Liverpool v Palace
Anfield, Saturday 3.00pm
Andy Johnson
Team news
Johnson has a hip injury and faces a late fitness test along with defender Fitz Hall (knee) who missed last Saturday's 1-1 draw with Arsenal.
Centre-half Gonzalo Sorondo is out for at least a month after pulling his hamstring in the Arsenal game.
Wayne Routledge also went off injured but has recovered from his neck strain.
Liverpool's Milan Baros will replace striker Neil Mellor after overcoming a hamstring injury and will join Florent Sinama-Pongolle up front.
Liverpool - league stats
| Position | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
Liverpool - current form
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
Our away record v Liverpool
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 35 |
Last five results
| Date | Type | Home Team | Score | Away Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/02/2003 | FA Cup | Liverpool | 0 - 2 | Crystal Palace |  |
| 26/01/2003 | FA Cup | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Liverpool |  |
| 24/01/2001 | League Cup | Liverpool | 5 - 0 | Crystal Palace |  |
| 10/01/2001 | League Cup | Crystal Palace | 2 - 1 | Liverpool | |
| 13/04/1998 | League | Liverpool | 2 - 1 | Crystal Palace | |
One to watch
Luis Garcia
Liverpool's top scorer
Milan Baros - 4 goals
Liverpool's bad boy
Dietmar Hamann - 5 
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Palace old boys
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Luis Garcia, a summer free transfer from Barcelona has more than impressed since joining the reds.
He has scored 3 goals this season, all from distance so he has a very very mean shot that is usually on target and due to the tactics that we are employing currently i.e. limiting the opposing teams chances to shots from outside the area, he will be a very big threat. Kiraly will ahve to be on his toes.
Watch out for Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso and Milan Baros who can all score goals and are all great players.
Last meeting
Liverpool 0-2 Palace
Wednesday February 05 2003
Liverpool: Dudek, Carragher, Henchoz, Hyypia, Riise, Diouf, Murphy (Baros, 67), Hamann, Cheyrou, Owen, Heskey
Subs not used: Arphexad, Diao, Biscan, Traore
Palace: Berthelin, Symons, Powell, Popovic, Butterfield, Mullins, Derry, Gray, Granville (Freedman, 36 (sent off 70)), Adebola, Johnson (Thomson, 88)
Subs not used: Black, Cronin
Booking: Derry
Goals: Gray 55, Henchoz 79 (og)
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