Liverpool FC are certainly bona fide Premier League title contenders at this point, and they just got a little boost from Aston Villa. The Villans beat mighty Manchester City in midweek, dropping the defending champions to fourth in the table.
That sort of feels like uncharted territory for City under Pep Guardiola, especially when you consider that they’re sitting under Villa in the table right now. But Liverpool and Arsenal have to love it!
Liverpool FC at Crystal Palace FYIs
Kick-off: Saturday Dec.9, 12:30pm local, Selhurst Park, London, UK
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Google Result Probability: Liverpool victory 64% Draw 20% Crystal Palace victory 16%
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PL Form: Liverpool WWDW Crystal Palace LLDLW
PL Standing: Liverpool 2nd 34 pts Crystal Palace 14th, 14 pts
If anyone is going to beat Man City this year, and take the big prize, it will almost certainly be either the team that is sandwiched in between their two and three year title runs (Liverpool) or the team that led the table for most of last season (Arsenal). But we have plenty of time for all of that to play out. It is a long distance race to say the least.
For now let’s take a look at what lineup Jurgen Klopp might go with here against Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Liverpool FC Starting XI Prediction at Crystal Palace
Caoimhin Kelleher; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Kostas Tsimikas; Wataru Endo, Ryan Gravenberch, Dominic Szoboszlai; Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz.
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