Brighton and Crystal Palace deserve to be rivals. The evidence is very clear that in the last 5 clashes, there were 4 times when the two sides could not determine the winner. The next match may not take place with an exception scenario.
Brighton vs Crystal Palace performance analysis
Brighton is having a pretty successful season. With only 1/11 losses in the last 11 matches (won 7), it is not surprising that this team is ranked 7th in the 2022/23 Premier League table..
Meanwhile, Crystal Palace has just received 2 consecutive defeats at the hands of Aston Villa and Man City. In fact, they had 11 consecutive matches without knowing the smell of victory.
In the past, Brighton and Crystal Palace have met 26 times. The record of the two teams is very balanced when each side won 8 wins and the remaining 10 draws. Particularly for the last 3 clashes, both teams shared points in the Premier League.
Latest Brighton vs Crystal Palace force information
Due to thigh, calf and ligament injuries respectively, Brighton trio Adam Lallana, Danny Welbeck and Jakub Moder will not be able to attend the upcoming match against Crystal Palace. Besides, Tariq Lamptey’s ability to play is not clear.
On the other side of the front line, goalkeeper Sam Johnstone has not recovered from his injury, so he will have to be a reluctant audience. It is not yet clear whether Nathan Ferguson is fit enough to play.
Expected lineup Brighton vs Crystal Palace
Brighton: Steele; Veltman, Dunk, Webster, Estupinan; Caicedo, Gross; March, Mac Allister, Mitoma; Ferguson
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Mitchell, Guehi, Andersen, Clyne, Lokonga, Milivojevic, Zaha, Eze, Olise, Ayew
Betting on the house of Brighton vs Crystal Palace
Underwhelms the whole match: The last 5 matches of Crystal Palace and the last 6/7 matches between the two teams have only 2 goals at most. Therefore, it is likely that the next match will have few goals.
Crystal Palace won the bet: Although not in good form, Crystal Palace has won the last 7/8 matches. The above fact plus the fact that Brighton lost the last 5/7 matches is the basis to put faith in the guests.
Even ratio: The last 3 matches between the 2 teams have an even number of goals. The same thing happened in both of Brighton’s last two matches.
SPECIAL COOKERS
Both teams scored: Clashes between Brighton and Crystal Palace often see the scoreboard updated. However, there is an interesting detail that in the last 11 matches between the two sides, only 1 match had a team not scoring. According to the bookmaker Oddschecker, the odds for the possibility of both teams scoring is 23/20. In contrast, the odds for the “door” of a team not to score is 3/4. If we look at past results, the first scenario seems more likely.
Football expert predicts Brighton vs Crystal Palace match
According to Josue Seixas, a reporter for Sambafoot, Crystal Palace just had a pretty good match when only losing to the higher-rated Man City with the minimum score. Confrontation history shows that this team is not inferior to Brighton, so it is not unusual for them to earn points on the opponent’s field.
SNN predicts Brighton vs Crystal Palace: 1-1
