Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 September 2021

Result

Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 18 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 September 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sadio Mané opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sadio Mané (43'), Mohamed Salah (78') and Naby Keïta (89'). Crystal Palace did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 3 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 10 points from 4 and Crystal Palace 11th on 5 points from 4. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 48.

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 Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool (8.1), ahead of James Milner (7.9).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Yellow card · Jordan HendersonLiverpool
  • 43'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 1-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Konstantinos TsimikasLiverpool
  • 78'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 2-0
  • 79'Yellow card · Mohamed SalahLiverpool
  • 83'Yellow card · Joel WardCrystal Palace
  • 89'Goal · Naby KeïtaLiverpool · 3-0

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, James Milner, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil van Dijk, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago Alcântara, Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mané

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

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guéhi, Tyrick Mitchell, Conor Gallagher, Cheikhou Kouyaté, James McArthur, Jordan Ayew, Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha