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LONDON. Liverpool beats Crystal Palace 3-1. Liverpool got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from V. van Dijk (8′) and A. Oxlade-Chamberlain (32′). Crystal Palace tried to recover with a goal from O. Edouard (55′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a penalty (89′) scored by Fabinho for Liverpool. Liverpool capitalized on its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Kevin Friend with the support of Adrian Holmes and Simon Beck. The 4th official was Andre Marriner. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.9 degrees Celsius or 42.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Liverpool had a strong ball possession 57% while Crystal Palace was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Liverpool was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Liverpool won the contest.​

Crystal Palace shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Liverpool shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Crystal Palace received 4 yellow cards (C. Gallagher, W. Hughes, J. Schlupp and J. Ward). Talking about the opposition, Liverpool received 1 yellow card (R. Firmino).

Standings

After this encounter, Crystal Palace will stay with 24 points to remain in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Liverpool will have 48 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Crystal Palace will play away with Norwich City on the 9th of February with a 10-2 head to head stats in favor of Crystal Palace (5 draws).

Liverpool will host Leicester City on the 10th of February with a 9-5 head to head record in favor of Liverpool (3 draws).

Crystal Palace – Formation

Crystal Palace adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Patrick Vieira decided to play with the following team: Vicente Guaita (6.3), Joel Ward (6.1), Joachim Andersen (7.4), Marc Guéhi (6.7), Tyrick Mitchell (6.2), Conor Gallagher (6.1), Will Hughes (6.1), Jeffrey Schlupp (7.1), Michael Olise (7.8), Jean-Philippe Mateta (7.0) and Odsonne Édouard (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Nathaniel Clyne, Jack Butland, Jaïro Riedewald, Nathan Ferguson, Christian Benteke (6.5), Eberechi Eze (6.8), Luka Milivojević, Jordan Ayew (6.7) and Martin Kelly.

Substitutions

Crystal Palace made 3 changes: O. Edouard for E. Eze (68′), J. Mateta for C. Benteke (78′) and W. Hughes for J. Ayew (78′).

Best player: Michael Olise​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Crystal Palace was Michael Olise.

His rating is (7.8) with 39 passes (69% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.

Liverpool – Formation

Also Liverpool adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Jürgen Klopp played with: Alisson (7.1), Trent Alexander-Arnold (7.0), Joël Matip (6.8), Virgil van Dijk (7.2), Andrew Robertson (8.4), Jordan Henderson (6.9), Fabinho (7.4), Curtis Jones (7.1), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (7.6), Roberto Firmino (7.0) and Diogo Jota (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kaide Gordon, James Milner, Tyler Morton, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Joe Gomez, Caoimhin Kelleher, Takumi Minamino (6.6), Ibrahima Konaté and Neco Williams.

Substitutions

Liverpool made 3 changes: A. Oxlade-Chamberlain for T. Minamino (60′), R. Firmino for J. Milner (90′) and T. Alexander-Arnold for J. Gomez (90′).

Best player: Andrew Robertson​

The player that probably impressed the most for Liverpool was Andrew Robertson even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 59 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 9 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Arsenal – Burnley – 0-0
• Chelsea – Tottenham Hotspur – 2-0
• Crystal Palace – Liverpool – 1-3
• Leicester City – Brighton & Hove Albion – 1-1