Ace Football previews the Premier League round 4 match between Crystal Palace and Ipswich and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
Crystal Palace hope to live up to their early billing as the Premier League title favourites on Saturday when they welcome Ipswich over to the Selhurst Park for a round 4 match.
Crystal Palace are number 13 in the table on three points after three matches. Ipswich rank as number 14 with three points after three matches played.
Form: Crystal Palace vs Ipswich
Crystal Palace Form
In the previous three matches, Crystal Palace lost 1-4 against Manchester City, beat Fulham by 2-3 and won 3-0 against Middlesbrough. Crystal Palace just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the Selhurst Park. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded nine goals.
Ipswich Form
In their last three matches, Ipswich won 3-1 win against Leicester, lost 5-2 against Manchester United and lost 0-2 against Liverpool. Ipswich claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Premier League. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by 15 goals to eight.
Betting stats for Crystal Palace and Ipswich
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 Ipswich played across all tournaments.
- In 16 of the last 18 Crystal Palace matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Crystal Palace home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Crystal Palace matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Crystal Palace have lost 6 of the last 8 matches in the Premier League while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In the last 4 Crystal Palace home matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Ipswich matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Ipswich away matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 3 Ipswich away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Ipswich matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
In-form players: Crystal Palace vs Ipswich
Tyrick Mitchell has been great for Crystal Palace lately, hitting the target one times, which makes him worth considering in the betting market. Ipswich are optimistic that Chuba Akpom doubles up on the one goal he provided in their past six outings.
Betting markets: Crystal Palace vs Ipswich
Full-time result
Crystal Palace claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing two. Ipswich won five of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost three of the games in this run. Amazingly, Ipswich failed to keep a clean sheet in their 22 last matches. Crystal Palace have beaten Ipswich in 4 consecutive home league meetings
Both teams to score
Crystal Palace scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Ipswich scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Crystal Palace managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Ipswich kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 matches. Crystal Palace have scored in 8 consecutive home meetings with Ipswich.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Crystal Palace, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Ipswich, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.8 times goals per game. Amazingly, Crystal Palace failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 9 matches.
