Crystal Palace vs Liverpool prediction, odds & betting tips – 10/08/2025

Crystal Palace and Liverpool will get their respective seasons underway at Wembley on Sunday in the Community Shield, English football’s traditional curtain raiser.

The Eagles will be making their maiden appearance in the fixture, while this is Liverpool’s 25th.

Crystal Palace vs Liverpool prediction: Premier League champions to topple FA Cup winners

Key Stats

• Liverpool have not kept a clean sheet in any of their previous 10 matches, including friendlies.
• None of the previous four Community Shield debutants won the trophy.
• Liverpool have never lost two matches at Wembley in the same calendar year before (lost the EFL Cup final here in March).

Correct score prediction: Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool

With their summer spending approaching £300m, and set to rise further, Liverpool are favourites to win here, and as favourites to retain the title, they will hope to get their season off to a successful start.

Palace stunned Manchester City to win the FA Cup back in May, but this could be too much of a challenge for Oliver Glasner’s men, especially against a full-strength Liverpool.

Pre-game odds and win probability: Liverpool fancied by the bookies

• HOME: 17/4 (5.25) – 19.0%
• DRAW: 16/5 (4.20) – 23.8%
• AWAY: 3/5 (1.60) – 62.5%

*odds from Ladbrokes, subject to change

As runaway Premier League winners, it is no surprise to see Liverpool such clear favourites to win here, priced at 3/5, while they are as short as 2/7 to take home the trophy.

Having not kept a clean sheet in 10 games though, there is certainly some value in combining a BTTS bet in with another market, with that on its own priced quite generously at 4/5.

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Most recent H2Hs: Mixed results but Liverpool largely dominant

Liverpool have won 12 of the last 16 meetings between the two, but they were unable to improve on their record when the two met on the final day of last season, as Palace snatched a 1-1 draw at Anfield.

Palace’s record improves drastically when looking at just cup fixtures though, as the Eagles have only lost two of the previous six.

England Premier League 25/05/25

Liverpool

1

Crystal Palace

1

England Premier League 05/10/24

Crystal Palace

0

Liverpool

1

England Premier League 14/04/24

Liverpool

0

Crystal Palace

1

England Premier League 09/12/23

Crystal Palace

1

Liverpool

2

England Premier League 25/02/23

Crystal Palace

0

Liverpool

0

Crystal Palace preview: Two important starters back

Marc Guehi, Adam Wharton and ex-Liverpool man Nathaniel Clyne have all returned from injury over the summer, but Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure are still nursing issues carried over from last season.

Borna Sosa and Walter Benitez have both arrived to add squad depth, but neither are expected to start this weekend.

Predicted lineup: Henderson (GK), Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell, Sarr, Mateta & Eze

England Premier League 11/05/25

W

Tottenham

0

Crystal Palace

2

England Premier League 05/05/25

D

Nottm Forest

1

Crystal Palace

1

England FA Cup 26/04/25

W

Aston Villa

0

Crystal Palace

3

England Premier League 23/04/25

D

Arsenal

2

Crystal Palace

2

England Premier League 19/04/25

D

Bournemouth

0

Crystal Palace

0

Liverpool preview: Slot to go with new-look XI?

After sticking with a tried-and-tested squad last season, there will be plenty of new faces on show for Liverpool this weekend, with record signing Florian Wirtz and new striker Hugo Ekitike likely to start.

Virgil van Dijk should return after missing their final friendly with illness, but Alisson is still a doubt, so Giorgi Mamardashvili could continue between the sticks after starting on Monday night against Athletic Bilbao.

Predicted lineup: Mamardashvili (GK), Frimpong, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo & Ekitike

England Premier League 11/05/25

D

Arsenal

2

Liverpool

2

England Premier League 04/05/25

L

Chelsea

3

Liverpool

1

England Premier League 27/04/25

W

Tottenham

1

Liverpool

5

England Premier League 20/04/25

W

Leicester

0

Liverpool

1

England Premier League 13/04/25

W

West Ham

1

Liverpool

2

Player to watch: Mohamed Salah

All eyes will be on Salah to see if he can maintain the astonishing levels he hit last season, when the Egyptian topped the Premier League goal and assist charts with 29 strikes and 18 assists.

Salah got his first goal of pre-season against Bilbao on Monday, but he also blazed a penalty over the bar late on, and he will be in danger of having his spotlight stolen by some of the club’s new big-money signings unless he maintains last season’s levels.