Europa League: Crystal Palace vs Hoffenheim – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Europa League round 4 match between Crystal Palace and Hoffenheim and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

As the early season favourites, Crystal Palace will look to justify their title credentials on Thursday when they take on Hoffenheim for a round 4 match in the Europa League.

Team form: Crystal Palace vs Hoffenheim

Crystal Palace Form

Crystal Palace are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Newcastle by a 0-2 score, before winning 0-1 against Fulham. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 2-0 against Tottenham. Crystal Palace just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Europa League matches at the Selhurst Park. They also drew zero and lost zero of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded zero goals.

Hoffenheim Form

Hoffenheim show a mix of results in their previous three matches. They started well with a 3-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen. Then a 1-1 draw with Holstein Kiel followed before they lost against Werder Bremen with a 2-0 scoreline. Hoffenheim only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Europa League. In these six matches they drew two and lost three as well as being outscored by 14 goals to eight.

Betting stats for Crystal Palace and Hoffenheim

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Crystal Palace and Hoffenheim. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Crystal Palace vs Hoffenheim

As the new Europa League campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Crystal Palace and Hoffenheim this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

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Full-time result

Crystal Palace won five of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Selhurst Park. They drew one and lost four as well, while Hoffenheim won three of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost five.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Crystal Palace only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Hoffenheim scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Crystal Palace probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Thursday, as Hoffenheim managed only two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 matches.

Total goals

Crystal Palace saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Hoffenheim, who scored 1.6 times on average in these matches.