Crystal Palace set to host Liverpool in Premier League

Crystal Palace are scheduled to host Liverpool in a Premier League match on Sunday, November 8, with the visitors seeking to recover from consecutive defeats and improve their league position. Kickoff is listed for 2 p.m. in the UK and 9 a.m. Eastern time in the United States. The previews do not report a match result.

Liverpool entered the fixture in fifth place. One preview said they were nine points behind the league leaders, while another described them as one point outside the top four. Those figures refer to different points gaps, and the reports do not provide a dated league table to confirm Liverpool’s position relative to either group.

The team had lost to Arsenal in the Premier League and Fenerbahçe in European competition before the Palace match. One preview said the defeat to Fenerbahçe came after Liverpool had led twice. Liverpool were seeking a response after two losses in a week, while the other preview described the European loss as a 3-2 defeat.

Palace were described as sitting in the relegation zone. A preview said they had won two of their first nine league matches and had not scored in their previous three Premier League games. It also reported that Palace had...