Hello! Today at the "Selhurst Park" will be the London derby. “Eagles” in this round will play with the “cottagers” who showed their teeth in the match against uncompromising Brighton last round.
CRYSTAL PALACE
Crystal Palace has done a lot of rustling in recent months. Palace showed himself well in two matches with the leaders of the Premier League, and in a recent cup match Tottenham (2-0) was knocked out of the tournament. However, in duels with other teams Crystal Palace was not so successful. In the last six meetings in the Premier League, Roy Hodgson’s team won only once. The Eagles beat Wolverhampton on the road (2-0). But in other fights, Palace lost to Watford (1-2), and also played a draw with Cardiff (0-0) and Southampton (1-1). From the relegation zone "glaziers" already broke away by four points. But what exactly hardly pleases the fans of this team in England is the home form. In the 11 home bouts in the current championship, the Eagles won only twice. Having scored a goal in the previous match, Wilfrid Zaha also received a red card. Therefore, he will not appear in this fight on the field. Like, perhaps, Cheikhou Kouyaté, heal a knee injury.
FULHAM
Claudio Ranieri has not yet become the “magic savior” for Fulham. With a rather attractive composition and enhanced by Ryan Babel, Fulham still lives at the bottom of the Premier League. In four matches this year, the “cottagers” were defeated by Arsenal (1-4), lost to Burnley (1-2), Oldham in the FA Cup (1-2) and Tottenham (1-2), and only in the last round managed to get strong-willed victory over Brighton (4-2). She allowed Ranieri's team to at least slightly climb the table and close the gap from the saving places to six points. One of the reasons for such a low position of Fulham in the table is the bad guest form of the team. Over the 12 away matches of the championship "cottagers" earned only two points. Of the personnel losses, it is worth noting the striker Abubakar Kamara, who was hired out in Malatyaspor, injured Alfie Mawson, as well as Joe Brian and Andre Anguissu, who are questionable for this match.
STATISTICS AND PERSONAL MEETINGS
- Crystal Palace has won only one of the six previous matches in the Premier League.
- At home, the glaziers won only two of 11 matches in this championship.
- In six out of ten past meetings of the “eagles” in the Premier League, the total over 2.5 bet was played.
- Fulham lost four out of five previous official matches.
- In all these five fights, the bets "total more than 2.5" and "both score" played.
- On the road, Fulham lost ten of 12 matches in the current championship.
- Fulham and Crystal Palace over the past 13 years, met only three times. In the season 2013/2014, the “cottagers” (4-1) and (2-2) were more successful, but Palace (2-0) won the first round of this championship.
So let's summarize. Both teams do not shine with stability, both are located at the end of the standings. However, the victory in this match is more important than Fulham and in the last round he showed that he can achieve his goal. But you shouldn’t really count on it, the team misses a lot, and at the same time scores an average goal per game. On this and play. Crystal lost his main striking force for this match - Wilfrid Zaha, but as practice shows recently there is someone to score in the “eagles”.
Crystal Palace - Fulham Total Over 2.5 with 1.98 for 3% of bank
