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Crystal Palace vs Liverpool – Premier League: TV channel, team news, lineups and prediction

Liverpool are on their travels again this weekend as they visit Crystal Palace in Jurgen Klopp’s much-loved Saturday lunchtime kick-off.

The early start didn’t hinder the Reds too much after the international break as they got a point away at Manchester City, but Liverpool have won less than half of their Saturday lunchtime kick-offs with the German at the helm.

Nevertheless, the title hopefuls were able to get the job done in midweek as they beat a spirited Sheffield United 2-0 at Bramall Lane to close the gap on Arsenal at the top to two points.

Crystal Palace, meanwhile, have been hampered by a couple of key injuries and they head into this one without a win in four. Bournemouth cruised past the Eagles in midweek, with Roy Hodgson beginning to feel the wrath of Selhurst Park before the Reds come to the capital.

Here’s 90min’s preview of Liverpool’s upcoming trip to Palace.

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool H2H Record (Last Five Games)

Current form (all competitions)

Country

TV channel/live stream

United Kingdom

TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate, discovery+, discovery+ app

United States

nbcsports.com, NBC Sports App, UNIVERSO NOW, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, USA Network, UNIVERSO

Canada

fuboTV

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Ebe Eze remains out of action for the Eagles / Julian Finney/GettyImages

Cheick Doucoure’s devastating Achilles injury means he’ll likely miss the remainder of the season while the hosts are still without star playmaker Eberechi Eze. The fleet-footed playmaker, however, should recover from his ankle injury before the end of the year.

Nathan Ferguson is another long-term absentee, while Dean Henderson, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi and Rob Holding remain out of action.

Left-back Tyrick Mitchell was forced off with a hip problem in the first half of Palace’s limp loss to Bournemouth on Wednesday night, clouding his involvement three days later in plenty of doubt.

Crystal Palace predicted lineup vs Liverpool (4-4-2): Johnstone; Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Clyne; Olise, Hughes, Lerma, Ayew; Mateta, Edouard.

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Liverpool have lost Joel Matip for the rest of the season / Richard Sellers/Allstar/GettyImages

The Reds have lost Joel Matip for the rest of the season with a ruptured ACL, so Klopp will be relying on the fitness of Ibrahima Konate for the foreseeable future.

Alisson and Diogo Jota are likely to miss out again, while question marks remain over the statuses of Spanish midfielder Stefan Bajcetic and Thiago Alcantara.

Andy Robertson’s stand-in Kostas Tsimikas should replace Joe Gomez at left-back, while Wataru Endo will likely continue in the side after Alexis Mac Allister sustained a nasty cut to his knee on Wednesday night.

Liverpool predicted lineup vs Palace (4-3-3): Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Endo, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai; Salah, Darwin, Diaz.

Palace may lack attacking inspiration and guile, but they can sit in a 4-4-2 mid-block against superior opposition and drag them down into the abyss with them.

Liverpool were forced to be patient at Bramall Lane, showing some vulnerability to the counter-attack, and Palace do have the players to hurt the Reds if they’re afforded space.

Arsenal and Tottenham have both won by single-goal margins at Selhurst Park this season, and Liverpool could too.

Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool

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