Patrick Vieira and his players will be looking to take advantage of the hefty Champions League defeat for Liverpool at the hands of Real Madrid and heap more misery on the visitors and take their first win of 2023.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 45pm
- 25th February 2023
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
It was January 2022 the last time Liverpool came to town and it did not take them long to take the lead courtesy of Virgil van Dijk. The lead was soon doubled by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain before Odsonne Edouard gave Palace a glimmer of hope shortly after the break. A late penalty from Fabinho sealed the three points for Liverpool.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Andy Robertson (8.2)
OFFICIALS
- Referee: Darren England
- Assistants: Dan Cook, Dan Robathan
- Fourth official: Steve Martin
- VAR: Andre Marriner
- Assistant VAR: Richard West.
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Sam Johnstone, Wilfried Zaha, James Tomkins and Nathan Ferguson are all expected to miss out while Tyrick Mitchell and Joel Ward could feature.
LIVERPOOL – Calvin Ramsay, Thiago, Luis Diaz, and Arthur are unlikely to make the trip while Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez are
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – Tyrick Mitchell (1), James Tomkins (1), Darwin Nunez (1)
YELLOW CARDS (5+) – Cheick Doucoure (8), Marc Guehi (7), Jeffrey Schlupp (5)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 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
- 23/05/21 Liverpool 2-0 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 18/02/23 Brentford 1-1 Palace
- 13/02/23 Palace 1-1 Brighton
- 04/02/23 United 2-1 Palace
- 21/01/23 Palace 0-0 Newcastle
- 18/01/23 Palace 1-1 United
Last FIVE results for Liverpool;
- 21/02/23 Liverpool 2-5 Real Madrid
- 18/02/23 Newcastle 0-2 Liverpool
- 13/02/23 Liverpool 2-0 Everton
- 04/02/23 Wolves 3-0 Liverpool
- 29/01/23 Brighton 2-1 Liverpool
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th in the Premier League with 26 points from 23 games played while Liverpool are 8th with 35 points from 22 games.
RECORD AGAINST LIVERPOOL
- Played 60
- Won 14
- Drawn 12
- Lost 34
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Luis Diaz 7.28
- Roberto Firmino 7.06
- Joachim Andersen 6.92
- Wilfried Zaha 6.90
ONE TO WATCH
CODY GAKPO
FORMER CLUBS – PSV
The new £40 million signing was highly rated among Europe’s elite clubs but it was Liverpool who blinked first to sign the 23-year-old in the January transfer window.
KEY CLASH
JOACHIM ANDERSEN v DARWIN NUNEZ
This is the match up most will be looking to following the clash between the two players earlier in the season which saw the Liverpool striker receive his marching orders. They will likely be facing each other in the game at Selhurst Park so it will be interesting to see how both players get on.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- Liverpool have won 7 successive away league games against Palace by an aggregate score of 22-6
- However, the Eagles could avoid defeat in both league fixtures against the Reds in a season for the first time since 2014-15
- Palace are without a win since New Year’s Eve – a run of 8 games in all competitions (D4, L4)
- Palace have suffered 4 home league defeats this season, equalling their total for the whole of the previous campaign
- Their 17 goals conceded at home also equals their tally for the whole of 2021-22
- Each of their past 5 league home defeats have come in London derbies
- The Eagles are the only team in the division yet to score a first-half goal in 2023
- Michael Olise has been involved in 5 of Palace’s past 7 league goals, scoring twice and laying on 3 assists
- Liverpool have lost 9 of their 17 away games in all competitions this season (W6, D2)
- The Reds have kept consecutive clean sheets in the league, following a run of just 1 in their previous 10 matches
- Jurgen Klopp’s team are yet to concede a league goal from outside the penalty area this season
- Liverpool and Bournemouth are the only sides yet to be awarded a penalty in the league this season
- Klopp has won all seven of his league visits to Palace – a record for most away matches won by a manager without ever dropping points
- Mohamed Salah is 2away from equalling Robbie Fowler’s Liverpool record of 128 Premier League goals
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Wilfried Zaha (6 – 19th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Michael Olise (5 – 8th in PL)
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (1245 – 14th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (55 – 7th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Marc Guehi (1509 – 18th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (41)
- FOULS – Jeffrey Schlupp (38 – 3rd in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Wilfried Zaha (70 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (76 – 4th in PL)
DID YOU KNOW?
The Kop stand is named after a hill in South Africa where the Boer War took place.
PREDICTION
It could be a false sense of security but the defeat in European competition could work either way at Selhurst Park – they could be more fired up to make amends or feeling very sorry for themselves. However, this season has been very difficult to know what Liverpool side will turn up, but similar could be said of Palace. We will take a draw.
FINAL SCORE: 2-2
BETTING ODDS
- Home – 15/4
- Draw – 11/4
- Away – 7/10
- Both teams to score – 8/11
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