Liverpool and Crystal Palace have named their starting teams for their Premier League meeting at Anfield on Saturday.
The Reds have lost all three of their encounters with Palace this season but are five points clear in what is likely to be the final Premier League qualifying position for the Champions League with five matches of their campaign remaining.
Manager Oliver Glasner will lead Palace at Anfield for the final time of his tenure as the 13th-placed side play away in the top flight for the first time since winning 3-1 at Tottenham on March 5.
101GreatGoals.com has the line-up news from Liverpool vs Palace in the 2025/26 Premier League, as well as details on how to watch.
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Liverpool confirmed starting team vs Palace
Goalkeeper Alisson remains out for Liverpool for a seventh straight match in all competitions with the Brazil international’s second hamstring injury of the season.
Established understudy Giorgi Mamardashvili is out for weeks with a knee injury sustained during the last-gasp 2-1 win at Everton on Sunday, so third-choice goalkeeper Freddie Woodman – a Palace fan and former Eagles academy player – deputises.
Centre-back Joe Gomez is on the bench after missing the win at Everton last Sunday.
Midfielder Wataru Endo has returned to training following a long-term injury and should play again before the end of the season.
Defenders Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni (both knee) and forward Hugo Ekitike (Achilles) are long-term absentees and forward Jayden Danns remains out with a hamstring issue.
Liverpool starting XI: Freddie Woodman, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Florian Wirtz, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexander Isak, Alexis Mac Allister, Mohamed Salah, Curtis Jones, Cody Gakpo, Andy Robertson
Liverpool substitutes: Armin Pecsi, Joe Gomez, Milos Kerkez, Federico Chiesa, Jeremie Frimpong, Ryan Gravenberch, Trey Nyoni, Rio Ngumoha, Callum Wright
Crystal Palace full line up vs Liverpool
Midfielder Adam Wharton is back for Crystal Palace after missing the 0-0 draw at home to West Ham on Monday.
Nathaniel Clyne is on the bench following illness. The defender could make his 250th Palace appearance by featuring at Anfield.
Striker Eddie Nketiah (hamstring) and on-loan Aston Villa forward Evann Guessand (knee) remain out.
Crystal Palace starting XI: Dean Henderson, Daniel Munoz, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Jaydee Canvot, Tyrick Mitchell, Adam Wharton, Daichi Kamada, Brennan Johnson, Ismaila Sarr, Jean-Philippe Mateta
Palace substitutes: Walter Benitez, Jefferson Lerma, Yeremy Pino, Nathaniel Clyne, Will Hughes, Jorgen Strand Larsen, Franco Sosa, Chadi Riad, Justin Devenny
Where to watch Liverpool vs Palace: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Saturday is at 15:00 GMT (12:00 ET / 09:00 PT). The match is not being shown live in the UK.
Visit the Premier League’s site for a full list of international broadcasters.
Liverpool vs Crystal Palace stats
- Liverpool lost the fixture on penalties in the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium, 2-1 in the Premier League at Selhurst Park in September and 3-0 at Anfield in the EFL Cup fourth round in October.
- They are winless in their last three Premier League home games against Crystal Palace (D2 L1), having won five in a row against them at Anfield immediately beforehand
- With six wins in their last 10 Premier League games (D1 L3), Liverpool have earned more victories than in their previous 18 combined (W5 D6 L7) and could win three league games in a row for a fourth time this season
- Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored in each of his last three Premier League starts (three goals), having only scored two goals in his previous 14 starts
- Salah will be 33 years and 314 days on the day of this game, with Cristiano Ronaldo the last player that old to score in four starts in a row in the competition (37 years, 86 days in May 2022)
- Palace could complete the league double over Liverpool for just the third time, after 1991/92 and 2014/15, and achieve the same feat over the reigning champions for the first time
- They have netted exactly twice in their last five Premier League games against the reigning champions, with Manchester City the only team to score at least two goals in six in a row against title-holders in the competitions, doing so from September 2013 to May 2017
- The last team to beat the Reds twice at Anfield in the same season were Arsenal in 2006/07
- Ismaila Sarr has scored in each of his last four appearances against Liverpool in all competitions (5 goals)
- In English football, Sarr only has more goals against Aston Villa (8) than he does against the Reds (7)
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