📊 Form Guide

Liverpool

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Liverpool will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 0-3 Europa League losing effort in their last game against Atalanta.

In that match, Liverpool managed 70% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Atalanta got 11 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Gianluca Scamacca (38', 60') and Mario Pašalić (83') scored for Atalanta.

Liverpool have not been the best at stopping their opponents of late, although they have also found ways to hit the back of the net themselves. Over their last 6 matches, Liverpool have seen their goal breached in 6 of them while also managing to get on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.

Their prior results show that Liverpool:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Crystal Palace in their previous 13 games. It's quite some record.
• are undefeated in their previous 28 league matches at home. What a fortress.

Crystal Palace

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After being beaten in their last game against Manchester City in Premier League competition, Crystal Palace and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Crystal Palace managed 24% possession and 7 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Crystal Palace, the goalscorers were Jean-Philippe Mateta (4') and Odsonne Édouard (86'). For their opponents, Manchester City got 18 shots at goal with 8 on target. Kevin De Bruyne (13', 70'), Rico Lewis (47') and Erling Haaland (66') scored for Manchester City.

Looking at their form, and Crystal Palace have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 10 goals overall. Defensively, Crystal Palace have some weaknesses to address. We will just have to see if that trend will end up being sustained here.

Their prior results show that Crystal Palace:

• have not registered a win against Liverpool when having played them away from home in the previous 6 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• have not won away from home in their last 10 league matches. Their travelling support will be needed here, for sure.

↔️ Head to head

A study of past results between these clubs going back to 23/05/2021 shows that these encounters have been miserable for Crystal Palace. They have not managed to come away with any victories whatsoever while Liverpool have remained in the ascendancy, winning in 67 per cent of those ties.

An aggregate of 14 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 11 for The Reds and 3 netted by The Eagles. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The previous league game between these sides was Premier League match day 16 on 09/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool.

In that game, Crystal Palace managed 24% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer was Jean-Philippe Mateta (57').

On the other side, Liverpool got 14 shots on goal with 2 on target. Mohamed Salah (76') and Harvey Elliott (91') scored.

The referee was Andrew Madley.

📰 Team News: Liverpool

Thiago (Muscle injury), Alisson (Hamstring injury), Rhys Williams (unknown injury), Ben Doak (Meniscus tear) and Joel Matip (Cruciate ligament tear) are not available for Liverpool gaffer Jürgen Klopp.

We are thinking that The Reds should use a 4-3-3 system for this one featuring Alisson Becker, Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Alexis Mac Allister, Wataru Endo, Curtis Jones, Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz.

🗞️ Team News: Crystal Palace

We are inclined to think that The Eagles seem most likely to play in a 3-4-2-1 formation using Dean Henderson, Nathaniel Clyne, Joachim Andersen, Jefferson Lerma, Daniel Munoz, Tyrick Mitchell, Adam Wharton, Will Hughes, Michael Olise, Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta.

🧠 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Crystal Palace are likely to break down this Liverpool side, although that is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.

Our selection here is for both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Liverpool at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s just see how this one goes.

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Victor Martins, 12:01 14/04/2024