The Eagles head to Anfield this weekend for successive matches against title challengers, but this one will be wounded in view of their last two results.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 2pm – 14th April 2024
- Anfield, Anfield Road, Liverpool L4 0TH
PREVIOUS MEETING
Palace last returned from Anfield with a point after take a first half lead courtesy of Wilfried Zaha only for Luis Diaz to grab an equaliser, but the visitors held on for a point in August 2022. The chances for Palace to take a point or three were increased after the sending off of Darwin Nunez after a clash with Joachim Andersen.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Luis Diaz (8.9)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Kavanagh. Assistants: Simon Bennett, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Keith Stroud. VAR: Michael Oliver. Assistant VAR: Stuart Burt.
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Sam Johnstone, Cheick Doucoure, Rob Holding, Marc Guehi, Chris Richards, and Matheus Franca are all expected to miss out. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi is working his way back to fitness, while Jairo Riedewald will return and Michael Olise is pushing for a start.
LIVERPOOL – Joel Matip, Thiago and Alisson Becker are due to be unavailable.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – Jordan Ayew (1), Virgil van Dijk (10< Alexis Mac Allister (1), Diogo Jota (1), Ibrahima Konate (1), Curtish Jones (1)
YELLOW CARDS (6+) – Darwin Nunez (8), Wataru Endo (8), Jefferson Lerma (7), Jordan Ayew (6), Alexis Mac Allister (6)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 09/12/23 Palace 1-2 Liverpool
- 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
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 06/04/24 Palace 2-4 Manchester City
- 02/04/24 Bournemouth 1-0 Palace
- 30/03/24 Forest 1-1 Palace
- 09/03/24 Palace 1-1 Luton
- 02/03/24 Spurs 3-1 Palace
Last FIVE results for Liverpool;
- 11/04/24 Liverpool 0-3 Atalanta
- 07/04/24 Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool
- 04/04/24 Liverpool 3-1 Sheffield United
- 31/03/24 Liverpool 2-1 Brighton
- 17/03/24 Manchester United 4-3 Liverpool
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 14th in the Premier League with 30 points from 31 games played, while Liverpool are 2nd with 71 points.
RECORD AGAINST LIVERPOOL
- Played 62
- Won 14
- Drawn 13
- Lost 35
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Michael Olise 7.44
- Mohamed Salah 7.40
- Conor Bradley 7.34
- Eberechi Eze 7.16
ONE TO WATCH
MOHAMED SALAH
FORMER CLUBS – none
Perhaps the easy choice but he was rested in the midweek defeat to Atalanta until it was too late, so he will be looking to make up for that and what was a real off day for him and the Reds at Old Trafford last weekend.
KEY CLASH
JOACHIM ANDERSEN v DIOGO JOTA
It looks like Jurgen Klopp may favour the Portuguese striker for this one in place of Darwin Nunez who has been a bit of disappointment of late, and he will be up against our very own Danish defender who has really held the back line together during this period of key injuries.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Edouard, Mateta (7)
- ASSISTS – Ayew (6)
- PASSES – Andersen (1715)
- TACKLES – Mitchell (88– 4th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Andersen (2149)
- SHOTS – Eze (58)
- FOULS – Ayew (43– 8th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Ayew (73– 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Johnstone (41)
- CLEARANCES – Andersen (161 – 1st in PL)
- BIG CHANCES MISSED – Edouard (6)
THE NUMBERS
Liverpool are unbeaten in their past 13 Premier League games against Palace (W11 D2) since a 2-1 home loss in April 2017.
Having won their first Premier League game under Oliver Glasner, Palace are now without a victory in 5.
The Reds are unbeaten in their past 28 home league games, winning 22 and drawing 6. However, they have not kept a clean sheet in their past 8 at Anfield, last having a longer run between December 1998 and May 1999 (9 matches).
The Eagles have conceded about 10 goals more than expected in the Premier League this season (54 goals conceded, 44.3 xG against), with only Sheffield United having a bigger such difference in the competition this term (82 conceded, 61.2 xG against).
Liverpool have had 629 shots in the Premier League this season, at least 70 more than any other side. Their average of 20.3 shots per game is the third highest on record (since 1997-98) in a Premier League campaign, after Chelsea in 2009-10 (21.9) and 2008-09 (21).
Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored 4 goals in his past 6 league games for Palace, with his 7 overall this season his best return in a Premier League campaign.
TEB PREDICTION
The hosts are very much a wounded animal but could the Eagles inflict more misery on them in between their two legged Europa League tie? It is very difficult to say which Liverpool will turn up but they need to make up for the disappointing point last weekend which has hit their title hopes. However, Palace gave City a fright last weekend and will be looking to do the same again this weekend. It could go either way but the visitors will hit the back of the net and potentially a valuable and unexpected point.
FINAL SCORE: 2-2
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