Liverpool are struggling to deal with Leeds' aggressive press in the early stages.

This time it's Dominik Szoboszlai who is caught in possession on the halfway line.

Crystal Palace enjoy a spell of pressure after Kevin gifted the hosts a corner with a wayward back-pass.

The corner is cleared, before Nathaniel Clyne's dangerous low cross is smuggled away. Jean-Philippe Mateta is lurking but again Fulham clear.

Liverpool's first real attack sees Jeremie Frimpong get to the byeline but he can't find anyone with his cutback.

Jamie Carragher
Former Liverpool defender on Sky Sports

There has been a lot made of the manager's role in Daniel Farke making Leeds a much more competitive team.

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Emile Smith Rowe chases a ball down the left side of the box, but there's nobody in white ready to get on the end of his cross.

Ibrahmia Konate deals with a low cross and clears behind for a corner but the set-piece is poorly delivered.

A bright start from Leeds.

Aadam Patel
Football Reporter at Anfield

You'll be able to tell from the amount of outfield players wearing gloves just how cold it is at Anfield tonight. I count three from Liverpool and two from Leeds. Ibrahima Konate, Dominik Szoboszlai, Floran Wirtz, Ilia Gruev and Brenden Aaronson are the chosen suspects.

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Leeds send it long to Brenden Aaronson but he's not the imposing figure of Dominic Calvert-Lewin and it's easily dealt with by Liverpool.

The visitors might need to change up their approach today without the England striker on the pitch.

Little to report so far, so here's a nice stat:

Fulham have named 11 different nationalities in their starting XI for the 17th time in the Premier League, the joint-most of any side in the competition's history (Arsenal, Newcastle and Watford also 17).

Brenden Aaronson whips the free-kick right on top of Alisson and it's punched away by the Brazilian.

An early chance for Leeds to get a ball into the box as Conor Bradley brings down Gabriel Gudmundsson out by the corner flag.

They've had issues defending free-kicks this season...

There was a minute's applause for people connected with Crystal Palace who have passed away over the last year just before kick-off.

Off we go with the first two Premier League games of 2026 at Anfield and Selhurst Park.

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It's less than a month since Liverpool and Leeds last met and Mohamed Salah gave that interview in the aftermath of a 3-3 draw at Elland Road.

Salah was left out of the squad for the following game against Inter Milan in the Champions League, but came off the bench to provide an assist in a 2-0 win over Brighton.

The forward has since jetted off to represent Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations, scoring twice to help them reach the round of 16 in Morocco.

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Fulham boss Marco Silva could make history tonight.

The Portuguese manager is unbeaten in his last five away Premier League matches against Crystal Palace (two wins and three draws), keeping a clean sheet in all five games.

No manager has ever kept six consecutive away clean sheets against an opponent in Premier League history.

This should be an interesting one.

Crystal Palace are looking to end a three-match Premier League losing run, their longest for 14 months.

They face a Fulham side who have won their last three, and who have kept a clean sheet in each of their past four top-flight visits to Selhurst Park.

The form book suggests Marco Silva's side will come out on top, but football isn't played on paper...

Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker

I correctly backed Leeds to get a point when these sides met Elland Road a few weeks back, but this is at Anfield and Liverpool look a lot more confident now.

This is a different Leeds too, of course. They have got real belief at the moment and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who has scored seven goals in six games, is going to be hard to stop.

But Florian Wirtz seems to be coming to the fore for Liverpool now and they are building their confidence back up.

Arne Slot's side are back up to fourth place and although when you watch them you can see they have still got weaknesses in their team, I'm expecting them to make it four league wins in a row here.

It's not actually impossible that they could be back in the title race soon, either. After this game, Slot's side travel to Fulham and Arsenal next week so let's see where they are then.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

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Paul Birch
BBC Sport

Four wins on the bounce and seven games unbeaten in all competitions has steadied the ship at Anfield. Their three consecutive league wins has earned the Reds more points than the eight they managed across their previous 10 top-flight matches.

The shoots of recovery are there but they remain a long way from their best and were far from convincing in their 2-1 win against rock-bottom Wolves. Their failings from set pieces were again laid bare with Santiago Bueno's goal coming from a corner.

No top-flight side has conceded more goals from set pieces (excluding penalties) than Liverpool's 12 this season, while only West Ham (11) have let in more from corners than the Reds' seven.

At this point last season they were still to concede at all from a corner. Bad news for this fixture, then, that only Manchester United (13) have scored more goals from non-penalty set-pieces than Leeds's 12 this campaign.