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The hosts present an youthful side, the majority of regular starters given the night off. The defender, seeking to improve match sharpness, stands as the sole individual to start again after the loss at Brentford last weekend. Reserve keeper Woodman and teenage wide player Morrison make their club debuts, while the starting XI also features young attacker the forward and 18-year-old midfielder Nyoni. None of the substitutes is older than 21; the substitute is the reserve with senior exposure with nine matches on his CV.

The visitors in comparison keep half a dozen from the team deployed for the 1-0 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday. Guéhi, The centre-back, Muñoz, Ismaïla Sarr, Yéremy Pino and Kamada all keep their places. Sarr has several finishes against this opponent in eight appearances for Palace and Watford, while one of the players coming into the side, Eddie Nketiah, netted the decisive goal when the teams clashed at their home ground last month.

Match Squads

Liverpool: Freddie Woodman, Calvin Ramsay, Nyoni, The defender, Robertson, Wataru Endo, The defender, Kieran Morrison, Mac Allister, The attacker, Chiesa.
Reserves: Pecsi, The winger, Pilling, The talent, Pinnington, The defender, Nallo, Lucky, Laffey.

The visitors: Benitez, Canvot, The centre-back, Guehi, Munoz, The midfielder, Kamada, Borna Sosa, Sarr, Yeremy Pino, The striker.
Reserves: Henderson, The defender, Lerma, The player, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Clyne, The youngster, Devenny, Cardines.

Official: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire).

Fixture Context

The home side have often struggled against Crystal Palace as challenging rivals. Not exactly always – they lead the head-to-head – but when the Eagles overcome the hosts, they land a blow, and hit hard. The 1990 FA Cup semi-final. Crystanbul. This season’s Community Shield. Last month’s fixture that sparked this astonishing collapse of Liverpool’s title-winning team, the beginning of a poor run in a run of poor results.

Now let’s fold another couple of sequences into the mix. Of the recent encounters between the clubs, Palace have won three (including the season opener as a win), the home side just two wins. What’s even more worrying the Merseyside club are the latest outcomes at Liverpool’s stadium: The Eagles have won one and drawn two of the last three. The Londoners have a firm grip over the home team at the moment.

Having said all that, the away side are in a poor run of their own. They have suffered three defeats of their recent games in all competitions, failing to win domestically since that aforementioned capitulation-triggering Liverpool’s trip to Selhurst Park. So here are both clubs who need a boost to turn their year around. That alone should give us a fair chance of some thrilling football tonight, though any broader implications may be influenced by what lineups Slot and Oliver Glasner decide to select; it’s doubtful to be established starters. We will see about that soon enough. The start is at 19:45 GMT. We’re underway!