Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Preview

February 12, 2015
By: Deke Hardman

Alan Pardew

Saturday’s FA Cup action concludes at Selhurst Park where Crystal Palace host seven-time winners Liverpool.

The Eagles have won five of the seven matches they have played under the guidance of Alan Pardew with two of those victories coming in the cup – the third round win over Dover Athletic and the fourth round victory at Southampton.

Captain Mile Jedinak, is still a week away from returning from injury, while Scott Dann should have recovered from a head injury in time to feature.

Dwight Gayle is 9.0 (8/1) to open the scoring with Bet Victor, with Yaya Sanogo available at the same price with the same firm.

The home win is as highly priced as the 3.75 (11/4) with Bet Victor, with the visitors favourites at 2.1 (11/10) with William Hill, who priced the draw at 3.6 (13/5).

Brendan Rodgers’ side need late goals in their replay to come from behind and get past Championship side Bolton Wanderers in round four, while their two games since then include a goalless draw in the Merseyside derby and Tuesday night’s win over Tottenham Hotspur.

Raheem Sterling is an injury concern for the Reds, as is fellow midfielder Lucas Leiva while Mario Balotelli may be restored to the starting line-up after coming off the bench to score the winner last time out.

The Italy international is widely available at 7.0 (6/1) to get the first goal of the game, with Daniel Sturridge favourite at 5.5 (9/2) with a number of firms.

The sides last met in the league back in November, with the Eagles running out 3-1 winners while the 3-3 draw in South London back in May remains firmly in the memory for both sets of supporters.

In fact, the last three clashes has seen at least four goals, so you may be tempted to back that outcome this time around at 3.5 (5/2) with most bookmakers.

Alternatively, as both teams have scored in six of the last seven times the sides have met each other, you may want to take advantage of Ladbrokes offer of 1.83 (5/6) for that to happen here.

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