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Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai “loves” taking part in alongside Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch in Arne Slot’s new-look midfield.
Szoboszlai had an up and down first season at Liverpool following a big-money change from RB Leipzig.
The Hungary worldwide has began eight of Liverpool’s 9 matches this season, together with Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Bologna within the Champions League.
Szoboszlai has fashioned a robust midfield trio alongside Mac Allister and Gravenberch, and he’s revelling excelling within the unit.
He advised Liverpool’s official web site: “I like to play with them. I stated it earlier than, loads of qualities what these two have – however the entire workforce [as well].
“The midfield is just not sufficient. In fact it’s an essential function however we’d like everyone, we’d like the bench as properly, we’d like the entire squad as a result of there’s going to be instances the place it’s going to be arduous and I feel there are nonetheless 60 video games to return!”
Slot has been shortlisted for the Premier League’s Supervisor of the Month award in September.
Liverpool sit prime of the standings with 15 factors, having received all however one among their league matches underneath Slot, shedding 1-0 to Nottingham Forest in September.
“When you take the Nottingham Forest recreation away then it’s an ideal begin,” added Szoboszlai.
“We’re prime of the league and we’ve got to proceed like this.”
The Reds tackle Crystal Palace in Saturday’s early kick-off within the Premier League.
Slot is trying to turn out to be simply the fourth supervisor in Premier League historical past to win every of his first 4 away video games within the competitors after Felipe Scolari (first eight), John Gregory (5) and Bobby Gould (4).
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PLAYERS TO WATCH
Crystal Palace – Jean-Philippe Mateta
Mateta has scored 15 objectives in his final 11 dwelling video games for Palace in all competitions, netting a number of objectives in 5 of those 11 appearances (4 braces, one hat-trick).
Liverpool – Mohamed Salah
Salah has scored in all three of Liverpool’s Premier League away video games to date this season.
There have been 9 earlier events of a participant scoring in his facet’s first 4 on the highway in a single marketing campaign – Salah might be the primary participant to take action twice (additionally in 2021-22).
MATCH PREDICTION: LIVERPOOL WIN
Liverpool have received all three of their Premier League away video games this season – solely in 1990-91 and 2019-20 have they ever received their opening 4 away video games in a league marketing campaign.
Palace, however, stay winless of their six Premier League video games to date this season (D3 L3). Solely in 1992-93 (eight), 1994-95 (seven), 2004-05 (seven) and 2017-18 (seven) have they gone longer with no win from the beginning of a top-flight marketing campaign, being relegated on the finish of the primary three of these.
In 30 earlier Premier League conferences between Palace and Liverpool, 14 have been received by the away facet (47%). That is the best away win ratio of any of the 109 fixtures to be performed 30+ instances within the competitors’s historical past.
Palace have conceded extra Premier League objectives in opposition to Liverpool than they’ve in opposition to some other opponent each general (69) and at dwelling (38). Certainly, the Reds are answerable for the Eagles’ two greatest dwelling defeats within the competitors’s historical past (6-1 in August 1994, 7-0 in December 2020).
Every of Liverpool’s final 4 Premier League defeats in opposition to Crystal Palace have come at Anfield – they’re unbeaten of their final 9 at Selhurst Park (W8 D1) since a 3-1 loss in November 2014.
Palace have misplaced 11 of their final 14 Premier League conferences with Liverpool (W1 D2), although that sole victory was of their final such assembly at Anfield in April.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Crystal Palace – 18.5%
Liverpool – 60%
Draw – 21.6%
