📏 Form Guide

Crystal Palace

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Crystal Palace will be looking for an improved result here after the 5-0 Premier League loss in their previous game against Newcastle United.

In that match, Crystal Palace managed 40% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Crystal Palace was Marc Guéhi (38' Own goal). Newcastle United got 14 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Jacob Murphy (14'), Harvey Barnes (45'), Fabian Schär (45') and Alexander Isak (58') scored for Newcastle United.

Matches with Crystal Palace have often been exciting ones lately with high scoring anticipated. Over their past half dozen games alone, a total of 21 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 9 of them coming from Crystal Palace.

Their prior results show that Crystal Palace:

• have not won against Bournemouth in their previous 3 league games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 home league matches.

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth head into the clash after a 1-0 Premier League win as they beat Fulham in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Bournemouth managed 41% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Bournemouth was Antoine Semenyo (1'). Fulham had 12 shots at goal with 7 of them on target.

Bournemouth have been dangerous up front in their most recent fixtures, having scored 8 times in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Bournemouth can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same clashes. Historical results aside, we will just have to wait and see if that pattern will persist in this upcoming match.

Taking a look at their past results, Bournemouth:

• are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 15/09/2020, there has been little between the sides with Crystal Palace winning 2 of those games, Bournemouth 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

An aggregate of 7 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for The Eagles and 3 created by The Cherries. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.17.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was Premier League match day 18 on 26/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Bournemouth 0-0 Crystal Palace.

On that occasion, Bournemouth managed 52% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

On the other side, Crystal Palace got 10 shots on goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Thomas Bramall.

ℹ️ Team News: Crystal Palace

In all likelihood, The Eagles may well opt for a 4-4-2 formation this time, handing starts to Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guehi, Daniel Munoz, Daichi Kamada, Adam Wharton, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaila Sarr, Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta.

🗞️ Team News: Bournemouth

Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Ryan Christie (Groin injury), Luis Sinisterra (Thigh problems) and Enes Ünal (Cruciate ligament tear) miss out here.

From our viewpoint, The Cherries could decide to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation by sending out Kepa Arrizabalaga, Adam Smith, Illia Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez, Tyler Adams, Lewis Cook, Antoine Semenyo, Alex Scott, Dango Ouattara and Evanilson.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Bournemouth and Crystal Palace could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. We’re therefore tipping a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 score draw at the end of this one.

Andre Moura, 13:01 19/04/2025