Preview: Crystal Palace v Liverpool

Liverpool target sixth straight win at Crystal Palace

16 Dec 2020
Roberto Firmino, Liverpool
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Team news

Crystal Palace are without Christian Benteke (suspended) and Mamadou Sakho (calf), but otherwise report no fresh injury concerns.

Thiago Alcantara is closing in on a return having not featured for Liverpool since October but remains absent, as do James Milner and Xherdan Shaqiri.

Did you know?

Crystal Palace have kept only one clean sheet in their last 21 league outings, a 1-0 win over Southampton in their first game of 2020/21. Their current 12-match run without a shutout is their worst since a 14-fixture run between May and November 2017.

Since their return to the Premier League in 2013, Palace have not kept a clean sheet in any of their 14 league matches against Liverpool (W4 D1 L9) and have lost the last six meetings in a row.

After netting eight of his nine PL goals away from home last season, an average of 89 per cent, all three of Roberto Firmino's league goals in 2020/1 have come at Anfield.

Liverpool have won each of their last five league fixtures at Selhurst Park - only against Norwich (seven, ongoing) and Aston Villa (six, between 2011 and 2019) have they won more consecutively away in the competition.

Match officials

Referee: Jonathan Moss. Assistants: Marc Perry, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Stuart Attwell. VAR: Simon Hooper. Assistant VAR: Dan Cook.

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