Liverpool v Crystal Palace: Text analysis, updates, goals and stats for the Premier League clash
Liverpool can take a big step towards securing a Champions League place next season with a win over Crystal Palace on Saturday.
The Reds’ pursuit of a top-five finish was boosted by their win at Everton on Sunday with Virgil van Dijk’s late strike and Chelsea’s defeat at home to Manchester United.
The home game against Palace is an excellent opportunity to collect three points, the visitors may have one eye on Thursday’s Conference League semi-final first leg against Shakhtar Donetsk.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot remains wary of an Eagles side who beat them on penalties in the Community Shield and back-to-back Premier League and EFL Cup games this season.
He said: “As usual, the thing that makes it difficult is the players you play against have a good team, they already had a good team two or three years ago.
“They have a good manager [Oliver Glasner] who can bring a lot of morals to that group. It’s really hard to create chances against them.
“It doesn’t matter what game you watch, you don’t see another team creating an opportunity to play with them.
“On the other hand, they are very direct in their attacking style. They conceded a couple of goals behind Arsenal. [and Manchester City]. That tells you a lot.”
Outgoing manager Glasner will take charge of Palace at Anfield for the last time and says his players have a “great chance” of a fourth win in 2025/26 against them.
“If we win twice against Liverpool, it’s great,” said the Austrian. “Three wins is amazing. Now we have the chance to beat Liverpool four times in one season.
“It’s unique – you don’t play a team like Liverpool four times a year. Three wins is already big.
“We are very happy and motivated because maybe this will never happen again. Anfield is an amazing stadium.
Where to watch Liverpool v Crystal Palace
Kick-off is on Saturday at 15:00 GMT (12:00 ET / 09:00 PT). The game is not shown live in the UK.
Visit the Premier League website for a full list of international broadcasters.
Liverpool v Crystal Palace statistics
- Liverpool lost on penalties in the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium, 2-1 in the Premier League at Selhurst Park in September and 3-0 at Anfield in the fourth round of the EFL Cup in October.
- They are winless in their last three Premier League home games against Crystal Palace (D2 L1), having won five in a row against them at Anfield immediately before that.
- Having won six of their last 10 Premier League games (D1 L3), Liverpool have won more than their last 18 combined (W5 D6 L7) and could win three league games in a row for the fourth time this season.
- Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored in each of the last three Premier League games (three goals), scoring just two goals in his last 14 games.
- Salah will be 33 years and 314 days on the day of the match, while Cristiano Ronaldo is the last player to score four consecutive starts in the competition (37 years, 86 days in May 2022).
- Palace could complete the league double beating Liverpool for just the third time, after 1991/92 and 2014/15, and achieve the same feat for the reigning champions for the first time.
- Having scored exactly two goals in their last five Premier League games against the champions, Manchester City are the only team to have scored at least two goals in six consecutive games against the title holders in the competition, doing so from September 2013 to May 2017.
- The last team to beat the Reds twice at Anfield in the same season was Arsenal in 2006/07
- Ismaila Sarr has scored in each of his last four games against Liverpool in all competitions (5 goals)
- In English football, Sarr only has more goals against Aston Villa (8) than against the Reds (7)
