Liverpool vs Crystal Palace preview as both teams will be in celebration mode. Liverpool will lift the Premier League trophy in front of an Anfield crowd for the first time and only the second time in total. Their last top-flight league title lift came in 1990. Crystal Palace are only a week removed from their first major trophy win in the club’s history and celebrated with a 4-2 win over Wolves in the mid-week.
When the teams met in October, an early Diogo Jota goal was the difference between the sides, and the game finished 1-0 to the visitors. Palace made a bit of a comeback in the second half, but an Alisson injury saw a Premier League debut for Vitezslav Jaros, who did well to deal with the onslaught of Palace. When the sides played, this was only the seventh game of the season, and this was the second where Mohamed Salah didn’t score or assist, and at that stage, he had already scored four goals and provided four assists.
Liverpool confirmed their title against Spurs three games ago and haven’t won since, with a 3-2 defeat to Brighton coming with Liverpool taking the lead twice and conceding late. Their last game at Anfield came against Arsenal, where they came to a 2-2 draw, having also led 2-0.
Crystal Palace had their most famous day last Saturday when Eberechi Eze scored the only goal at Wembley in the FA Cup final against Man City. Eddie Nketiah impressed with a brace against Wolves before Eze went to show his heroics once again with a late goal to seal the victory.
Liverpool vs Crystal Palace Head-to-Head record: Last 10 matches
Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool
Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool
Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace 1-3 Liverpool
Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace
Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace 0-7 Liverpool
Liverpool 4-0 Crystal Palace
Liverpool seven wins
Two draws
Crystal Palace one win
Matchup Statistics
- Liverpool have lost just one of their last 15 games against Crystal Palace although that win did come at Anfield last season.
- Crystal Palace famously caused Liverpool discomfort in their chase for the 2013/14 title at Anfield when they drew 3-3.
Team Statistics
- When the Champions have finished the season at home, they have won the game on 13 of the last 14 times. The only time someone didn’t was when Man United in 2006-07, the famous game where Carlos Tevez saved West Ham on the final day before moving to Man United.
- Liverpool have scored two or more goals on 31 occasions, a new record in a Premier League season. Only twice in history has a side scored two or more in 32 games, both in the 1950s and 1960s, when the league season was longer.
- Liverpool haven’t won a game since winning the title (1D 2Ls), the worst run of any team that has confirmed the title this early.
- Glasner won in his first visit to Anfield this season. A win for Palace would make him the fourth manager to win their first two Premier League games at Anfield.
- Crystal Palace, alongside Man City, are the only teams not to lose a game in the last five Premier League matches.
Players Statistics
- Luis Diaz has had a goal involvement in each of his last seven Anfield appearances in the Premier League, with four goals and three assists. Only Salah has had more home goal involvements this season than Diaz’s 11.
- Mohamed Salah is one goal involvement short of the record for most goal involvements in a Premier League season, with 46. Alan Shearer and Andy Cole have 47, but both came in a 42-game season.
- Trent Alexander-Arnold will play his 354th and final game for Liverpool, where he has scored 23 goals and provided 92 assists.
- Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored 14 goals this season, the only Palace player to reach more than 10. Eberechi Eze is second on eight but also has eight assists.