Liverpool will be looking to keep their slightest of hopes of Premier League glory when they travel back to London in matters of days to take on Crystal Palace in a crucial league match at Selhurst Park on Sunday evening with kickoff at 17:00.
Jurgen Klopp’s side were in London on Thursday night where they dispatched Arsenal in a thoroughly professional manner with a 2-0 win, a win that booked them a place in the EFL Cup final against Chelsea. Now they travel back to the capital in a crucial league match against Crystal Palace who presents a trick challenge to the Merseyside giants.
As things stand Liverpool are 11 points and a game in hand behind league leaders Man City and anything other than maximum points in this match would surely end their hopes of challenging the Citizens for the title.
Therefore, they will be looking to build on their current form, having lost none of their last five fixtures across all competitions and are coming off back-to-back victories.
Meanwhile Crystal Palace despite being inconsistent this season they will be delighted with what they have been able to achieve in the campaign so far. The Eagles are currently occupying a place in the middle of the table with just one point outside the top-half.
They have been have been a tough nut to crack at Selhurst Park this season as they have only suffered two defeats in their 11 home league matches, and they will want to keep the form on Sunday as they at climbing into the top-half.
However, they face a difficult Sunday evening as Liverpool comes calling. The Eagles have lost in all their last 10 meeting against the Merseysiders, who raced to 7-0 victory the last time they visited Selhurst in the Premier League.
Crystal Palace vs Liverpool head to head
Both sides have met in 28 encounters since 1994 with Liverpool claiming 18 victories and three draws, while Palace have claimed seven victories.
- Liverpool 3-0 Palace 18/09/21
- Liverpool 2-0 Palace 23/05/21
- Palace 0-7 Liverpool 19/12/20
- Liverpool 4-0 Palace 24/06/20
- Palace 1-2 Liverpool 23/11/19
Home
- Brighton 1-1 Palace
- Millwall 1-2 Palace
- Palace 2-3 West Ham
- Palace 3-0 Norwich
- Tottenham 3-0 Palace
Away
- Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool
- Liverpool 3-0 Brentford
- Liverpool 0-0 Arsenal
- Liverpool 4-1 Shrewsbury
- Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool
Crystal Palace team news
Palace will be without Cheikhou Kouyate and Wilfred Zaha who are still representing their respective national teams at the ongoing AFCON, while James McArthur is a doubt.
Liverpool team news
Liverpool will be without Harvey Elliott, Nathaniel Phillips, Thiago and Divock Origi through injuries, while Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Naby Keita are still unavailable due to international duties at AFCON.
Prediction and odds
- Liverpool win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
