Following the midweek home defeat, there are plenty of fans that will be watching this match through their fingers, or not even turning up, but there is vague hope of a reaction against Liverpool after the dismal loss to Bournemouth.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 12.30pm – 9th December 2023
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
The Reds last came to South London in February and headed home off the back of a goalless draw and very much a point gained by the hosts with the woodwork taking a bit of a battering from Mateta, Salah and Jota.
MAN OF THE MATCH – Jordan Ayew (7.5)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy Madley. Assistants: Harry Lennard, Nick Hopton. Fourth official: Tom Bramall. VAR: John Brooks. Assistant VAR: Adam Nunn.
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Cheick Doucoure (achilles), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (thigh), Rob Holding (ankle), Dean Henderson (thigh), and Eberechi Eze (ankle) all miss out while Tyrick Mitchell (groin) is a doubt.
LIVERPOOL – Joel Matip (knee), Thiago (groin), Andy Robertson (shoulder), Diogo Jota (knock), Alisson (thigh), are unavailable while Alexis Mac Allister (knee), and Stefan Bajcetic (calf) are questionable.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – Virgil van Dijk (1), Alexis Mac Allister (1), Diogo Jota (1), Curtis Jones (1)
YELLOW CARDS (4+) – Alexis Mac Allister (5), Jordan Ayew (4)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 25/02/23 Palace 0-0 Liverpool
- 15/08/22 Liverpool 1-1 Palace
- 15/07/22 Liverpool 2-0 Palace
- 23/01/22 Palace 1-3 Liverpool
- 18/09/21 Liverpool 3-0 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 06/12/23 Palace 0-2 Bournemouth
- 03/12/23 West Ham 1-1 Palace
- 24/11/23 Luton 2-1 Palace
- 11/11/23 Palace 2-3 Everton
- 04/11/23 Burnley 0-2 Palace
Last FIVE results for Liverpool;
- 06/12/23 Sheffield United 0-2 Liverpool
- 03/12/23 Liverpool 4-3 Fulham
- 30/11/23 Liverpool 4-0 LASK
- 25/11/23 Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool
- 12/11/23 Liverpool 3-0 Brentford
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 14th in the Premier League with 16 points from 15 games played while Liverpool are 2nd with 34 points.
RECORD AGAINST LIVERPOOL
- Played 61
- Won 14
- Drawn 13
- Lost 34
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Mohamed Salah 7.46
- Eberechi Eze 7.40
- Virgil van Dijk 7.35
- Joachim Andersen 7.11
ONE TO WATCH
DOMINIK SZOBOSZLAI
FORMER CLUBS – Fehervar FC, Fonix Gold, MTK Budapest, Liefering, Red Bull Salzburg, RB Leipzig
The Hungarian international has slotted in well at Anfield since his move from the Bundesliga for a reported £60million five year deal and has proven just what Klopp needed to rebuild a dismantled midfield.
KEY CLASH
ODSONNE EDOUARD v IBRAHIMA KONATE
The French international must find a way of taking the few chances that fall his way in the new few games in order to add to his six goal haul so far this season and take the pressure off the back line. A lot will depend on the service coming into him as well and with Michael Olise taking time to shake off his rustiness; Edouard must get the better of his compatriot in the Reds defence.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Odsonne Edouard (6 – 11th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Jordan Ayew/ Jean-Philippe Mateta (3 – 18th in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (945– 15th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure/ Tyrick Mitchell (34– 16th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (1162 – 12th in PL)
- SHOTS – Odsonne Edouard (39 – 8th in PL)
- FOULS – Jordan Ayew (25 – 7th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Jordan Ayew (46 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Sam Johnstone (34 – 16th in PL)
- CLEARANCES – Joachim Andersen (81 – 2nd in PL)
- BIG CHANCES MISSED – Jordan Ayew/ Odsonne Edouard (4)
THE NUMBERS
Palace are winless in their past 12 Premier League meetings with Liverpool, their longest ongoing winless run against an opponent.
Liverpool have never lost an away Premier League game against Palace under Jurgen Klopp, winning 7 out of 8 visits. Their most recent defeat against the Eagles was in November 2014 under Brendan Rodgers.
Since the start of October, no side has won fewer Premier League games than Palace, while only Sheffield United have scored fewer goals than the Eagles.
Palace manager Roy Hodgson has lost each of his past 8 Premier League games against former club Liverpool. The last time he beat Liverpool was after a 1-0 win with West Brom in April 2012.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has won 12 of his 16 Premier League meetings with Palace, his joint-most against a side in the competition (also 12 v West Ham). In his managerial career, only against SC Freiburg (13) has he won more league games.
TEB PREDICTION
It will come as no surprise that we see nothing more than a Liverpool win in this early kick off at Selhurst. Being the early kick off may prove to be a blessing so fans can get it out of the way and get on with their weekend. There is always a glimmer of hope that the players will dig out some kind of a reaction after a dismal midweek defeat but with the visitors chasing down the league leaders, they will likely prove too much to handle, but we hope we are wrong.
FINAL SCORE: 2-0 to Liverpool
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