Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2018

Result

Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool: match report

Crystal Palace lost to Liverpool 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Luka Milivojevic opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Crystal Palace's goal came from Luka Milivojevic (13', penalty). Liverpool scored through Sadio Mané (49') and Mohamed Salah (84').

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 16th on 30 points from 31 and Liverpool 3rd on 63 points from 31. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 11th with 44 points, and Liverpool 4th with 75.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (8.1), ahead of James Milner (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Crystal Palace wins, 0 draws and 4 for Liverpool.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Loris KariusLiverpool
  • 13'Penalty goal · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Sadio ManéLiverpool
  • 38'Yellow card · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace
  • 45'Yellow card · James McArthurCrystal Palace
  • 49'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 1-1
  • 84'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crystal Palace 6, draws 0, Liverpool 4.

Team news

Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)

Wayne Hennessey, Patrick van Aanholt, Mamadou Sakho, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Martin Kelly, Luka Milivojevic, Yohan Cabaye, James McArthur, Andros Townsend, Wilfried Zaha, Christian Benteke

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Loris Karius, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Joël Matip, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Georginio Wijnaldum, James Milner, Jordan Henderson, Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané