Liverpool will hope to find some joy amid a terrible run of form as they take on Crystal Palace in their Carabao Cup fourth round tie at Anfield on Wednesday.
Arne Slot's defending Premier League champions have lost four consecutive matches in the league, the latest of which being a 3-2 defeat against Brentford. They become just the fourth defending champions ever to lose four straight games with Slot saying that the Brentford defeat was the worst of the lot.
"You cannot compare all of them, what's the most concerning thing is you lose four times in a row," he told TNT Sports after the game against Brentford. "So, it's always about the result. Afterwards you can judge the performance, which today, in my opinion, is the worst from all the four losses we've had."
Liverpool and Palace have already met twice this season. Palace won the season-opening FA Community Shield on penalties while also beating Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League last month.
Slot might make a raft of changes to his starting XI with the likes of Federico Chiesa, Alexis Mac Allister and Rio Ngumoha in contention to play from the start while Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk could be rested.
Meanwhile, Palace began their season well but since their win against Liverpool in the league, they've lost to Everton, AEK Larnaca and Arsenal while sharing the points with Bournemouth in a 3-3 draw.
How to watch:
The match will be available on Sky Sports in the U.K., Paramount+ in the U.S., FanCode in India and beIN Sports in Australia. You can also follow ESPN's live updates.
Key Details:
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 29, 7.45 p.m. BST, 2.45 p.m. ET; 01:15 a.m. IST (Thursday), and 5.45 a.m. AEDT (Thursday).
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
Referee: Craig Pawson
VAR: N.A.
Team news:
Liverpool
Ryan Gravenberch, M: ankle, DOUBT
Giovanni Leoni, D: knee, OUT
Alisson Becker, GK: OUT
Alexander Isak, F: groin, DOUBT
Jeremie Frimpong, D: hamstring, OUT
Curtis Jones, M: knock, DOUBT
Crystal Palace
Caleb Kporha, D: back, DOUBT
Chadi Riad, D: knee, OUT, est.return late-Nov
Cheick Doucouré, M: knee, OUT, est.return late-Nov
Expected Lineups:
Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1)
GK: Dean Henderson
CB: Marc Guéhi | CB: Maxence Lacroix | CB: Chris Richards
RWB: Daniel Muñoz | CM: Adam Wharton | CM: Will Hughes | LWB: Tyrick Mitchell
AM: Ismaïla Sarr | AM: Yeremy Pino
CF: Jean-Philippe Mateta
Liverpool (4-2-1-3)
GK: Giorgi Mamardashvili
RB: Conor Bradley | CB: Ibrahima Konaté | CB: Joe Gomez | LB: Andrew Robertson
CM: Wataru Endo | CM: Alexis Mac Allister
AM: Florian Wirtz
RW: Federico Chiesa | CF: Hugo Ekitike | LW: Rio Ngumoha
Stats:
Liverpool have lost four consecutive league games for the first time since February 2021. Their four losses in nine are also as many as they lost in the league in the whole of last season.
In the last five times both teams met each other, Crystal Palace have won three while Liverpool have claimed only one win.
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