Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Prediction, Lineups and Betting Tip Predictions

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Prediction, Lineups and Betting Tip

Match Details: August 10th, 2025 | Selhurst Park, London | Premier League

The English football league’s one off, pre-season trophy game takes place on Sunday, as the winners of the Premier in Liverpool take on the FA Cup champions Crystal Palace, who lifted their first ever piece of major silverware last season.

Dominating the league from start to finish last season, Liverpool swept their way to the title, ending the campaign 10 points clear of any other side. Though Crystal Palace managed a mediocre 12th placed finish, they lifted their first piece of silverware in their entire history, beating Man City 1-0 in the FA Cup final.

Key Betting Tip: Both Teams to Score at odds of 1.81 on Highbet represent excellent value for the tip provided by our in house tipsters.

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Predicted Lineup

Crystal Palace Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Dean Henderson (GK); Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guehi, Chris Richards; Borna Sosa, Will Hughes, Adam Wharton, Daniel Munoz; Ebere Eze, Ismaila Sarr; Jean-Philippe Mateta.

With largely the same squad as last season, coach Oliver Glasner has made very few signings over the summer, indicating that he is happy to build with the squad at his disposal. With that being said, new signing Borna Sosa is likely to get his first run out in Eagles colours at left wing back.

With no games yet played, Crystal Palace have no injuries or suspensions to speak of, and will have a full squad available for selection on Sunday.

Liverpool Predicted Lineup (4-3-3): Alisson (GK); Milos Kerkez, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Jeremie Frimpong; Ryan Gravenberch, Florian Wirtz, Alexis Mac Allister; Cody Gakpo, Hugo Ekitike, Mohamed Salah.

A team packed full of summer signings, Liverpool’s starting eleven is going to have a new look about it - Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez, Florian Wirtz and Huge Ekitike, who cost combined £235 Million, look likely to make their debuts in red.

Hugely talented signings aside, Liverpool are more than strong enough to win back to back Premier Leagues for the first time ever, and allegedly still in the market, they could add even more firepower to their squad in the coming weeks. The Community Shield should realistically be theirs.

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Current League Standings

With Crystal Palace vs Liverpool being played on the opening weekend of the Premier League season, both sides are tied together on zero points.

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Head to Head Timeline

Unsurprisingly, Liverpool have dominated this fixture in recent years. In their 27 meetings since 2013, Liverpool have run out as winners on 18 occasions compared to Crystal Palace’s meagre five.

Recent Head to Head Meetings:

• 25/05/2025: Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace
• 05/10/2024: Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
• 14/05/2024: Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace
• 09/12/2023: Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool
• 25/02/2023: Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool

In recent times, Crystal Palace have managed to turn the tide somewhat, avoiding defeat in three of their last five meetings, including a shock win at Anfield in 2023/24.

However, Liverpool thoroughly hold the upper hand in the head to head record, and boast the psychological advantage heading into the Community Shield game.

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Recent Match Analysis

Crystal Palace Last Five Games:

• Crystal Palace 0-1 Augsburg (Club Friendly)
• Crystal Palace 3-1 Augsburg (Club Friendly)
• Crawley Town 0-3 Crystal Palace (Club Friendly)
• Cray Wanderers 1-1 Crystal Palace (Club Friendly)
• Crystal Palace 1-0 Millwall (Club Friendly)

A largely positive pre-season campaign has put the Eagles’ in good stead for the upcoming season. In all, they played five pre-season games, winning three of them, all in an effort to get their key players match fit for the coming season.

Mateta and Eze scored three and two goals respectively in their last three friendlies, an indication that Palace’s two most important players are bang in form ahead of the new campaign.

Liverpool Last Five Games:

• Liverpool 3-2 Athletic Bilbao (Club Friendly)
• Liverpool 4-1 Athletic Bilbao (Club Friendly)
• Yokohama Marinos 1-3 Liverpool (Club Friendly)
• Liverpool 2-4 AC Milan (Club Friendly)
• Preston North End 1-3 Liverpool (Club Friendly)

Similarly to Crystal Palace, Liverpool have had a healthy number of pre-season fixtures in a bid to start the season quickly - playing varied opponents, Liverpool won four out of five, with Gakpo, Salah and new signing Wirtz all finding the net in those games.

New striker Ekitike is yet to have a significant impact, but still being bedded into his new surroundings, the Community Shield presents the perfect stage for him to announce himself - the big money signing loves the big stage.

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Prediction

Our advanced algorithm has analyzed over 200 data points to predict that while Crystal Palace will defend bravely and find the net at least once, Liverpool's expensively assembled squad will come out on top, securing the Community Shield with a 3-1 victory. The model factors in current form, head to head records, player availability and tactical matchups.

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool Betting Tip

Football Park’s Best Bet: Both Teams to Score - While Liverpool boast other-wordly attacking fire power, Crystal Palace can more than hold their own - the front three of Ismaila Sarr, Ebere Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta proved to be an underrated partnership last season that yielded 43 goals between them. As a result, we think it is a safe bet to say that both sides will score.

Players to Watch: Crystal Palace vs Liverpool

Ebere Eze (Crystal Palace): Palace’s MVP and Player of the Season last campaign, Ebere Eze has secured his place in Eagles folklore with his FA Cup final winner, capping off what was a magnificent season for the England international. Netting 14 goals and assisting 12 more, and earning his first major career trophy to boot, 2025/26 could see Eze at his most dangerous.

Florian Wirtz (Liverpool): One of the best players in the world for the last two or three seasons, Wirtz finally landed his big move away from Germany this summer, and Liverpool threw £116 Million at Bayer Leverkusen to acquire his services. With 34 goals and 33 assists in the last two seasons alone, Wirtz can unlock even the tightest of defences, and with an eye for goal, expect him to shine at Wembley on Sunday.

Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Stadium Details: As per tradition, the Community Shield game is always hosted at Wembley Stadium. Capable of holding 82 ‘000 spectators, it is England’s largest football ground, and the venue will favour Crystal Palace, thanks to their unlikely success there in May.