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Crystal Palacevs.Liverpool

sportsmole.co.uk, 3 October 2024, 10:44
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner might receive a welcome injury boost ahead of Saturday's visit of Liverpool to Selhurst Park in the Premier League.

The Eagles - who are still searching for their first top-flight win of the season - remain without Chadi Riad (knee), Cheick Doucoure (toe) and Christopher Richards (thigh), as well as the ostracised Rob Holding.

However, 20-year-old Brazilian talent Matheus Franca is on the verge of making a full recovery from a fractured rib, and there is hope that the 2004-born youngster will be able to take on the Reds.

Any minutes for Franca are expected to come from the bench, though, and Ismaila Sarr is also ahead of him in the attacking pecking order, but Glasner may stick rather than twist for the time being.

As a result, Eddie Nketiah and Eberechi Eze should act as the supporting cast for Jean-Philippe Mateta, who boasts a sensational 15 goals in his last 11 home matches for Crystal Palace.

Adam Wharton - believed to be on the radar of Liverpool and others - should man the engine room alongside Daichi Kamada, as Tyrick Mitchell and Daniel Munoz bomb down the flanks.

Summer signing Trevoh Chalobah made a Palace matchday squad for the first time last weekend, but the ex-Chelsea man should be kept waiting for his full debut as Jefferson Lerma, Marc Guehi and Maxence Lacroix shield Dean Henderson.

Crystal Palace possible starting lineup:

Henderson; Lerma, Guehi, Lacroix; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Nketiah, Mateta, Eze

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