Liverpool vs Crystal Palace Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Liverpool have won their last seven Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace by an aggregate score of 22-5.
Crystal Palace’s last nine Premier League away games against Liverpool have seen them lose three in a row (1998-2013), win three in a row (2015-2017) and then lose three in a row (2017-2020).
Liverpool won 7-0 at Selhurst Park in the reverse fixture against Crystal Palace this season – the most goals they’ve scored against an opponent in a single Premier League campaign is 11 (vs Ipswich in 2001-02).
Liverpool have won their final league game in each of the last four seasons, their longest such run since winning their season finale in 13 consecutive campaigns between 1907-08 and 1923-24.
This is the 12th time Crystal Palace have finished a top-flight campaign away from home, with the Eagles winning just one of their previous 11 such matches (D3 L7).
Crystal Palace have conceded 64 Premier League goals this season – only in 2004-05 (71) have they conceded more in a single campaign in the competition.
Liverpool’s Sadio Mané has scored in each of his last seven Premier League appearances against Crystal Palace – in the competition’s history, only Robin van Persie (against Stoke) has scored in eight consecutive games against an opponent.
Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane have scored a combined 19 Premier League goals for Liverpool against Crystal Palace. Only against Arsenal (20) have the trio scored more goals against a single Premier League opponent during their time at Liverpool.
Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke has scored 10 Premier League goals this season, reaching double figures in the competition for the first time since 2016-17 (15). The Belgian has also scored five goals in his four away Premier League games against Liverpool – only Andy Cole (8) has scored more as a visiting player at Anfield in the competition’s history.
This will be Roy Hodgson’s last game in charge of Crystal Palace, with the 73-year-old having taken charge of more Premier League games for the Eagles than any other manager (148, including this game). Overall, this will be his 364th Premier League game in charge, overtaking José Mourinho into 8th in the all-time list.
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