Brighton & Hove VS Crystal Palace Match Prediction

Over the course of 20 matches, Brighton have eight wins, six draws, and six losses against Crystal Palace.

Here's a look at the last five results:    

Dec 16, 2019: Palace 1-1 Brighton
Mar 9, 2019: Palace 1-2 Brighton
Dec 4, 2018: Brighton 3-1 Palace
Apr 14, 2018: Palace 3-2 Brighton
Jan 8, 2018: Brighton 2-1 Palace (FA Cup)

Brighton vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips and Odds

Bet365 have the following odds available for this match:

Brighton are at evens, a draw is at 23/10, and Crystal Palace are at 14/5.  

Brighton will come into this match off the back of yet another draw in the PL, a fourth from their last five games.  That means they have four points from those games, taking them into 15th as the weekend begins.  They sit on 28 points, four clear of the drop zone, so there will still be, rightly so, nervous glances over their shoulders as they fear a possible drop.  They have played better football this season, but it’s still far from a guarantee that they will stay up.  

Crystal Palace, meanwhile, got themselves a massive win last weekend over Newcastle that will have taken some of the pressure off of them.  The win, which saw them move up to 13th on 33 points, was the first they had earned in some time.  That gives them a nine point gap over the bottom and means that they are just seven points away from that magical 40 point mark that is so often mooted about.  It looks like they are closing in now, what a difference a single game can make.  

The Seagulls will come into this match with a decent home record this season.  They have 18 points from 13 games, with just four wins and six draws thus far.  Three of those draws have come consecutively, though they did win the match prior that one to give them four unbeaten at home.  Palace, on the other hand, have been decent on their travels.  They have earned 14 points, from three wins and five draws, in 13 outings.  They have ran into problems of late, though, with three draws and two losses in their last five making it hard to pick them here.  

Ladbrokes have Maupay scoring anytime at 17/10.  

Betfair have both sides scoring at 1.95.  

Brighton vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Palace do not travel very well, but luckily for them their hosts are not in the best of form, either.  Because of that, you could see the two playing out a stalemate in this contest.  

Correct Score Prediction: Brighton 1-1 Crystal Palace

Brighton Team News

Graham Potter only has one man ruled out for sure here, and that is Jose Izquierdo.  Dale Stephens is a doubt to feature, but he could sneak his way in.

Brighton Key Man

Brighton have tended to do their best this season when Neal Maupay has been up front for them, and that was the case at the Blades last Saturday.  They did settle, again, for just a point, but their striker fired in another goal, his eighth thus far, and that will make them happy.  Set pieces are a big opportunity, usually, for the Seagulls, and that is where a man like Dan Burn can come into handy.  The massive framed left back is also pretty agile and can offer some really interesting mismatches out wide.  

Brighton Team Form

Brighton have four draws and a loss in their last five matches:

1-1 draw at Sheffield United
1-1 home draw vs Watford
3-3 draw at West Ham 
3-1 loss at Bournemouth
1-1 home draw vs Aston Villa

Brighton Predicted Starting Line up

Expected Line up: 5-3-2

Crystal Palace Team News

Roy Hodgson will be missing a few defensive options, with Mamadou Sakho, Jeff Schlupp, and James Tomkins remaining sidelined due to injuries.  Both Luka Milivojevic, illness, and Cheikhou Kouyate, injury, have a reasonable chance of featuring.  

Crystal Palace Key Man

Wilf Zaha has not been at the races for much of this season, but he did show glimpses of it against Newcastle last time out.  He drew a red card from a defender with some of his running, and that is just the kind of thing they will need if they are to create goals.  Speaking of which, the man that grabbed theirs in that game was left back Patrick van Aanholt.  The Dutch left back has shown an eye for goal in his time with the club, and he could be very valuable to them in this endeavor.  

Crystal Palace Team Form

Crystal Palace have a win, three losses, and a draw in their last five matches:

1-0 home win vs Newcastle
3-1 loss at Everton
3-1 loss at Sheffield United
0-2 home loss vs Southampton
2-2 draw at Manchester City

Crystal Palace Predicted Starting Line up

Expected Line up: 4-3-3

It's very tough to pick a winner out here. Recent history certainly indicates Brighton should be favored, but it's the Premier League and you just never ever know. The Seagulls have picked up draw after draw of late, especially at home, while Palace have been picking up a fair few of their own. Seeing as how that is the case, we would not really be shocked if they played on out here. It would be far from terrible for both of them.

Brighton have had Palace's number of late, going unbeaten in three and having lost just once in the last six against them (3W, 2D, 1L).