Liverpool continue their title push against relegation-battling Crystal Palace at Anfield.
Victory would put Liverpool back on the summit of the top-flight, whilst a win would see Palace return to 14th in the table.
Team News
Liverpool have no fresh injury concerns to report after a shock home defeat to Atalanta on Thursday (11 April) evening.
Alisson (hamstring) is unlikely to be risked but Ben Doak (knee), Joel Matip (ACL) and Thiago Alcantara (muscle) remain absent.
Palace have no fresh injury concerns to report after their defeat against Man City last weekend.
Sam Johnstone (elbow), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (hamstring), Marc Guehi, Chris Richards (both knee), Rob Holding (ankle), Matheus Franca (adductor) and Cheick Docoure (Achilles) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Liverpool host Palace at Anfield on Sunday 14 April at 2pm BST, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Liverpool have avoided defeat in their last 13 meetings against Palace (W11, D2).
- Palace have claimed one point in their last six visits to Liverpool at Anfield (D1, L5).
- Liverpool have kept one clean sheet in their last four meetings against Palace.
- Jurgen Klopp’s Reds have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last eight league matches at home (W6, D2).
- Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored in three of his last four appearances for Palace.
Prediction
After their rocky horror show against Atalanta with absolutely poor end product amidst poor marking of all three goals, Liverpool simply need to knuckle down and produce an immediate response if want to finish this season with another trophy.
Palace meanwhile were excellent on the counter-attack against Man City but ultimately outclassed defensively, although they didn’t concede with ease to their credit and hopefully they can take those lessons into this game where they will again be underdogs.
Liverpool though do have their key players back and given that there will be a desire to mount a strong reaction here, I do wonder if there will be one outcome but if Palace defend well then they might just make the Reds grind out a result.
Prediction: Liverpool 2-1 Crystal Palace
Result: Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace
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