- Date and Time: Sunday, 29 December, 4 PM GMT + 1
- Venue: Selhurst Park, London, England
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Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace, one of the perennial mid-table clubs in the English Premier League, will hope that their season takes a turn for the good when they meet Southampton at home on Sunday. The Eagles have a lot riding on this game as they know that they cannot afford to put a foot wrong, as that would put them in danger of relegation.
Palace are ranked in the 16th spot of the English Premier League with the same number of points to their name. They will be hopeful of changing their position in the table and moving upwards. If they lose this game to Southampton, they will be in even more danger of losing their footing.
Palace have a decent attacking unit that can stand up to be counted when it matters the most. Players Mateta, Kamada and Sarr like to hold up play at the top and also allow some attacks to build through the wings. This will help them immensely in forcing chances inside the opposition’s half.
Southampton
Southampton have not been at their best ever since they got promoted into the Premier League this season. They have been pitiful in defence and as a result, are ranked last in the table with just six points inside their kitty. It looks all but certain that they will get relegated back to the Championship at the end of this season.
The Saints have won just one out of the seventeen matches they have played, and this reflects rather poorly on recently appointed manager Ivan Juric, who will be keen on turning his team’s fortunes around. Attackers Armstrong, Dibling and Fernandes have not had the best of runs this season, and this is worrisome.
Southampton’s defence has been rather poor too, with them having conceded a whopping 36 goals at the time of writing. Palace will be keen on exploiting the massive gaps in the Southampton defence and hope to bag as many goals as possible to further their cause and gain some upward movement in the table.
Bet hereCrystal Palace vs Southampton Prediction
- Pick: Crystal Palace to win
- Odds: 1.575 (22Bet)
- Score prediction: Crystal Palace 2-1 Southampton
Crystal Palace are clearly the favourites to win this game, and we expect them to do so comfortably. Southampton are the league’s worst defence, and they will not be very hopeful of preventing their opponents from running away with a few goals in this game. The visiting side are expected to suffer while defending goals.
Palace have won ten matches against Southampton in the past, and this game might as well be their eleventh. The visiting side will have to resort to keeping the ball more and not allowing their opponents to use the wings as much as they would like to. This can still give them some control and make use of their skills.
Crystal Palace vs Southampton Prediction, Betting Tip
- Pick: Total over 1.5 goals
- Odds: 1.21 (22Bet)
We expect to see a total of over 1.5 goals to be scored in this game given the kind of attacking impetus that both teams have. While Southampton have not been at their best in front of goal this season (they have scored just 11 goals), Palace will rely heavily upon Mateta to give them the lead.
Palace’s attackers will love running up and down the flanks in order to create tensions in the Southampton defence, and the latter will have to be very careful while dealing with such issues. Palace manager Oliver Glasner will be a happy man if he sees his team score goals in this game and eventually win.
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