Buy Liverpool vs Crystal Palace tickets for the 2026/27 Premier League season, a fixture scheduled for Saturday 16 January 2027 at Anfield with a 15:00 kick-off. It is matchweek 21 and the reverse of the Selhurst Park meeting in November. Anyone who has watched this fixture over the past decade knows it is not the routine home win it looks like on paper, because Palace have won four of their thirteen league visits to Anfield since 2013.
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The buying picture is more encouraging than most Anfield dates. Entry-level listings open around £300, which places this among the three lowest-priced of the sixteen home league fixtures currently listed at the ground, and a long way below the £460 asked for the visits of Manchester United and Everton. For anyone tracking Liverpool tickets across the season and waiting for a realistic way in, January is one of the better windows.
What follows covers where that £300 sits against the rest of the calendar, which stand rewards which kind of buyer, why the club's own sale for this match closed in November and what thirteen league meetings at this ground actually tell you about the afternoon ahead.
Anfield holds 61,276 after the Anfield Road expansion finished in 2024, and the club has confirmed it has no plans to go further. That fixes supply permanently against a support base spread across every continent. The result is a ground where the opponent changes the price but rarely changes the availability, because the seats were spoken for long before the fixture list was published.
Crystal Palace add something the raw demand curve misses. They are in their fourteenth consecutive Premier League season. They lifted the FA Cup in 2025 and the Community Shield that August, and they are in the Europa League league phase this year. A club with that recent record travels differently from a newly promoted side, and the visiting allocation of roughly 3,000 in the Anfield Road lower tier goes quickly.
The fixture's own history does the rest. Three of those four wins came consecutively between May 2015 and April 2017, and the fourth arrived in April 2024 when Liverpool failed to score at home against them for the only time in the run. That is why the fixture holds the attention of Liverpool supporters in a way the reputation of a mid-table opponent would not.
Yes, and for most buyers it is the only realistic route. Liverpool sell home league fixtures through All Red membership across just two sales a season. The July sale covers matches up to 31 December. The November sale covers everything after it, which means the club's own window for this January fixture closed weeks before most people planning a winter trip started looking.
Membership alone does not produce a seat either. Members holding thirteen or more home credits get a guaranteed ticket in the relevant sale. Everyone below that enters a ballot, and members with fewer than four credits are excluded outright from the highest-demand fixtures. The one club route that needs no membership is a Local General Sale of 500 balloted tickets per match, restricted to supporters with a registered postcode beginning with L.
What keeps seats circulating is the club's own attendance policy. Season ticket holders are required to use their seat for at least fifteen Premier League home games, and returning it through the club's exchange counts as use. That pushes a steady flow of Anfield seats back into the market throughout the season, and those are the seats you are comparing here. No membership, no credit balance and no Merseyside postcode are involved.
Liverpool price differently from almost every other club in the division, and it changes how you should read a listing. Match categorisation was abolished in 2016 and replaced with a twelve-tier structure based purely on seat position, so a given seat carries the same face value whether the visitors are Manchester United or a promoted side. Every pound of difference you see between fixtures on the resale market is demand, not club pricing.
That makes the comparison unusually clean. Palace at £300 sits near the bottom of the Anfield range this season, above only the Sunderland and Coventry City fixtures, while the Merseyside derby and the Manchester United visit open at £460. The five drivers moving your final number are stand and tier, how much supply has been released, the January date, the opponent's pull and whether hospitality is attached.
| Ticket Type | Resale Price Range | Best For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anfield Road upper and higher Kop tiers | £300 – £400 | Buyers who want Anfield at the lowest outlay | These carry the lowest face values in the ground, so they set the resale floor. The entry band and the first to clear. |
| Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand | £390 – £530 | Neutrals and first-time visitors | Side-on across two tiers, opposite the Main Stand. The high blocks give a clean read of the game at general prices. |
| Kop lower and central Anfield Road | £420 – £610 | Supporters who came for the noise | The Kop is the single-tier home end and the hardest area to reach on resale, because holders rarely release those seats. |
| Main Stand lower central | £600 – £880 | Buyers wanting the halfway line | The highest face values at the ground and the closest general seating to the tunnel. Limited supply in the central blocks. |
| Hospitality and lounges | £450+ | Groups and buyers wanting food and drink included | Priced fixture by fixture for 2026/27 rather than at a flat seasonal rate, which works in your favour on a game like this. |
Prices reflect typical resale ranges and may change as demand and availability shift closer to the match.
One quirk of this fixture is worth acting on. Because Liverpool moved hospitality to fixture-by-fixture pricing for 2026/27, the lounges track demand in the same way the general seats do, and entry-level packages on lower-demand dates start well below what a prime Main Stand resale seat costs. On the Manchester United fixture that gap runs the other way and hospitality climbs past £2,000 per person. For a January afternoon against Palace, hospitality is worth pricing rather than dismissing.
Anfield is a fully enclosed bowl where the four stands do not match each other. The Main Stand rises to three tiers on one touchline, the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand has two tiers opposite, the Anfield Road End was rebuilt to two tiers in 2024 and the Kop remains a single steep tier behind the south goal. The pitch is short by modern standards, which pulls every stand closer to the action than the capacity suggests. For block codes and row-level detail, the Anfield seating plan breaks each stand down, and wider matchday information sits on the Anfield tickets page.
| Area | What It Suits | Pricing Bracket | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kop | Supporters who want the full Anfield sound | Mid to upper | Single tier behind the south goal holding around 12,390. The songs start here and carry through the match. Scarce on resale. |
| Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand, upper | Neutrals and anyone judging the game on shape | Mid | Elevated side-on view opposite the Main Stand. The most reliable single pick for a first visit. |
| Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand, lower | Groups wanting to sit together | Mid | Close to the touchline along the length of the pitch. Adjacent pairs and fours appear here more often than elsewhere. |
| Main Stand, lower central | Buyers paying for the view rather than the atmosphere | Upper | Central blocks a few rows up give the cleanest sightline in the ground. The tunnel and technical area sit in the middle of this stand. |
| Anfield Road upper | Value-led buyers behind the goal | Entry | Modern two-tier stand rebuilt in 2024. Avoid the very back rows, where the overhang restricts the view of the far goal. |
| Anfield Road lower, visiting section | Palace supporters travelling with the club | Set by allocation | Around 3,000 seats behind the north goal with separate entry gates, distributed through the visiting club rather than open sale. |
Neutral buyers should weigh two things before choosing. The lower tier of the Anfield Road End is the away section, so a listing described simply as Anfield Road is worth checking against the tier before you commit. And the Kop rewards buyers who want to be part of the afternoon rather than watch it, which is a different proposition from the elevated side-on view most first-time visitors expect.
Hospitality at Anfield runs mainly through the Main Stand, with the rebuilt Anfield Road upper tier adding roughly 1,800 further places in 2024. Packages require no membership and no credit balance, which makes them the one club-sold route genuinely open to anyone, and on a fixture like this they are priced accordingly.
| Hospitality Option | Typical Buyer | Main Appeal |
|---|---|---|
| Lounge seating with dining | Couples and pairs marking an occasion | A padded central seat with pre-match dining and a served bar. The most commonly listed tier and the usual entry point. |
| Anfield Road upper hospitality | Buyers wanting the newer facilities | Built into the 2024 expansion behind the north goal, with modern concourses and an end-on view of the play. |
| Premium Main Stand packages | Business hosts and larger groups | Halfway-line seating with the fullest catering and hosting. The tier that moves furthest on a high-demand fixture. |
| Private boxes | Companies entertaining clients | A self-contained space with dedicated service and its own viewing area. Rarely broken into single seats. |
Two practical points. Hospitality doors open three hours before kick-off against two hours for general admission, which on a winter Saturday is a meaningful difference. And because these packages are now priced per fixture, the number you see for this match tells you nothing about what the same lounge costs in April.
Anfield entry is digital for the overwhelming majority of seats, and the method attached to your listing is stated before you pay. That single detail is the one most worth checking if you are travelling, because it determines what you need in hand when you arrive on Anfield Road.
| Delivery Type | What to Check |
|---|---|
| Mobile transfer | The expected transfer date and the phone or email on your order. Some arrive within days of purchase, others in the match week. Make sure the device you will carry is the one receiving it. |
| Electronic ticket by email | Whether the file scans from a screen or needs printing. Download it before you travel rather than relying on a signal outside the turnstiles. |
| Card or pass collection | The collection point, its opening hours and the identification required. Anfield collections are handled at the ground, so build the time into your day. |
| Courier delivery | Whether your address can take a signed parcel before departure. Hotel delivery needs the hotel to agree in advance. |
General admission turnstiles open two hours before kick-off and the club advises arriving at least ninety minutes ahead. Carry photo identification, keep your phone charged for mobile entry and read the listing notes in full, since seat-specific conditions such as a restricted view are set out there rather than in the headline description.
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Step1
Start on the fixture page
Work from the listing page for this specific match rather than the season overview. Everything you see will be for 16 January at Anfield, which removes any chance of buying into the wrong date.
Step2
Set up your account first
You can create an account before you begin comparing. It saves time at checkout and keeps your delivery details and order history in one place for the rest of the season.
Step3
Fix your ceiling before you browse
Decide the most you will pay per seat. The Anfield range on this fixture runs from around £300 to well past £800, and a stated limit stops the comparison drifting upwards one listing at a time.
Step4
Filter by quantity before anything else
Set the number of seats first. Singles and pairs behave differently from groups of four at a ground this size, and filtering early stops you shortlisting seats that cannot take your party.
Step5
Read the tier, not just the stand
At Anfield the tier changes everything. Anfield Road lower is the away section, the back of Anfield Road upper is restricted and Main Stand upper carries the lowest face values in the ground. The listing states which.
Step6
Compare across stands rather than within one
Pull the equivalent price point in three different areas before you choose. An upper Kop seat and a high Sir Kenny Dalglish block often land within a few pounds and deliver completely different afternoons.
Step7
Match delivery timing to your travel
Confirm the expected delivery window falls before you leave home, or that the method works from wherever you are. This is the step most often skipped and the one most likely to cause trouble on the day.
Step8
Complete the order and follow it through
Once payment clears you can follow the order through track order from confirmation to delivery, so you always know where your tickets are without having to chase them.
Anfield sits two miles from Liverpool Lime Street, which puts it within reach of a day trip from London and an easy weekend from almost anywhere in Europe. Buses run from the city centre and the walk from the nearest drop-off points is short. One local note for this season: Liverpool City Council began a road upgrade on Walton Breck Road in May 2026 running roughly seven months, so resurfacing, crossings and parking arrangements near the ground may differ from what returning visitors remember.
The variable to plan around is the kick-off time rather than the date. The fixture is fixed for Saturday 16 January 2027 and is scheduled for 15:00, but Premier League broadcast selections for January are typically confirmed in the weeks beforehand and can move a match to Saturday lunchtime, Saturday evening or the Sunday. If you are booking a single night, keep the return flexible until the slot is confirmed.
For overseas buyers, choose mobile or electronic delivery so nothing depends on a courier reaching you before departure. Request seats together at the point of purchase rather than assuming a listing of two is adjacent, and keep in mind that January at Anfield is cold and largely exposed in the upper tiers behind the goals.
On paper this is a home fixture Liverpool should expect to win. The record says something more interesting. Across thirteen Premier League meetings at Anfield since 2013, Liverpool have won seven, drawn two and lost four, and the pattern has come in blocks rather than evenly. Palace took three consecutive wins here between May 2015 and April 2017, a run no club of comparable standing managed in that period.
Liverpool answered with five straight wins from August 2017 to September 2021, including the highest-scoring meeting of the lot in January 2019. Then the fixture tightened again. The last four visits have produced two draws, a Palace win and a single Liverpool victory, which is not the profile of a routine home banker.
The one constant is that Palace have never come here to contain and hope. They have scored in nine of the thirteen, and eight of the meetings have produced three goals or more. The average across the run is exactly three goals a game, which is a reasonable thing to know if you are weighing whether a seat behind the goal is worth the saving.
What gives the fixture its edge is that neither side treats it as a formality. Palace arrive as a cup-winning club in European competition rather than as a side defending a point, and Anfield has learned across a decade that this particular visitor does not fold. That combination is why the ground fills for a January afternoon against opposition a league table would call unremarkable.
The figures below cover the thirteen Premier League meetings between the clubs at Anfield with Liverpool as hosts, from 2013/14 to 2025/26, which spans Palace's current unbroken run in the division. They exclude the reverse fixture at Selhurst Park and all cup ties.
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 13 |
| Liverpool wins | 7 |
| Crystal Palace wins | 4 |
| Draws | 2 |
| Liverpool goals | 25 |
| Crystal Palace goals | 14 |
| Biggest Liverpool win | 4-0 |
| Biggest Crystal Palace win | 3-1 |
| First Premier League meeting in scope | 5 October 2013 |
| Most recent meeting in scope | 25 April 2026 |
Figures compiled from league match records cross-checked against two independent sources for every result.
Two of those numbers change how you read the fixture. Liverpool have kept a clean sheet in only four of the thirteen meetings, and the goal average of three a game runs higher than the fixture's billing implies. None of that guarantees an open match, but it explains why the ground does not treat this as a free afternoon.
All thirteen Premier League fixtures between the sides at Anfield with Liverpool as hosts, newest first.
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2026 | Liverpool 3-1 Crystal Palace |
| 25 May 2025 | Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace |
| 14 Apr 2024 | Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace |
| 15 Aug 2022 | Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace |
| 18 Sep 2021 | Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace |
| 23 May 2021 | Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace |
| 24 Jun 2020 | Liverpool 4-0 Crystal Palace |
| 19 Jan 2019 | Liverpool 4-3 Crystal Palace |
| 19 Aug 2017 | Liverpool 1-0 Crystal Palace |
| 23 Apr 2017 | Liverpool 1-2 Crystal Palace |
| 8 Nov 2015 | Liverpool 1-2 Crystal Palace |
| 16 May 2015 | Liverpool 1-3 Crystal Palace |
| 5 Oct 2013 | Liverpool 3-1 Crystal Palace |
Every score above was verified against two independent match records before publication.
No. Membership governs who enters the club's two annual sales, not who is allowed through the turnstile. A resale seat needs no membership, no credit balance and no Merseyside postcode.
It is one of the more accessible ones. Entry-level listings sit near the bottom of the Anfield range for 2026/27, well below the derby and Manchester United dates, though the ground itself still sells out.
In the lower tier of the Anfield Road End behind the north goal, with separate entry gates and full segregation from the Kop. That allocation is around 3,000 and is handled by the visiting club rather than open sale.
The date is fixed but the slot can move once broadcast selections are confirmed, which for January fixtures usually happens weeks in advance. Keep travel arrangements flexible until then.
Turnstiles open two hours before kick-off for general admission and three hours for hospitality, and the club advises arriving at least ninety minutes ahead. Road works near the ground make that advice worth following this season.
Sources: Premier League fixture lists and match records, Liverpool FC official ticketing, membership and stadium information, Crystal Palace FC club records and honours, Anfield capacity, stand and redevelopment records and 1BoxOffice live listing data for the 2026/27 season. All head-to-head results were cross-checked against two independent match record sources.