Liverpool v Crystal Palace: Carabao Cup – stay | Carabao Cup

Liverpool have traditionally discovered Crystal Palace tough opponents. Not precisely at all times – they're 36-16 up on wins, and beat Palace 7-0 on their very own turf 5 years in the past – however when the Eagles carry out a success on the Reds, they actually hit, and hit onerous. The 1990 FA Cup semi-final. Crystanbul. This season's Charity Group Protect. The sport at Selhurst final month that triggered this astonishing collapse of Arne Slot's champion facet, Liverpool's first loss in a sequence of 5 in six.

Now let's fold one other couple of sequences into the combination. Of the final eight conferences between the golf equipment, Palace have gained three (we're counting the Group Protect as a win), Liverpool simply two. What's much more worrying for the Reds are the latest outcomes at Anfield: Palace have gained one and drawn two of the final three. The Eagles have a powerful higher hand over tonight's hosts for the time being.

Having stated all that, Palace are in a little bit of a rut of their very own. They've misplaced three of their final 4 matches in all competitions, failing to win domestically since that aforementioned capitulation-triggering go to of Liverpool to Selhurst. So listed here are a few groups who may do with a bolt of season-reviving power. That alone ought to give us a good probability of some top-grade enjoyable tonight, although any long-term significance might rely upon what groups Slot and Oliver Glasner resolve to place out; they're unlikely to be Premier League first XIs. However we'll discover out about that quickly sufficient. Kick-off is at 7.45pm GMT. It's on!