Off the back of an opening day defeat to Arsenal, the Eagles make their first away trip of the season for Monday Night Football to take on Liverpool, who themselves only managed a draw at the weekend.
DATE
15th August 2022
VENUE
KICK OFF
8pm
PREVIOUS MEETING
The last meeting between the two at Anfield was in September 2021 and tighter than the score line suggests. The hosts ended up running out 3-0 winners courtesy of goals from Sadio Mane (43), Mohamed Salah (78) and Naby Keita (89).
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Mohamed Salah (8.4)
OFFICIALS
- Referee: Paul Tierney
- Assistants: Dan Cook, Dan Robathan
- Fourth official: Craig Pawson
- VAR: Andre Marriner
- Assistant VAR: Nick Hopton
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – James McArthur, Jack Butland and James Tomkins will miss out as will Nathan Ferguson who has yet another injury. Michael Olise could return to the squad.
LIVERPOOL – Thiago, Curtis Jones, Caoimhin Kelleher, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Ibrahima Konate are all are both ruled out while Diego Jota and Konstantinos Tsimikas are doubtful.
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – none
YELLOW CARDS – Nathaniel Clyne (1)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 15/07/22 Liverpool 2-0 Palace
- 23/01/22 Palace 1-3 Liverpool
- 18/09/21 Liverpool 3-0 Palace
- 23/05/21 Liverpool 2-0 Palace
- 19/12/20 Palace 0-7 Liverpool
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 05/08/22 Palace 0-2 Arsenal
- 30/07/22 Palace 4-2 Montpellier
- 23/07/22 QPR 0-3 Palace
- 22/07/22 Palace 1-1 Leeds
- 19/07/22 Gillingham 0-2 Arsenal
Last FIVE results for Liverpool;
- 06/08/22 Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
- 31/07/22 Liverpool 0-3 Strasbourg
- 30/07/22 Liverpool 3-1 Manchester City
- 27/07/22 Salzburg 1-0 Liverpool
- 21/07/22 RB Leipzig 0-5 Liverpool
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Liverpool sit 12th with 1 point while Palace are 17th yet to get any points on the board after the opening weekend.
RECORD AGAINST LIVERPOOL
- Played 59
- Won 14
- Drawn 11
- Lost 34
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Joachim Andersen 7.62
- Mohammed Salah 7.33
- Jordan Ayew 7.10
- Joel Matip 6.85
ONE TO WATCH
DARWIN NUNEZ
FORMER CLUBS – La Luz, San Miguel de Artigas, Penarol, Almeria, Benfica
The new £64million signing arrives at Anfield after having plenty of suitors. He got off to a good start at Craven Cottage by helping his side get back into the game against Fulham at the weekend, scoring with a cheeky flick on his first appearance. Whether he makes his first full start or comes off the bench, the Uruguayan international will be a real threat.
KEY CLASH
FABINHO v CHEICK DOUCOURE
This will be a fascinating clash and will go a long way to show us how the new addition to the Eagles midfield fares against top quality opposition.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- Since losing 2-1 to Palace in April 2017, Liverpool have won 10 consecutive league matches against the Eagles
- Palace have lost their last 5 league games at Anfield
- Liverpool have not lost their first home league match in any of the last 18 seasons (W14 D4), winning their last 9 in a row
- The Eagles last lost their first 2 games in a single Premier League campaign in 2017-18
- Mohamed Salah has been involved in 11 goals in 10 league appearances against Palace (7 goals, 4 assists).
- Joachim Andersen and Marc Guehi passed to each other 61 times last week, the most of any duo in the Premier League on the opening weekend and 16 more than the next most (45 – Joel Matip and Virgil van Dijk)
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – 0
- ASSISTS – 0
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (105 – 3rd in PL)
- TACKLES – Joachim Andersen (6 – 3rd in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (126 – 2nd in PL)
- SHOTS – Edouard/Schlupp (3 – 10th in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (1 – 12th in PL)
DID YOU KNOW?
There have been 17 players to have represented both Liverpool and Palace including Nathaniel Clyne, Neil Ruddock, Victor Moses, Stan Collymore, Christian Benteke, Ray Houghton, Martin Kelly, Steve Staunton, Mamadou Sakho, and Mark Kennedy.
PREDICTION
It was always going to be a tough ask taking on Liverpool at Anfield but that became even harder following their away draw at newly promoted Fulham last weekend. There is a chance for Palace to spring a surprise especially with the pressure being on the hosts and playing on the break with the talented options available may just work.
FINAL SCORE: Liverpool 2-1 Palace
BETTING ODDS
- Home – 1/6
- Draw – 11/2
- Away – 14/1
- Both teams to score – 6/5
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