Crystal Palace and Liverpool meet at Selhurst Park, in a match for the 14th round of the Premier League. The record of direct confrontations at this stadium is favorable to the away team, which in the last 5 matches won 5. Indeed, the last time these two teams met at this stadium was on 23‑11‑2019, in a match for the Premier League that ended with Liverpool’s victory by (1‑2). The goals of the match were scored by W. Zaha (82 ‘), for Crystal Palace, and Roberto Firmino (85’) and S. Mané (49 ‘), for Liverpool. The home / away condition deserves particular attention, as despite this being a match between 12th and 1st in the league table, it is actually a match between the 11th-ranked in home games and the 16th away.
Crystal Palace :
After 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses, the home team is currently in 12th position, with 18 points won. In their last match, they drew in an away match against West Ham United by (1‑1), after having drawn (1‑1) at home in the previous match, against Tottenham Hotspur. This is a team that tends to achieve more positive results away from home than at home, as they won 10 points away and 8 in their stadium, with 11 goals scored and 11 suffered as away, against 8 goals scored and 7 suffered at home. In their last 6 home games for the championship, Crystal Palace won 2, drew 2 and lost 2, for which they won 8 points out of 18 possible. The team has not been very strong defensively, since they have always suffered goals in the last 10 games they played in this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 14 of the last 20 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 13 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never managed to come back. In the last 7 home matches for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (16’ ‑ 30 ‘); they have conceded 3 of their 7 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
Crystal Palace comes to this game after a draw on a ball in the visit to the West Ham United stadium, thus adding the third consecutive game without losing in the Premier League: the only goal of the team was scored by Christian Benteke. In this game against the leader Liverpool, coach Roy Hodgson must act with a defensive strategy, seeking only the counterattack in order to exploit the opponent’s back. Wilfried Zaha is the great star of Crystal Palace and is a very skilled athlete in hand to hand. The player mentioned above is also the top scorer, with 7 goals scored. For this game the coach of the house does not have Christian Benteke, suspended, in addition to Mamadou Sakho, Martin Kelly, Wayne Hennessey and Connor Wickham, all injured.
Liverpool :
The visiting team is currently in the 1st position, with 28 points won, after 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Fulham by (1‑1). In the last match, they won at home against Tottenham Hotspur by (2‑1). This is a team that tends to be more competitive at home, as they won 7 points away and 21 at home, with 9 goals scored and 12 suffered as away, against 20 goals scored and 7 suffered at home. In their last 6 away games for the championship, Liverpool has registered 1 victory, 4 draws and 1 loss, for which they have won 7 points out of 18 possible.
For this competition, they have a sequence of 4 draws in the last away matches and have not won any of the last 5 away matches. His defense has not been very strong, since he has suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but his attack has scored regularly, as he has scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 13 games in this tournament, they suffered the first goal 5 times, but got the comeback in 3.
Liverpool come to this day after a 2×1 home win over Tottenham, returning to league victories after the draw against Fulham: the team’s goals were scored by Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino. In this away game, coach Jorgen Klopp must favor a style of play of possession of the ball and searching for spaces on the flanks. Mohamed Salah must play in the attacking front of the visiting team and is very fast and strong when scoring: he has 11 goals scored. Outside of this game are Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Thiago, Xherdan Shaqiri, James Milner, Diogo Jota and Kostas Tsimikas, all injured.
