Crystal Palace v Wolves - EPL betting prediction

Everything is set for the clash between Wolverhampton and Crystal Palace in the sixth round of Premier League, at Selhurst Park, where Crystal Palace have not yet tasted a defeat this season.

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Crystal Palace do not see many goals at home

Looking back at 2018/19 season, Crystal Palace were one of the worst home teams in the league, accumulating barely 20 points in 19 fixtures. To put it into a perspective that is just as much as Cardiff and 11 more compared to Huddersfield, both of which compete in Championship this season. On top of their less-than-impressive home record, Crystal Palace also became known as a team that does not see too many goals in their matches, with an average of 2.21 goals per game.

As far as goals are concerned, Crystal Palace went down the same path this year. So far into the season, Crystal Palace drew with Everton (0:0) and defeated Aston Villa (1:0) at Selhurst Park. In away games, however, Crystal Palace scored twice and conceded six times. Their most recent away fixture happened last week, when Roy Hodgson's men clashed with Tottenham, convincingly won 4:0. With such a disappointing result, we can expect Crystal Palace to tighten up their defence here and avoid another humiliating defeat.

Wolverhampton Euro woes

A lot of hopes have been put into this year's Wolverhampton team, which has not yet lived up to the expectations. As it stands now, Wolves are sitting at 19th place in the league with a worrying 0-3-2 record to their name. Santo's men started their 2019/20 EPL campaign with three draws against Leicester (0:0), Manchester United (1:1) and Burnley (1:1), which were not terrible results per se. That being said, Wolves lost both of their fixtures that followed, with Everton (2:3) and Chelsea (2:5) both proving to be too tough of a nut to crack for Wolves, who have found themselves in a worrying position.

It was expected Euro obligations to take a toll on the team, yet no one really expected it to be this bad and for it to happen so early. What makes the whole situation even worse for Wolves is their 0:1 defeat against Braga at home on Thursday, meaning Wolverhampton are heading into this fixture with a streak of three losses behind them.

On a more positive note, we saw some defensive improvement in Wolves’ squad against Braga, where they managed to stop significantly more attempts compared to their match against Chelsea and Everton. With that in mind, we can safely say that if Nuno Espirito Santo's men manage to produce anything similar here, they should avoid yet another high scoring defeat.

Prediction

The most recent fixture between these two sides took place at the start of 2019 and ended in favour of Crystal Palace who won 2:0 at Molineux Stadium. The fixture before that, however, ended in Wolves' favour (1:0), only this time the match was played at Selhurst Park. As we have mentioned above, we can expect in this fixture is a more defensive approach from both teams. Crystal Palace have suffered a painful 0:4 defeat las week, meaning Hodgson will surely try to avoid another such result here. Wolves on the other side have already shown some significant improvement in their defence on Thursday. All things considered, this one should be a low scoring affair. Crystal Palace have not seen more than one goal in their last three home fixtures, whereas Wolves failed to impress in their away matches, seeing how they won only one out of last nine EPL fixtures.

Prediction: Under 2.25 Goals
Odds: 1.88 Dafabet

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