Liverpool has a chance to lock up its first English soccer title in 30 years Wednesday as the club gears up to take on Crystal Palace. With an English Premier League title within reach Wednesday, Liverpool will take the pitch at Anfield. However, there will be no fans in attendance due to the coronavirus outbreak, lending a potentially unique atmosphere to what could be a historic breakthrough for the club. Mohamed Salah is a question mark for Liverpool, having sat out of the club’s draw against Everton. The match was just the third time Liverpool failed to secure an outright win, sitting with a dominant record of 27-2-1 (83 points). Crystal Palace is no slouch itself, sitting in 9th place at 11-9-10 (42 points).
Wednesday’s afternoon match will air on NBC Sports Network on your local TV provider. You can watch the games for free online if you sign up for a free trial with Sling, fuboTV or Hulu + Live TV. The Sling trial is for three days while the Hulu + Live TV trial runs for seven days.
Liverpool vs. Crystal Palace
Start time: 3:15 p.m. EST
TV channel: NBCSN (Channel finder: Verizon Fios, AT&T U-verse, Comcast Xfinity,Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, DIRECTV, Dish, Hulu, fuboTV, Sling.)
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Upcoming English Premier League Schedule
Thursday, June 25
Southampton vs. Arsenal | 1 p.m. | TV: NBCSN | Live stream: Sling (free trial)
Burnley vs. Watford | 1 p.m.
Chelsea vs. Manchester City | 3:15 p.m. | TV: NBCSN | Live stream: Sling (free trial)
Saturday, June 27
Aston Villa vs. Wolverton | 7:30 a.m. | TV: NBCSN | Live stream: Sling (free trial)
Sunday, June 28
Watford vs. Southampton | 11:30 a.m. | TV: NBCSN | Live stream: Sling (free trial)
Monday, June 29
Crystal Palace vs. Burnley | 3 p.m.
Tuesday, June 30
Brighton vs. Manchester United | 3:15 p.m.
Wednesday, July 1
Bournemouth vs. Newcastle | 1 p.m.
Everton vs. Leicester City | 1 p.m.
Arsenal vs. Norwich City | 1 p.m.
West Ham vs. Chelsea | 3:15 p.m.
Thursday, July 2
Sheffield United vs. Tottenham | 1 p.m.
Manchester City vs. Liverpool | 3:15 p.m.
Saturday, July 4
Norwich City vs. Brighton | 7:30 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Crystal Palace | 10 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Bournemouth | 10 a.m.
Wolverton vs. Arsenal | 12:30 p.m.
Chelsea vs. Watford | 3 p.m.
Associated Press Preview
A look at what’s happening around European soccer on Wednesday:
ENGLAND
It’s a matter of when, not if, Liverpool clinches its first English league title since 1990. It cannot come against Crystal Palace at Anfield, however, after the Reds were held by Everton on Sunday. Palace is the last visiting team to beat Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League, and that was in April 2017. Now Liverpool is chasing a 16th straight home win in the Premier League. No team has ever won all of its home matches in a single top-flight season. Fifth-place Manchester United and sixth-place Wolverhampton are tied on points heading into home games against Sheffield United and Bournemouth, respectively. Norwich is seven points adrift of safety with eight games left and desperately in need of a win at home to Everton. Second-to-last Aston Villa travels to Newcastle.
SPAIN
Real Madrid will seek to regain the league lead when its hosts relegation-threatened Mallorca. Barcelona moved three points ahead of Madrid again after Ivan Rakitic clinched a 1-0 victory Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday. Madrid, though, has the edge over Barcelona if they are level on points because it has better tiebreakers. Real Sociedad looks to regain fifth place when it hosts Celta Vigo on Wednesday. Alavés hosts Osasuna in a match between teams near the middle of the standings.
ITALY
Lazio resumes its bid for the Serie A title by visiting high-scoring Atalanta. The Roman club entered the break trailing Juventus by only one point but is now four back after Juventus won at Bologna on Monday. Fourth-place Atalanta is coming off a 4-1 win over Sassuolo and is scoring at a higher rate — nearly three goals per game — than any other club in Europe’s elite leagues. Atalanta is also motivated to provide a source of joy for its city, Bergamo — the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy. Third-place Inter Milan hosts Sassuolo looking to build off its win over Sampdoria and Roma plays Sampdoria at the Stadio Olimpico.
