Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Prediction: Slot into first

Slot and Liverpool are top of the table with six matches played in this campaign. Crystal Palace find themselves in the relegation spots, struggling to score goals and keep clean sheets. This is the perfect recipe for Liverpool to maintain their stay at the top of the league. 

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Palace are without Chadi Riad (Knee), Matheus Franca (Rib), Check Doucoure (Toe), and Chris Richards (Hamstring) who are all out on injury. Riad will be out until the end of the year.  Head Coach Glasner said "But we lost Chris Richards this week. He is not available for the next week as he has a hamstring injury.” he also went on to say "Doucoure will be out for several weeks”.

Liverpool are with out Harvey Elliott how is nursing a foot injury. Federico Chiesa and Diogo Jota are doubts for this match as they both picked up knocks in recent days.

Jurgen Klopp claimed that "in the whole world, we have the quickest turnaround time between games." This was in response to the team's constant early kick offs in prior seasons. Arne's Liverpool, played against Bologna Wednesday night and they will be playing the early kick off on Saturday.

Slot has not commented on the early kick off but he will be expected to rotate his squad to meet the demanding schedule. We may see Jota start ahead of Nunez, Gakpo ahead of Diaz and Jones ahead of Szoboszlai.

Crystal Palace Predicted Line-up (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell, Nketiah, Eze, Mateta.

Liverpool Predicted Line-up (4-3-3): Allison; Robertson, van Dijk, Konate, Alexander-Arnold, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Jota, Salah.

3 Way - Liverpool 13/25

The Reds are on a run of five wins in a row and one loss in their last nine matches. Arne Slot has had a record breaking start to his time at Anfield. Mid-week, he became the first Liverpool manager to win 8 out of his first 9 matches in all competition.

Palace has been struggling to keep up with their peers. They have one win in their last five matches. With three draws and one loss recored in that time. They have also struggled against teams at the bottom of the league, losing to Everton last time out. They are expected to struggle against the Reds who sit top of the table unlike their cross town rivals.

Selhurst Park has been a happy hunting ground for the Reds. They have gone ten matches without a loss at the famed stadium. Nine of those matches were wins for Liverpool, meaning that the Reds have a 90% success rate at Selhurst Park against Crystal Palace in their last ten matches. The last time Palace won against Liverpool at Selhurst Park was in November of 2014, a decade ago.

Liverpool have the league's fifth best attack, averaging 2.00 goals per match. Crystal Palace are the league's joint worst attack, averaging 0.83 goals per match. The Reds have the leagues best defence only conceding 2 goals since the start of this campaign. In summary you are looking at the league's joint worst attack, taking on the league stand out best defence. Backing the reds is an easy choice.

Anytime Goal Scorer - Mohamed Salah 28/25

Mo Salah has a record of 13 goal contributions in 14 matches against Crystal Palace. He has scored 8 goals and assisted 5 goals against them. His recent form is also red hot, he created and scored against Bologna to give Liverpool a 2-0 win over the Italians. He has also been on the score sheet in each of the reds last three matches.