Crystal Palace vs Liverpool match statistics
Liverpool travel to south London for an early Premier League game on Saturday away to Crystal Palace, aiming for a fourth straight win in all competitions. They are top of the table having won five of their opening six games of the season.
Meanwhile, Crystal Palace are winless since the start of the season with three draws and three defeats, and are currently bottom of the table. Only in the 1992-93 (eight games), 1994-95 (seven games), 2004-05 (seven games) and 2017-18 (seven games) seasons have Palace gone longer without a win since the start of a season. They were relegated in all of those poor seasons, except 2017-18.
Liverpool have won all three of their Premier League away games this season, picking up three points from their visits to Ipswich Town, Man United and Wolves. This is a very good run for them, and they could well be on course to repeat the feats of 1990-91 and 2019-20, when Liverpool won their first four away games.
The history of this fixture is generally in favour of the away team, which is good news for Liverpool. In the 30 previous Premier League meetings between Palace and Liverpool, the away team has won 14 times (47%). This is the highest away win ratio of any of the 109 matches played with 30 or more times in the history of the competition.
Victory on Saturday would see Arne Slot become one of four managers in Premier League history to win their first four away games in the competition, after Luiz Felipe Scolari (8), John Gregory (5) and Bobby Gould (4).
Slot's chances will be boosted by Mohamed Salah's excellent away form. The Egyptian has scored in Liverpool's first three away Premier League games this season, meaning he could become the first player to score in a team's opening four away games in two seasons. He has also scored in Liverpool's first five away games of 2021-22.
Palace also have their own strength in Jean-Philippe Mateta, who has scored 15 goals in his last 11 home games in all competitions, including four braces and a hat-trick.
Head to head between Crystal Palace and Liverpool
Crystal Palace have a poor head-to-head record against Liverpool, losing 11 of their last 14 Premier League meetings (W1 D2).
Liverpool's last four Premier League defeats to Palace have all come at Anfield, and they are unbeaten in their last nine visits to Selhurst Park (W8 D1), having not been beaten there since a 3-1 defeat in November 2014.
Liverpool won 2-1 at Selhurst Park last season, with Elliott scoring the decisive goal.
However, Palace enjoyed victory in their last clash with Liverpool, as Eberechi Eze's early goal secured a 1-0 win, capping off a fine campaign for the Londoners which saw them finish in the top half of the table despite having been in danger of relegation for much of the season.
Crystal Palace - Liverpool Prediction
Supercomputer Opta are tipping Liverpool to take all three points at Selhurst Park on Saturday. They rate Liverpool as having a 60% chance of winning based on 10,000 pre-match simulations.
Meanwhile, Crystal Palace have an 18.5% chance of winning the match, while the odds of this match ending in a draw are 21.5%.
Score prediction: Crystal Palace 1-3 Liverpool.
