Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Preview

March 5, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

Daniel Sturridge

Sunday’s Premier League action kicks off at Selhurst Park where Crystal Palace face Liverpool.

The Eagles stretched their winless league run to eleven games when the drew with Sunderland on Tuesday evening, though that result did move them a further point away from the relegation zone.

They go in to the weekend nine points above the drop zone and with the best goal difference of all the sides in the bottom eight places in the division.

Connor Wickham and Wayne Hennesey are both injury concerns for Alan Pardew with both facing late fitness tests ahead of the game while James McArthur and Jason Puepncheon are definitely out but Pape Souare returns from a ban.

Dwight Gayle is 11.0 (10/1) to get the first goal of the game with Paddy Power, with Marouane Chamakh available at the same price with the same firm.

The home win is as highly priced as the 3.75 (11/4) on offer from Bet Victor with the visitors favourites at 2.15 (23/20) with a number of firms. The draw is a 3.6 (13/5) chance with Bet 365.

Liverpool’s up and down campaign continued last week, with the Reds thumping Manchester City 3-0 in the league on Wednesday evening just three days after losing to Manuel Pellegrini’s side on penalties in the League Cup final.

Victory here would be there third in a row in the league and will keep alive their hopes of finishing the campaign in a European qualification place.

Daneil Sturridge and Mamadou Sakho are both pushing for returns after recovering from their respective injuries while Philippe Coutinho could also be recalled after being rested midweek though fellow Brazilian Lucas has been ruled out for five weeks with a thigh problem.

Sturridge is favourite to open the scoring at 7.0 (6/1) with Paddy Power with Roberto Firmino an 8.0 (7/1) shot with Bet 365.

Both teams have scored in each of the last seven games and you can back that outcome this time around at the widely available price of 10/11 (1.91).

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