Ace Football team offers the Premier League round 36 match preview for Crystal Palace and Bournemouth who meet up on Saturday. The pre-match analysis includes the latest fixture stats and facts and a free betting tip for our readers.
Crystal Palace go up against Bournemouth at Selhurst Park this coming Saturday in a thrilling Premier League match.
Team form: Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth
Crystal Palace Form
Crystal Palace are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Wolverhampton by a 2-0 score, before winning 4-3 against West Ham. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 1-0 against Tottenham. In their last six Premier League home matches, Crystal Palace have two wins, while they’ve drawn three and lost one. They scored seven and conceded six goals.
Bournemouth Form
Bournemouth won twice in their last three matches as Southampton were defeated by 0-1 before they beat Leeds 4-1. Chelsea proved too strong, though, and a 1-3 defeat followed. The Cherries recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the Premier League, in which they banged in eight goals, whilst conceding eight. They recorded no draws but instead suffered defeat twice.
Betting facts for Crystal Palace and Bournemouth
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Crystal Palace and Bournemouth played across all tournaments.
- In 10 of the last 12 Crystal Palace home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Crystal Palace have not won 9 of the last 11 home matches
- Crystal Palace have not lost 7 of the last 8 home matches
- In 6 of the last 8 Crystal Palace home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Crystal Palace have conceded in 8 of the last 10 matches
- In 9 of the last 11 Bournemouth away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Bournemouth have won the last 3 away matches in a row
- Bournemouth have won 4 of the last 5 matches
- In 3 of the last 4 Bournemouth matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- Bournemouth have not lost the last 3 away matches in a row
Players on top: Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth
Jefferson Lerma shows decent form right now for Bournemouth, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Premier League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Crystal Palace, who are strong favourites this coming Saturday. Siding with Eberechi Eze also looks like a nice prospect as he scored four goals in his last six Premier League matches.
Popular betting markets: Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth
Full-time result
Selhurst Park witnessed Crystal Palace winning two of their 10 latest matches across all tournaments here. They drew five and lost three in this run. Bournemouth won four of their previous 10 games away, drew zero and lost six. Crystal Palace have beaten Bournemouth in 4 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Amazingly, Crystal Palace scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Bournemouth scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Bournemouth managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. Crystal Palace have scored in 10 consecutive league meetings with Bournemouth.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Crystal Palace, who scored an average of 1.4 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in six of the last ten matches that Bournemouth played across all tournaments. They scored 1.3 times on average in the process.
Betting prediction: Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth
To sum up, the upcoming match between Crystal Palace and Bournemouth seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this Premier League game.