About Match
The points column shows no gap: 4 apiece, Liverpool U21 8th and Crystal Palace U21 7th. Against a league average of 2.05 goals per team per game, Liverpool U21 run at 1.5 scored and 1 conceded, Crystal Palace U21 at 1.5 and 0.5. A win here leaves Liverpool U21 on 7 points and up to 1st, overtaking Crystal Palace U21, other results permitting.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 3 Liverpool U21 wins, 2 for Crystal Palace U21, 2 draws, at 4.43 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 14% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 71% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 71%. Recent editions have opened up: 5.8 goals per game across the last five meetings against 4.43 historically.