On Saturday Feb 25th, in week 25, Crystal Palace will host Liverpool in a clash of the Premier League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Crystal Palace sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Brentford. Eberechi Eze struck first for Crystal Palace in the 69th minute on a feed from Michael Olise, then Vitaly Janelt got the equalizer for Brentford in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Bryan Mbeumo squeezing out at least the one point for Brentford. Crystal Palace looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Liverpool, recorded a 2-5 loss against Real Madrid. Darwin Nuñez scored the first goal for Liverpool in the 4th minute, then Mohamed Salah added another in the 14th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 47th minute on a goal by Éder Militão to cap off a wild match. Liverpool should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
Crystal Palace and Liverpool last played eachother at the Anfield on Monday Aug 15th. Liverpool and Crystal Palace battled to a 1-1 draw. Wilfried Zaha struck first for Crystal Palace in the 32nd minute, then Luis Díaz got the equalizer for Liverpool in the 61st minute on a feed from James Milner earning Liverpool at least a draw.
Liverpool is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah each having 2 goals in their last 5. Michael Olise and Jeffrey Schlupp are the top scorers for Crystal Palace in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Patrick Vieira’s Crystal Palace squad will be without Joachim Andersen, Joel Ward, Wilfried Zaha, James McArthur, Nathan Ferguson and Chris Richards, while Jürgen Klopp’s squad will be without Luis Díaz, Roberto Firmino, Virgil van Dijk, Arthur, Thiago Alcântara, Darwin Nuñez and Calvin Ramsey.