Liverpool 1-2 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 April 2017

Result

Liverpool 1-2 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Sunday 23 April 2017, 15:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Liverpool 1-2 Crystal Palace: match report

Liverpool lost to Crystal Palace 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Liverpool's goal came from Philippe Coutinho (24'). Crystal Palace scored through Christian Benteke (42') and Christian Benteke (74').

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 66 points from 33 and Crystal Palace 16th on 35 points from 32. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 41.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Benteke of Crystal Palace (8.8), ahead of Joël Matip (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 0 draws and 5 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Philippe CoutinhoLiverpool · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace
  • 42'Goal · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace
  • 74'Goal · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace · 1-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Marko GrujićLiverpool

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Liverpool 4, draws 0, Crystal Palace 5.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Joël Matip, Dejan Lovren, James Milner, Emre Can, Lucas Leiva, Georginio Wijnaldum, Roberto Firmino, Divock Origi, Philippe Coutinho

Crystal Palace line-up (4-1-4-1)

Wayne Hennessey, Joel Ward, Martin Kelly, James Tomkins, Jeffrey Schlupp, Luka Milivojevic, Wilfried Zaha, Yohan Cabaye, Jason Puncheon, Andros Townsend, Christian Benteke