea team itself has been quite good and undeniable. The next match for Chelsea is to host Fulham, and it will be a fairly easy match for Chelsea to win at home because Fulham has not developed well enough during this season.
Liverpool have a much heavier schedule in the next five matches because they have to face Tottenham, Man United and Nottingham Forest and if they are unable to maximize the three matches, it is likely that Chelsea will be able to win the first position. The next five matches Chelsea will face a much easier match because it will not face a much stronger team, so Chelsea's chances of catching up points from Liverpool are very large.
This is the best opportunity for Chelsea but it takes consistency to be able to collect full points in the five matches. Enzo Marsca will definitely understand this opportunity will be a big hope for them and surely he will provide much better results to be able to rank first in the standings.
If we look at their schedule, indeed Liverpool has a more difficult schedule against a team that is in good form, but actually if we look at the opponents owned by Chelsea are also not easy opponents, we can see how currently Fulham, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace are actually able to make the big team lose points when facing them, so it seems that it is still difficult for Chelsea to achieved the full 3 points and be able to coup the position of Liverpool in the next 5 matches.
Chelsea do have the opportunity to cut the distance with Liverpool, but for them to take Liverpool position it seems like it will be difficult to happen, because victory in football is strongly influenced by performance on the field and not on paper in my opinion