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Liverpool have named an experimental lineup, most of established stars given the night off. Kerkez, aiming to regain form, is the only player to retain his starting spot after the loss at the Bees last weekend. Third-choice goalkeeper the goalkeeper and 18-year-old Northern Ireland winger the winger are handed first starts, while the starting XI also boasts 17-year-old winger Ngumoha and youthful engine room player the playmaker. Nobody on their bench is above 21 years; Kaide Gordon is the most experienced sub with nine first-team outings on his CV.

Crystal Palace on the other hand keep half a dozen from the team deployed for the reverse at the Gunners on Sunday. Guéhi, The centre-back, Muñoz, The winger, The attacker and Kamada all start once more. Sarr has a handful of strikes against this opponent in eight appearances for Palace and Watford, while one of the players coming into the side, the striker, scored the winner when the teams clashed at Selhurst Park last month.

Team Sheets

The Reds: Woodman, The right-back, Nyoni, The defender, The left-back, Wataru Endo, Milos Kerkez, Kieran Morrison, The playmaker, The attacker, Federico Chiesa.
Subs: Pecsi, Kaide Gordon, Pilling, The talent, Pinnington, Figueroa, Nallo, The player, Laffey.

The visitors: The goalkeeper, The defender, The centre-back, The defender, Munoz, Will Hughes, Kamada, Borna Sosa, Ismaila Sarr, The winger, Eddie Nketiah.
Subs: The keeper, The defender, The midfielder, The player, The forward, Nathaniel Clyne, The youngster, The talent, The sub.

Match referee: Pawson (Yorkshire).

Match Background

The home side have historically found Crystal Palace as challenging rivals. Not invariably – they have more victories – but when the London club defeat the Reds, they land a blow, and hit hard. The famous 1990 clash. Crystanbul. This season’s Community Shield. The game at Selhurst last month that sparked this dramatic downturn of Liverpool’s title-winning team, the beginning of a poor run in a string of losses.

Consider another set of results into the mix. Of the recent encounters between the clubs, Palace have won three (factoring in the season opener as a win), the Reds just two. More concerning the Merseyside club are the latest outcomes at their home ground: The Eagles have secured a win and two draws of the previous three. The Eagles have a distinct advantage over the home team at the moment.

Despite this, Palace are in a poor run of their own. They’ve lost three of their recent games in various cups, not securing a win domestically since that aforementioned capitulation-triggering Liverpool’s trip to Selhurst. So here are a couple of teams who would benefit from a spark to rejuvenate their campaign. Such a scenario should give us a good possibility of some top-grade fun tonight, though any broader implications may depend on what lineups the two managers decide to select; it’s not expected to be Premier League first XIs. The teams will be revealed about that soon enough. The match begins is at 7:45 in the evening. We’re underway!