Liverpool v Crystal Palace predictions: Take Reds to edge a high-scoring contest

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Liverpool v Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.

When to bet

3pm Saturday

Best bet

Liverpool to win & both teams to score
1pt 9-5 BoyleSports, Hills

Team news

Liverpool
Harvey Elliott remains out after sustaining a serious ankle injury against Leeds while Roberto Firmino is also recovering from a hamstring injury. Divock Origi came off with a knock against Milan and is being assessed along with Neco Williams.

Crystal Palace
Eberechi Eze, Jeffrey Schlupp and Nathan Ferguson are all sidelined but summer signing Odsonne Edouard could be in line to start.

Match preview

This season's Premier League title race looks wide open but Liverpool are sure to be among the protagonists after three wins from their opening four matches.

The Reds have comfortably dispatched Norwich, Burnley and Leeds either side of a draw with Chelsea but while they can add Crystal Palace to their list of scalps this weekend, they may not have things all their own way against the Eagles.

It is still early days in Patrick Vieira's Palace tenure but there are already signs of promise following a polished 3-0 home win over Tottenham last Saturday.

New signing Odsonne Edouard bagged a brace in that contest and the team also fired twice against West Ham the week before so they are unlikely to just sit back on Merseyside.

Liverpool may be fatigued from their 3-2 humdinger with Milan in the Europa League on Thursday so a bet on the hosts to win and both teams to score could be the way to go.

Key stat

Liverpool have won four of their five competitive matches this season.

Inside info

Liverpool

Penalty taker Mohamed Salah
Free-kick wizard Trent Alexander-Arnold
Aerial set-piece threat Virgil van Dijk
Card magnet Fabinho

Crystal Palace

Penalty taker Luka Milivojevic
Free-kick wizard Luka Milivojevic
Aerial set-piece threat Cheikhou Kouyate
Card magnet Joel Ward

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