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Liverpool present an youthful lineup, most of established stars rested. The defender, desperate to play himself into some form, stands as the sole individual to retain his starting spot after the loss at Brentford last weekend. Third-choice goalkeeper the goalkeeper and 18-year-old Northern Ireland winger the winger are handed first starts, while the lineup also boasts teen talent the forward and 18-year-old midfielder Nyoni. Nobody on their bench is older than 21; Kaide Gordon is the bench player with most games with nine matches on his CV.

Crystal Palace in comparison keep half a dozen from the team selected for the 1-0 defeat at the Gunners on Sunday. Guéhi, Maxence Lacroix, Daniel Muñoz, Ismaïla Sarr, Yéremy Pino and Kamada all keep their places. The Senegalese international has five goals against this opponent in eight matches for Palace and Watford, while one of the players making an appearance, Eddie Nketiah, scored the winner when the teams faced off at Selhurst Park last month.

Team Sheets

Anfield outfit: Freddie Woodman, The right-back, The youngster, The defender, Robertson, Endo, Milos Kerkez, The winger, Alexis Mac Allister, Ngumoha, Federico Chiesa.
Reserves: Pecsi, Kaide Gordon, Pilling, Kone-Doherty, Pinnington, Figueroa, Nallo, Lucky, Laffey.

The Eagles: Benitez, Canvot, The centre-back, Marc Guehi, Munoz, The midfielder, Kamada, The wing-back, The attacker, Yeremy Pino, Nketiah.
Substitutes: Henderson, The defender, Jefferson Lerma, Uche, Mateta, The full-back, Esse, The talent, Cardines.

Match referee: Pawson (The region).

Match Background

The Merseysiders have traditionally faced difficulties with this opponent as difficult opponents. Not exactly always – they have more victories – but when the Eagles perform a hit on the hosts, they strike hard, and hit hard. The famous 1990 clash. The 2014 thriller. The recent curtain-raiser. The recent encounter that triggered this astonishing collapse of Liverpool’s title-winning team, Liverpool’s first loss in a run of poor results.

Now let’s fold another couple of sequences into the mix. Of the previous fixtures between the clubs, The Eagles have triumphed three times (we’re counting the season opener as a win), the Reds just a pair. More concerning the hosts are the form at Anfield: The visitors have triumphed once and tied twice of the previous three. The Eagles have a strong upper hand over tonight’s hosts at the moment.

Having said all that, Palace are in a dip in form of their own. Three losses have come of their last four matches in every tournament, not securing a win domestically since that earlier described slump-starting visit of Liverpool to their home. So here are a couple of teams who could do with a spark to rejuvenate their campaign. That alone should give us a decent opportunity of some entertaining action tonight, though any season-defining impact may depend on what lineups the two managers decide to field; it’s not expected to be Premier League first XIs. We will see about that shortly. The match begins is at 19:45 GMT. It’s on!