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Liverpool have named an youthful lineup, the majority of established stars rested. Kerkez, desperate to play himself into some form, remains the single athlete to retain his starting spot after the 3-2 defeat at Thomas Frank’s side last weekend. Third-choice goalkeeper the goalkeeper and 18-year-old Northern Ireland winger Kieran Morrison are handed first starts, while the starting XI also boasts 17-year-old winger Rio Ngumoha and youthful engine room player Nyoni. None of the substitutes is older than 21; the substitute is the bench player with most games with nine first-team outings on his CV.

Crystal Palace in comparison retain six players from the team selected for the reverse at Arsenal on Sunday. Marc Guéhi, Lacroix, The full-back, The winger, The attacker and The midfielder all hold onto their shirts. He has several finishes against Liverpool in eight matches for both clubs, while one of the players making an appearance, the striker, scored the winner when the teams faced off at their home ground last month.

Confirmed Lineups

Liverpool: Woodman, Ramsay, The youngster, The defender, Robertson, Wataru Endo, Milos Kerkez, Morrison, The playmaker, The attacker, The forward.
Reserves: The sub, Gordon, Pilling, Kone-Doherty, Pinnington, Figueroa, The sub, Lucky, Laffey.

Crystal Palace: Benitez, The defender, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guehi, Munoz, Will Hughes, The midfielder, The wing-back, The attacker, Yeremy Pino, Nketiah.
Substitutes: The keeper, Mitchell, Lerma, Uche, The forward, The full-back, Esse, The talent, Cardines.

Referee: Craig Pawson (The region).

Fixture Context

The home side have historically found this opponent as difficult opponents. Not invariably – they lead the head-to-head – but when the Eagles perform a hit on the Liverpool, they land a blow, and hit hard. The 1990 FA Cup semi-final. The 2014 thriller. The recent curtain-raiser. The recent encounter that precipitated this astonishing collapse of Liverpool’s title-winning team, the beginning of a poor run in a run of poor results.

Include another few patterns into the mix. Of the previous fixtures between the clubs, The Eagles have secured three victories (we’re counting the charity match as a win), Liverpool just a pair. Alarming for the Reds are the latest outcomes at Liverpool’s stadium: The visitors have secured a win and two draws of the previous three. The Londoners have a distinct advantage over tonight’s hosts at the moment.

Despite this, the Eagles are in a poor run of their own. They’ve lost three of their last four matches in all competitions, failing to win domestically since that aforementioned capitulation-triggering fixture to their home. So here are both clubs who would benefit from a spark to rejuvenate their campaign. That alone should give us a good possibility of some top-grade fun tonight, though any long-term significance may hinge on what teams Slot and Oliver Glasner decide to put out; they’re unlikely to be full-strength teams. The teams will be revealed about that shortly. Kick-off is at 19:45 GMT. It’s on!