Premier League: Southampton vs Crystal Palace – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League game between Southampton and Crystal Palace who meet up this coming Wednesday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Crystal Palace look destined for a win in their match on Wednesday against Southampton. Bookmakers have them down as fairly big favourites, with the visitors going through a bit of a slump in the Premier League lately.

Sitting bottom of the table, Southampton have claimed nine points after 29 rounds, while The Eagles have amassed 39 points. This places the latter as number 12 in the Premier League at the moment.

Form: Southampton vs Crystal Palace

Southampton Form

Southampton have had to endure a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 4-0 by Chelsea, before Liverpool ran out 3-1 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Wolverhampton, who came out 1-2 winners. Southampton are without a win in their last six Premier League matches on home soil, which produced a record of zero draws and six defeats, in which they conceded 18 and scored three goals.

Crystal Palace Form

Crystal Palace are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Millwall got left behind in a 3-1 win, before Ipswich got hammered in a 1-0 victory. Fulham was the most recent victim in a 0-3 win for Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace recorded no less than five in their previous six Premier League away matches, as well drawing once and losing none. They hit the target 11 themselves while allowing one goals against.

Betting stats for Southampton and Crystal Palace

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 Southampton and Crystal Palace played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Southampton vs Crystal Palace

It’s been a great season for Jean-Philippe Mateta so far with 12 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target four times in his last six games, and no doubt Crystal Palace want him to continue this productive spell against Southamptonthis coming Wednesday.

Popular betting markets: Southampton vs Crystal Palace

Full-time result

Southampton claimed one wins in their previous 10 matches at St. Mary’s Stadium across all tournaments. They lost nine as well, while visitors Crystal Palace won eight of their last 10 away matches. They drew one and lost one. Southampton lost their previous 5 matches. Crystal Palace were on the scoreboard at least once in their previous 10 matches. Crystal Palace have hit a nice vein of form, not losing any of their last 9 away games. Crystal Palace have beaten Southampton in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Southampton scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Astonishingly, Crystal Palace scored the opening goal of the match in nine of their last ten games. Crystal Palace have won to nil in their last 4 away games. Crystal Palace should be able to score at least once on Wednesday as Southampton failed in keeping a single clean sheet in those last 10 outings. Crystal Palace managed six clean sheets in their 10 most recent outings. Crystal Palace have scored in 8 consecutive meetings with Southampton when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Southampton saw over 2.5 goals in nine of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Crystal Palace, who managed to score two times in those matches. Amazingly, Southampton failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 12 matches. Crystal Palace scored at least once in their previous 10 matches on the bounce.