Premier League match preview: Crystal Palace believed to be the weaker party when Liverpool pays a visit

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

It's only been nine days since Crystal Palace met Brighton & Hove Albion and the scoreline was 1-1. Can they win versus Liverpool?

Insights:
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (55) in Premier League

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Carabao Cup. That game, against Arsenal, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Liverpool.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

The total Premier League results at home this season for Crystal Palace are 4-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Crystal Palace drew their last game, 1-1 away at Brighton & Hove Albion (placed 9th). Goalkeeper Butland got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.74 out of ten. Butland saved a penalty.

Before that match, a FA Cup win away at Millwall.

Crystal Palace have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Selhurst Park with 20 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Palace have conceded 12 goals.

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Liverpool form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (55) in Premier League, are W6-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

It's the second away game in a row for Liverpool, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Arsenal (placed 6th) in the Carabao Cup last time out. Attacker Jota got a player rating of 8.84 in the game. "Man of the match" Jota scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Brentford in the Premier League.

Liverpool are a potent attacking force on the road with their 30 goals in 11 league games. As opposed to that, Liverpool have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Liverpool - Palace 3-0 was the end result in these teams' previous head to head game, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - zero - ten (Crystal Palace wins - draws - Liverpool wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
16 goals
LiverpoolD. Teixeira da Silva
D. Teixeira da Silva
10 goals
LiverpoolS. Mané
S. Mané
8 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Liverpool missing players

Crystal Palace Liverpool
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 3 11 21
5 4 1 Won W 2 6 13
9 5 0 Drew D 0 3 6
7 2 1 Lost L 1 2 2
30 20 5 Scored S 6 30 55
31 12 3 Conceded C 1 12 18
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 82% 86%
62% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 82% 76%
33% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 64% 57%
10% 9% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 45% 24%
52% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 45% 43%
24% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 45% 52%
29% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 9% 5%
 
4.4 5.5 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 8.1 8
5.4 4.4 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.2 3.1
1.8 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.2 13.6 20 Shots (avg) S ( 19.3 18.4 19.4
3.6 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6.6 7
39% 41% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 41% 37%
 
12.8 9.4 6 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9 8.3
4.3 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.2 2.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crystal Palace have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Liverpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (30) away in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (55) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the the best goal difference (+18) away in Premier League
  • Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 22 18 2 2 54 13 11 9 1 1 32 6 11 9 1 1 22 7 41 56
2 Liverpool 21 13 6 2 55 18 10 7 3 0 25 6 11 6 3 2 30 12 37 45
3 Chelsea 23 12 8 3 46 18 11 5 5 1 25 10 12 7 3 2 21 8 28 44
4 West Ham United 22 11 4 7 41 30 11 5 2 4 22 18 11 6 2 3 19 12 11 37
5 Tottenham Hotspur 19 11 3 5 26 22 10 7 1 2 16 10 9 4 2 3 10 12 4 36
6 Arsenal 20 11 2 7 33 25 10 7 1 2 18 8 10 4 1 5 15 17 8 35
7 Manchester United 21 10 5 6 35 30 10 5 1 4 17 15 11 5 4 2 18 15 5 35
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 9 4 7 17 15 10 4 2 4 8 8 10 5 2 3 9 7 2 31
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 6 11 4 22 22 11 3 5 3 10 11 10 3 6 1 12 11 0 29
10 Leicester City 19 7 4 8 33 36 10 5 1 4 18 15 9 2 3 4 15 21 -3 25
11 Crystal Palace 21 5 9 7 30 31 11 4 5 2 20 12 10 1 4 5 10 19 -1 24
12 Southampton 21 5 9 7 25 33 10 3 6 1 13 9 11 2 3 6 12 24 -8 24
13 Aston Villa 20 7 2 11 27 32 10 4 2 4 17 16 10 3 0 7 10 16 -5 23
14 Brentford 22 6 5 11 25 36 11 4 1 6 13 15 11 2 4 5 12 21 -11 23
15 Leeds United 20 5 7 8 24 39 10 3 4 3 13 16 10 2 3 5 11 23 -15 22
16 Everton 19 5 4 10 24 34 9 4 1 4 15 16 10 1 3 6 9 18 -10 19
17 Watford 19 4 2 13 23 37 10 2 1 7 11 22 9 2 1 6 12 15 -14 14
18 Norwich City 21 3 4 14 10 45 11 2 2 7 7 20 10 1 2 7 3 25 -35 13
19 Newcastle United 20 1 9 10 20 43 11 1 6 4 14 23 9 0 3 6 6 20 -23 12
20 Burnley 17 1 8 8 16 27 7 1 4 2 8 8 10 0 4 6 8 19 -11 11

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