LIVERPOOL. Crystal Palace conquers Liverpool 1-0 after E. Eze scored just 1 goal (14′). Liverpool was much superior in terms of ball possession (70%).​

The match was played at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Chris Kavanagh with the collaboration of Simon Bennett and Daniel Robathan. The 4th official was Keith Stroud. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.75 degrees Celsius or 53.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Liverpool had a superior ball possession 70% while Crystal Palace was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Liverpool was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Crystal Palace succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Liverpool shot 21 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Crystal Palace shot 8 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Liverpool received 1 yellow card (Curtis Jones ). On the other side, Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card (Jefferson Lerma).

Standings

After this match, Liverpool stays with 71 points like Arsenal to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Crystal Palace will has 33 points to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Liverpool will play away against Fulham on the 20th of April with a 16-6 head to head stats in favor of Liverpool (5 draws).

Crystal Palace will host West Ham United on the 20th of April with a 7-7 head to head.

Liverpool – Formation

Liverpool started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Jürgen Klopp decided to play with the following team: Alisson  (7.0), Conor Bradley (6.8), Ibrahima Konaté (7.7), Virgil van Dijk  (8.1), Andrew Robertson (8.1), Alexis Mac Allister (7.1), Wataru Endo  (7.1), Curtis Jones  (6.4), Mohamed Salah (6.7), Darwin Núñez  (7.0) and Luis Díaz (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Joe Gomez, Cody Gakpo (7.9), Harvey Elliott (7.1), Diogo Jota  (6.7), Ryan Gravenberch, Trent Alexander-Arnold  (7.0), Jarell Quansah, Caoimhín Kelleher and Dominik Szoboszlai  (7.5).

Liverpool could not rely on the presence of Trent Alexander-Arnold  (injured).

Substitutions

Liverpool made 5 changes: Luis Díaz for Diogo Jota  (66′), Darwin Núñez  for Cody Gakpo (66′), Curtis Jones  for Harvey Elliott (82′), Conor Bradley for Trent Alexander-Arnold  (48′) and Wataru Endo  for Dominik Szoboszlai  (46′).

Player of the match: Virgil van Dijk ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Liverpool was Virgil van Dijk .

His rating is 8.1 with 121 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 9.

Crystal Palace – Formation

Crystal Palace started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Oliver Glasner played with: Dean Henderson (7.7), Nathaniel Clyne (7.3), Joachim Andersen (7.5), Jefferson Lerma (7.5), Daniel Muñoz (7.3), Adam Wharton (7.5), Will Hughes (7.0), T. Mitchell (7.8), Michael Olise (7.0), Jean-Philippe Mateta (5.4) and Eberechi Eze (8.7).

These were the players on the bench: James Tomkins, Jeffrey Schlupp (6.6), Odsonne Edouard (6.3), Naouirou Ahamada, Remi Matthews, Jaïro Riedewald (6.4), D. Ozoh, Joel Ward  (6.8) and Jordan Ayew (6.6).

Crystal Palace could not rely on the presence of Joel Ward  (injured).

Substitutions

Crystal Palace made 5 changes: Michael Olise for Jordan Ayew (68′), Jean-Philippe Mateta for Odsonne Edouard (90′), Will Hughes for Jaïro Riedewald (77′), Eberechi Eze for Jeffrey Schlupp (77′) and Nathaniel Clyne for Joel Ward  (77′).

Player of the match: Eberechi Eze​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Crystal Palace was Eberechi Eze.

His rating is 8.7 with 1 goal, 28 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 13. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• West Ham United – Fulham – 0-2
• Liverpool – Crystal Palace – 0-1
• Arsenal – Aston Villa – 0-2