Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 6 March 2016
Result
Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 6 March 2016, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool: match report
Crystal Palace lost to Liverpool 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 6 March 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
Joe Ledley opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Crystal Palace's goal came from Joe Ledley (48'). Liverpool scored through Roberto Firmino (72') and Christian Benteke (90+6', penalty).
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 15th on 33 points from 28 and Liverpool 11th on 39 points from 27. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Liverpool 8th with 58.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Benteke of Liverpool (8.5), ahead of Emre Can (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Crystal Palace wins, 0 draws and 2 for Liverpool.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Jordan Henderson
- 11'Yellow card · S. Dann
- 40'Yellow card · James Milner
- 48'Goal · Joe Ledley
- 62'Second yellow · James Milner
- 72'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 86'Yellow card · Alberto Moreno
- 90+6'Penalty goal · Christian Benteke
Head-to-head
Team news
Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Pape Souaré, Wilfried Zaha, Yohan Cabaye, Mile Jedinak, Joe Ledley, Emmanuel Adebayor, Yannick Bolasie
Liverpool line-up (4-4-1-1)
Simon Mignolet, Jon Flanagan, Dejan Lovren, Mamadou Sakho, Alberto Moreno, James Milner, Jordan Henderson, Emre Can, Adam Lallana, Roberto Firmino, Divock Origi