We said: Crystal Palace 1-3 Liverpool
The travelling fans cannot expect to witness their side storm to another seven-goal romping at Selhurst Park, and Palace need no lessons in finding the back of the net in front of the home faithful.
However, Liverpool have now proved that their goalscoring touch without Salah and Mane remains well and truly alive, so we are backing the Reds to prevail with minimal difficulty.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Liverpool win with a probability of 63.2%. A draw had a probability of 19.9% and a win for Crystal Palace had a probability of 16.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Liverpool win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.91%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.76%) and 0-1 (9.1%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.23%), while for a Crystal Palace win it was 2-1 (4.69%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 7.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-3 win for Liverpool in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Liverpool.
