Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Stats

We bring you the need-to-know Crystal Palace vs Liverpool stats in the first game of the Premier League weekend. Can Roy Hodgson thwart his former side at Selhurst Park or will the Reds continue their impressive form?

Liverpool look to go top of the Premier League, at least temporarily, when they take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in Saturday’s early kick-off.

You can read our pre-match preview, do your own analysis during the game with our match centre below, and check back here after the final whistle for all the best post-match facts.

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Stats Centre

Our live Opta match centre delivers you all the Crystal Palace vs Liverpool stats from Saturday’s early Premier League game at Selhurst Park.

The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own analysis of the game from kick-off and beyond. 

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Pre-Match Facts

• Crystal Palace are winless in their last 12 Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D2 L10), their longest ongoing winless run against an opponent.
• Liverpool have never lost an away Premier League game against Crystal Palace under Jürgen Klopp, winning seven out of eight visits (D1). Their last defeat there was in November 2014 under Brendan Rodgers.
• Liverpool have won four of their last 15 Premier League games in London (D7 L4), losing last time in the capital against Tottenham in September. The Reds haven’t lost back-to-back Premier League games in the capital since defeats at Palace (November 2014) and Arsenal (April 2015).
• Since the start of October, no side have won fewer Premier League games than Crystal Palace (W1 D2 L5), while only Sheffield United (6) have scored fewer goals than the Eagles (7).
• Liverpool have lost just one of their last 26 Premier League matches (W17 D8), a 2-1 defeat to Spurs in September. Since they lost to Manchester City 4-1 at the Etihad Stadium in April, the Reds have won more points than any other side in the competition (59).
• Since the start of last season, Liverpool have won just one of their seven Premier League away games kicking off at 12:30pm on a Saturday (D3 L3), coming from behind to beat Wolves 3-1 in September. Home and away, of kick-off times Liverpool have played 10+ games under Klopp in the league, their lowest points-per-game average is at 12:30 (1.76 – P38 W18 D13 L7).
• Palace boss Roy Hodgson has lost each of his last eight Premier League games against Liverpool since a 1-0 win with West Brom in April 2012. Indeed, managers to have previously taken charge of Liverpool in the Premier League have lost 17 of their last 19 games against the Reds in the competition, the exceptions being two Rodgers’ wins with Leicester (February and December in 2021).
• Klopp has won 12 of his 16 Premier League meetings with Palace (D2 L2), his joint-most against a side in the competition (also 12 v West Ham). In his managerial career, only against SC Freiburg (13) has he won more league games.
• Darwin Núñez has been involved in four goals in his last four Premier League substitute appearances for Liverpool (two goals, two assists). Away from home, the Uruguayan has four goals and two assists in eight sub appearances, averaging a goal or assist every 29 minutes in these games.
• Since the start of the 2018-19 season, Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has scored more Premier League goals than any other defender (17). The Dutchman has won all 15 games he’s scored in for the club, the best such 100% win ratio for a single club in Premier League history.

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