Early kick off at Selhurst Park on Saturday, Liverpool in town. Our away record has not been good this season and we need to improve. Crystal Palace is not going to be easy , former Liverpool hitman Benteke is going to miss this game. I am going for Liverpool win Palace 1:3 Liverpool. Other fixtures and predictions: Saturday 19th December. Crystal Palace v Liverpool 1:3 Southampton v Manchester City 2:3 Everton v Arsenal 2:1 Newcastle United v Fulham 2:1 Sunday 20th December. Brighton & Hove Albion v Sheffield United 2:2 Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City 3:1 Manchester United v Leeds United 2:1 West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa 2:1 Monday 21st December Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers 1:2 Chelsea v West Ham United 2:2
LAWRO'S OPINION......HE HAS GONE FOR AWAY WIN 0 :2 ' Crystal Palace v Liverpool (12:30 GMT) Crystal Palace gave Tottenham a really good game at Selhurst Park last weekend, and very few teams go there and turn the Eagles over. Roy Hodgson's side will be without suspended striker Christian Benteke on Saturday, so they will be lacking a little bit of firepower, and they don't usually score that many goals anyway. It will still be tough for Liverpool, though. They have won only one of their six away league games so far this season, so there is room for improvement on the road. The Reds will have to play a lot better than they did in the first half against Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday, for example, but I still fancy them to win this one. Even though the Reds have dropped points at unexpected times this season, they have only lost one game in the league - fewer than anyone else. In a topsy-turvy season like this one, that is a great achievement. Lawro's prediction: 0-2 Becky's prediction: 1-2
JONES KNOWS HAVE GONE FOR A DRAW 1:1 Crystal Palace vs Liverpool, Saturday 12.30pm A trip to Selhurst Park is never one to relish, especially when a team is expected to get maximum points - as Liverpool are with 1/2 on offer for an away win with Sky Bet. These are matches for the top teams where getting out of there with a result is all that matters. If you offered Jurgen Klopp the scrappiest of 1-0 wins now, he'd shake your hand. Winning on the road doesn't come naturally to Liverpool anymore though. They've landed the odds in just three of their last 12 Premier League away days, dropping 20 points in that period. And, I liked what I saw from Crystal Palace at West Ham on Wednesday night. It took a moment of extreme quality from Sebastien Haller to break them down, otherwise Palace had few moments of worry with the Hammers only registering an expected goal figure of 0.49 - this was despite having a man advantage for 20 minutes. No teams have drawn more matches 1-1 than Liverpool and Palace this season - that looks the smart play. JONES KNOWS PREDICTS: 1-1 (7/1 with Sky Bet)
