Match Today: Liverpool vs Crystal Palace 15-08-2022 English Premier League

The two teams seeking their first victories in the 2022-23 Premier League season prepare for battle at Anfield on Monday evening, as Liverpool host Crystal Palace. The Reds came from behind twice to save a 2-2 draw with Fulham in the opening weekend, while Patrick Vieira's side were no match for Arsenal in a 2-0 loss. You won't often see Virgil van Dijk being bullied on the football field, but Alexander Mitrovic who caused the nightmare and the Fulham team was unfortunate not to come out on the right end of the score against a Liverpool team that simply wasn't in the races.

Mitrovic rose above Trent Alexander-Arnold to score Fulham's first Premier League goal of the season before doubling his tally with a penalty after being brought down by Van Dijk, but Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah found the net to restore the equalizer for Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp has not held back from a harsh assessment of his team's performance last weekend, and the age-old question of whether Liverpool would sign a new midfielder inevitably surfaced when Thiago Alcantara entered the treatment room once again.

Moreover, Liverpool have not lost since the 2003-04 season their first home game in the Premier League in a new season, and the competition will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Monday night, thus ending a streak of conceding first in each of its last five matches - flying matches will be the anniversary gift The perfect annual for Klopp and his teammates. The comfortable homecoming provides an excellent opportunity for Liverpool to right the wrongs of the first round, as it has been 17 months since the Merseyside giants lost a Premier League game at Anfield - winning 13 of their last 14 games against the Cobb.

Unlike that clash in April, Arsenal ran out of 2-0 winners through Gabriel Martinelli's header and Marc Gui's own goal, but it would have been a different story had the Eagles' strikers been able to take advantage of a few golden opportunities. The defeat to Arsenal broke an astonishing streak of clean sheets at home to five games in favor of Palace, whose chances of putting their first three points on the board this week have not improved, but there are still some positive signs to shake off the opening game of the tournament. season.

The 2017-18 season marks the last time Palace opened their Premier League campaign with a losing streak, and Vieira's side failed to keep a clean sheet in their last five Premier League away games last season, which is alarming against them. Liverpool on fire. Recent history does not favor the visiting team either, as Liverpool won 10 consecutive Premier League games against Crystal Palace since the 2-1 defeat at Anfield in April 2017, winning both games last season 6-1.