Liverpool – Crystal Palace

Liverpool will leave no chance for their rival from the capital

The final match of the 2nd matchday of the Premier League will be played at Anfield on Monday. Liverpool fought for the title until the last round last season, but finished in the final second place. Despite the Reds' ambitions, bookmakers do not regard them as the main favorite this season. However, after the draw in the first round of the season, the Merseyside club is definitely focused on the three points in the meeting with Crystal Palace. Liverpool cleaned up their squad in the off-season, letting ten players go for nearly 86 million euros. One of those who left the Reds' camp was Sadio Mane, already scoring for Bayern Munich. Klopp replaced the Senegalese with Darwin Nunez for 75 million euros. The Uruguayan earned the promotion after scoring 34 goals in 41 games for Benfica last season, including six in Champions League matches. Nunez also scored in the first meeting of the Premier League. Liverpool itself twice had to get back into the game against Fulham after a great shot by Mitrovic. Crystal Palace, who have already had a poor start to the season, could find themselves under the hot hand of the Merseyside club. Benteke, Kuytete and a number of other decent players departed this off-season without taking the club to the mid-table level. Those who left were replaced by several players whose prospects are highly rated. For example, Doucoure from Lens and Richards from Bayern who are now 22 years old. In the opening round, Crystal Palace lost to Arsenal. The statistics of face-to-face meetings between the rivals for the match at Anfield are not that lopsided, but look crushing. In the last twelve encounters between Liverpool and Crystal Palace, there have been twelve victories for the favorite. At the same time, only in every third encounter the " Glaziers" managed to fight and not to lose with a difference of more than one goal. We bet that an angry Liverpool will win convincingly in the upcoming meeting.