Premier League – Crystal Palace vs Norwich City: Betting Preview

Crystal Palace and Norwich City meet at Selhurst Park on Tuesday hoping to bounce back from disappointing Boxing Day defeats.

Without manager Patrick Vieira (COVID-19) and winger Wilfried Zaha (suspended), Crystal Palace have it all to do. The Eagles, though, can take comfort from a decent home record, having gone unbeaten in eight of their last nine league games at Selhurst Park (W3 D5).

The Eagles plan to capitalize on Norwich’s miserable run of form and reclaim a spot in the upper half of the Premier League table.

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Facts and figures for Crystal Palace vs Norwich in Premier League.

Current form — Crystal Palace v. Norwich

The Eagles aim for a quick turnaround

Crystal Palace have been all in their last 3 matches, which brought added 4 points to their tally. They claimed a 3-1 win against Everton, before drawing 2-2 with Southampton. This little streak came to an end, when Tottenham proved too strong in a 3-0 defeat for Crystal Palace.

The Canaries on a low after embarrassing defeat

Norwich have had to endure a tough spell in their last 3 matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 0-1 by Manchester United, before Aston Villa ran out 0-2 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Arsenal, who came out 0-5 winners.

How do the bookies view it?

Crystal Palace are the clear odds-on favorites to take all 3 points in London. The Eagles are priced at 1.68 with ComeOn! to win in front of their home crowd. The same bookmaker has a draw priced at 3.95, while a win for Norwich returns odds of 5.80 with Mr. Green.

Crystal Palace v. Norwich — fixture history

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Crystal Palace played Norwich at Carrow Road. The pair split the points in a 1-1 stalemate, where no one managed to get the upper hand.

Crystal Palace have been able to win 38% of their last 8 encounters against upcoming Norwich in the Premier League. In other words, they have a 3-4-1 recent record, with the latter winning 13% of the matches. Do not expect too much entertainment on Tuesday, when these teams face off. Their last 8 matches were largely tight affairs, as more than two goals only happened 2 times. Both teams to score paid out with the bookies 5 times in those 8 matches.

Current table in the Premier League

As the current Premier League standings shows us, the difference between the two teams is 10 points. Even though Norwich cannot overtake Crystal Palace in the league standings right away, they will surely look to reduce or at least maintain the current gap. Crystal Palace, who are now number 12 with 20 points, will do their part to widen the distance to their upcoming opponents on Tuesday.

Top marksman

Conor Gallagher is one of the Crystal Palace players, who is expected to score on a regular basis. His current tally for the past few matches reads 2 goals. Norwich have their eyes fixed on Teemu Pukki, who is expected to hit his stride sooner rather than later.