Crystal Palace welcome champions and new league leaders Liverpool to Selhurst Park on Saturday for both sides' final outings before Christmas.

The Eagles have only won one of their last five league games but face a Liverpool team struggling on the road despite their lofty league position.

It has taken far longer than last season, but Liverpool are back out on their own at the top of the Premier League table courtesy of Wednesday night's 2-1 victory over previous leaders Tottenham Hotspur.

The top-of-the-table tussle, which Liverpool dominated in the first half before surviving some glorious Spurs chances in the second, looked destined to end level until Roberto Firmino's pinpoint stoppage-time header finally opened up some daylight between the two front-runners for the title.

If anything could dampen Jurgen Klopp's delight at the victory, it would be another Wednesday night to Saturday lunchtime turnaround - a piece of scheduling which led to a furious reaction the last time it happened less than a month ago.

Liverpool drew 1-1 with Brighton & Hove Albion on that occasion - one of five successive away league matches which the champions have failed to win in a run which stretches back almost three months now.

The Reds have not gone six away league games without winning since January 2011 and could draw five in a row for the first time since December 1991, having been held by Everton, Manchester City, Brighton and Fulham since their 7-2 humiliation at the hands of Aston Villa.

Champions liverpool

Dominique front page please

A chance to improve on our away day form.



Let's do this, boys

I pray those on RED should lose #amin

This is surely a 1-1 draw soup; if not, I qo bite referee nyash

Noted

FIRMINO!!! What a header!


ZAHA!!! What a beautiful strike


SALAH!!! How did he miss that?

FULL TIME PREMIUM X stake your destiny on it.

Meow meow

not a fan but must watch this

Nah eh! No qualms
This is so sophisticated

Liverpool the real odogwu

WE know the story na



















Should we tell them?




















Zaha 2


















Looserpool 1

Pls when is Nigerian league restarting?

Let the Liverpool lose so that my Man U will become league leaders soon.

EbukaHades10:
A chance to improve on our away day form.



Let's do this, boys

Yep... Y'all need to step things up.

United seems to be the main top team bossing it away from home.

Restarting in Daura

flemsy15:
Pls when is Nigerian league restarting?

LFC for life

Wahala for who no support LIVERPOOL?

Your headache ooo

unitysheart:
Let the Liverpool lose so that my Man U will become league leaders soon.

Typical United people... Always wishing ill on others as the only real chance to ever get ahead.

Can't you guys just be on top simply by being phenomenal?!! Liverpool, Bayern, Bayer Leverkusen, even A.C Milan don't have 2 heads na!!!

this is a real tough game, once i see thiago alcantara in d lineup, its a win for sure

Jerkules:
FIRMINO!!! What a header!


ZAHA!!! What a beautiful strike


SALAH!!! How did he miss that?

FULL TIME PREMIUM X stake your destiny on it.

The idiot Eagles will probably park their tuketuke wagon failing or refusing to leave their own half... Liverpool will likely do all the playing and striking.

I sha hope it won't be an overall borefest.

My match of the day is in Spain by 4pm. Koeman should do well o.

If you think Crystal Palace are gonna try to park the bus and try to get a point out of this encounter, then your head is in the right place.

Only problem is I don't they can pull it off successfully.

Angelfrost:


The idiot Eagles will probably park their tuketuke wagon failing or refusing to leave their own half... Liverpool will likely do all the playing and striking.

I sha hope it won't be an overall borefest.

My match of the day is in Spain by 4pm. Koeman should do well o.

Just what I'm thinking... sans the 'tuktuk' part.

flemsy15:
Pls when is Nigerian league restarting?

It is simple.

Just follow the news back to back and you will know.

I just came back from 4hrs from time in the future, I hate to break it to u red fans, Crystal Palace is whooping ur *as 3-0

Draw soup must happen today

MrRegret:
I just came back from 4hrs from time in the future, I hate to break it to u red fans, Crystal Palace is whooping ur *as 3-0

Are you a fan of Tottenham Hotspur?

Angelfrost:


Typical United people... Always wishing ill on others as the only real chance to ever get ahead.

Can't you guys just be on top simply by being phenomenal?!! Liverpool, Bayern, Bayer Leverkusen, even A.C Milan don't have 2 heads na!!!

your prediction would not work today

Sure 3 points in the bag for Klopp.