Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 May 2021

Result

Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Sunday 23 May 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Liverpool defeated Crystal Palace 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 May 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Sadio Mané opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sadio Mané (36') and Sadio Mané (74'). Crystal Palace did not score.

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

Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 66 points from 37 and Crystal Palace 13th on 44 points from 37. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 69 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 44.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Sadio Mané of Liverpool (9.0), ahead of Thiago Alcântara (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Liverpool wins, 0 draws and 1 for Crystal Palace.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Crystal Palace's L-W-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 1-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Trent Alexander-ArnoldLiverpool
  • 71'Yellow card · Jordan AyewCrystal Palace
  • 74'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 2-0
  • 83'Yellow card · J. RiedewaldCrystal Palace
  • 86'Yellow card · James MilnerLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 9, draws 0, Crystal Palace 1.

Team news

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Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Nat Phillips, Rhys Williams, Andrew Robertson, Thiago Alcântara, Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané

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

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Gary Cahill, Tyrick Mitchell, Cheikhou Kouyaté, James McCarthy, Jaïro Riedewald, Andros Townsend, Wilfried Zaha, Jordan Ayew