Kick-off: 1945, 25/02/2023
Stadium: Selhurst Park
TV: Sky Sports
Liverpool were embarrassed by Real Madrid in the Champions League but are expected to find Crystal Palace far more conducive company.
The Reds are chasing a third straight Premier League victory and have won on their last seven trips to Selhurst Park in this competition.
All but one of those triumphs featured more than two goals, so 31/20 for the visitors to prevail and at least three to be scored here is our initial Crystal Palace vs Liverpool prediction.
Eagles struggling for success
Palace have gone seven top-flight fixtures without a win since the turn of the year, although they have drawn four of the last five.
Eberechi Eze came off the bench to put the Eagles ahead on 69 minutes at Brentford, heading in a cross from Michael Olise.
However, Vitaly Janelt’s stoppage-time equaliser prevented Palace from picking up maximum points.
“We worked hard, we gave everything, and it feels bad not getting the three points,” Eze told Palace TV.
“There are probably lots of reasons why we conceded. We just have to pick ourselves up and go again.”
Palace have also shared the spoils in three straight home games against Manchester United, Newcastle and Brighton, who are all above Liverpool in the table this term.
Looking back at the head-to-head record, though, the Reds just seem to have the Indian sign over their hosts at this ground.
Examining the Crystal Palace vs Liverpool odds, an away win and both teams to score appeals at 12/5.
Last Palace line-up: Guaita, Mitchell, Guehi, Andersen, Clyne, Olise, Sambi Lokonga, Ayew, Schlupp, Doucoure, Mateta.
Wilfried Zaha’s potential return will be a game-day decision, though the attacker trained with the team this week as he continues to recover from a hamstring injury.
Vieira will have just one back-up goalkeeper on the bench in Joe Whitworth, with Sam Johnstone (calf) ruled out for several weeks, while Nathan Ferguson is making good progress but looks unlikely to be available.
Reds on quick recovery mission
Liverpool’s midweek clash with Real Madrid, a repeat of last season’s Champions League final, proved a scary rollercoaster ride of emotions for Reds’ fans.
Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah put Jurgen Klopp’s side 2-0 up inside 15 minutes to send Anfield wild.
However, a mixture of high-class play from the Whites and some woeful defending saw the Spanish giants hit back for a humbling 5-2 victory.
Klopp accepted his side’s hopes of European glory are all but over and admitted too many mistakes were made at the back.
The German was keen to remain in a positive frame of mind, though, having previously seen his team beat Everton and Newcastle 2-0.
He declared: “The start of the game was outstanding and the way we played was us in a nutshell, us like we want to be, and that’s what we have to keep doing.
“If we now allow this one game to be influential, we are really silly. We have a few days where we’ll make sure that we take the right things out of this game.
“Yes, we have to improve. But we have to take the good things as well. That would be horrible if we don’t do that.
“The intensity, the effort we showed, the football we played, pretty much everything was like we want to see ourselves.”
Liverpool’s form has been up and down all season but they have continuously shown they are capable of brushing off bad results and starting afresh.
Roberto Firmino has scored on four of his seven visits to Selhurst Park and 4/1 for him to grab the last goal in this game completes our Crystal Palace vs Liverpool betting tips.
Last Liverpool line-up: Alisson, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Henderson, Bajcetic, Salah, Gakpo, Nunez.
Defender Ibrahima Konate has returned to training after a hamstring injury but it is doubtful he will be ready to start. Fellow centre-back Joe Gomez was substituted as a precaution in the midweek defeat to Real Madrid so Joel Matip could come into the side.
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