England League Cup---Liverpool VS Crystal Palace Prediction

Liverpool VS Crystal Palace    Livescore / H2H stats and Live Streaming
Time:30-10-2025 03:45 Thursday
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The Champions League offered Liverpool some respite amid their Premier League plight last week, but the Reds' 5-1 thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt in Europe was not a sign of things to come in the top flight, where the defending champions are in relegation form.

Jordan Henderson's battling Brentford condemned the Reds to their fourth straight Premier League loss in Saturday's 3-2 thriller, making Slot's men just the fourth reigning champions to suffer four consecutive defeats in a Premier League season after Jurgen Klopp's 2020-21 team, 2024-25 Manchester City and 2016-17 Leicester City.

Already matching the same number of top-flight losses they suffered last season, Liverpool can consider themselves rank outsiders to retain their Premier League title, having fallen seven points below an Arsenal side who are teaching the holders lesson after lesson in defensive diligence.

Also making a habit of triumphing at Wembley in the current decade, FA Cup and Community Shield holders Crystal Palace have rarely had anything to shout about in the EFL Cup - a tournament they have never won in their 120-year history.

Only once in the past six years have the Eagles progressed past the fourth round of the competition - reaching last year's quarter-finals before being dumped out by Arsenal - who coincidentally prolonged Palace's pitiful form on Sunday afternoon.

In perhaps the most predictable turn of events, former Eagles star Eberechi Eze haunted his former employers in a 1-0 victory for the Premier League leaders, leaving Palace winless in four and ruing a third defeat since the start of the month.

Match Prediction:
Both Liverpool and Palace have bigger fish to fry than the EFL Cup this season, but Slot and Glasner ought to view Wednesday's game as a prime opportunity to rebuild some momentum amid a sluggish spell.

However, Palace's toothless attacking displays against AEK Larnaca and Arsenal cannot be ignored, while Liverpool can almost always be backed to make the net bulge, so the Premier League champions have our vote to pull themselves out of their domestic rut.