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Crystal Palace vs Chelsea: Prediction and Betting Tips with Odds 2.60
Crystal Palace have improved significantly, have lost only one of their last five rounds and have created a five-point handicap from the relegation zone. Chelsea, on the contrary, have slowed down, have not been able to win three games in the Premier League and risk even losing their place in the top 4 in the near future. The first round head-to-head match ended in a draw, will the Glaziers be able to take points from the Aristocrats again on January 4? – the answer is in our forecast. Also, the site star experts Roman Pavlyuchenko and Dmitry Gradilenko share their bets on the match
Command Analysis
Crystal Palace
EnglandCurrent form
Crystal Palace spent a long time at the start of the season searching for their game, and spent some time in the relegation zone. However, the management did not take any drastic steps, and trusted Oliver Glasner, who lived up to expectations and managed to lead the team out of the crisis. At the moment, on the eve of the start of the 20th round, the “glaziers” occupy a fairly familiar 15th place in the table with 20 points to their credit. The gap from the “red” zone is a solid five points, ahead in 14th place at a distance of two points is Manchester United.
Over the last five rounds, Crystal Palace have suffered only one defeat. However, the failure was quite painful – they were unable to do anything against Arsenal on their home field (1:5). Separately, in this period we will highlight the away victory with a score of 3:1 over Brighton, the home draw 2:2 with Manchester City. In general, the Eagles have not often pleased their fans on their home field this season – only two victories in ten matches played.
In the previous round, Oliver Glasner charges played an important match with the outsider Southampton. Already in the 15th minute of the game, the "saints" opened the scoring, but this did not affect the mood and motivation of the Londoners, who equalized the score in the first half, and after the break, Eze scored the winning goal.
Disqualifications and injuries
Chalobah will not be able to play today due to the terms of his loan deal, while Wharton and Franca will miss the game through injury.
Interesting trends for betting
- Crystal Palace have drawn their previous two matches at half-time
- The goal exchange bet has played in six of the Eagles' last eight Premier League games
- Crystal Palace have won just once in their last 10 home Premier League games in the first half
- Crystal Palace have not lost their last eight games due to offsides
Probable line-up: Henderson - Richards, Lacroix, Guehi - Munoz, Hughes, Lerma, Mitchell - Sarr, Eze - Mateta.
Chelsea
EnglandCurrent form
It seemed that nothing foreshadowed trouble, Enzo Maresca had decided on the lineup, stabilized the game, and the results came. For the first time in a long time, Chelsea really joined the fight for at least the top 3, and was even catching up with Liverpool. However, there was a decline in the game - three rounds without victories in the Premier League (two defeats and a draw). The series of failures started with an away draw with Everton (0:0). Then there was a home defeat to Fulham (1:2), when the opponent scored two goals at the end. In the last round, the "aristocrats" even lost 0:2 away to Ipswich, although they made 20 shots on goal, creating a huge number of dangerous moments. It is hardly worth talking about a serious decline, so far we can only see decent problems with implementation.
The rivals in the fight for places in the top three have taken advantage of https://www.chelseafc.com/en target=_blank rel=noopener>Chelsea slip-ups. Enzo Maresca team enters the 20th round in fourth place in the league table, two points behind third-placed Nottingham Forest and four points behind second-placed Arsenal. Liverpool are already ahead by 10 points and with a game in hand. Another setback could see the Londoners overtake Newcastle, who have three points fewer.
On the positive side, Chelsea are among the best teams in the Premier League in away games, with 20 points. Only Liverpool has more, with 23 points. Since the start of the season, the "pensioners" have won 6 of their 10 away games.
Disqualifications and injuries
Mudrik continues to serve his disqualification for failing a doping test. Badiashile, Fofana and Kellyman are all out with injuries. Dewsbury Hall and Lavia are in doubt.
Interesting trends for betting
- Chelsea have won in the first half in three of their last five matches
- Three or fewer goals have been scored in 11 of Chelsea last 13 Premier League games
- In their last 13 away matches in the Premier League, the "aristocrats" suffered only one defeat in the second half
- Chelsea have had more corners than their opponents in 13 of their last 14 games
Probable line-up: Sanchez - Gusto, Adarabioyo, Colville, Cucurella - Caicedo, Fernandez - Neto, Palmer, Sancho - Jackson.
Trends
Chelsea Win on Corners
Chelsea have won 13 of their last 14 matches on corners
1.60Chelsea to score in first half
In three of the last five matches, the "aristocrats" scored goals in the opening 45 minutes
1.87Bet Exact score 1:3
Chelsea have won two of their last seven games by a two-goal margin
13.50Bet: Crystal Palace win on offsides
Crystal Palace have not lost their last eight matches due to offsides
1.52Bet 1st half: total under 1.5 goals
In three of the four previous head-to-head meetings, this bet paid off.
1.62Tip and bets
Given the recent failures, bookmakers are offering very cautious odds for a Chelsea victory, which we think can be taken advantage of. There is no obvious decline in the game of the "aristocrats", a lot is still going well in the attack, there are enough chances, but there are problems with the implementation. Crystal Palace is showing good results now, but it is worth remembering that Oliver Glasner charges could not cope with the powerful attack of Arsenal, conceding five goals. Today there will be an equally difficult test - a game against an inconvenient opponent, to whom the "glaziers" lost 14 out of 15 previous face-to-face meetings. We think that the visitors will interrupt their unsuccessful series in the London derby, and will do it confidently, with a reserve.
Our prediction is Chelsea win with Asian handicap (-1) at odds of 2.60
Bet on total
Chelsea have a noticeable advantage in class, especially in the attack line. The "aristocrats" feel quite comfortable away from home, having scored 23 goals in 10 matches at foreign arenas. We hope that there will be no difficulties with the implementation today, and we will see the usual two or three goals from Enzo Maresca charges.
The second bet is Chelsea individual total goals over 1.5 with odds of 1.71
Yellow Card Betting
We also recommend paying attention to the promising trend of yellow cards. In the last seven head-to-head matches within the Premier League on the Crystal Palace field, the referees did not show more than four warnings. Accordingly, we suggest betting on statistics.
Forecast - total yellow cards under 4.5 with odds of 1.95
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