Crystal Palace VS Southampton Match Prediction

Through 53 matches, Southampton have an edge over Crystal Palace with 24 wins, 12 draws, and 17 losses thus far.

Here's a look at the last five results:    

Dec 28, 2019: Southampton 1-1 Palace
Jan 30, 2019: Southampton 1-1 Palace
Sep 1, 2018: Palace 0-2 Southampton
Jan 2, 2018: Southampton 1-2 Palace
Sep 16, 2017: Palace 0-1 Southampton

CPFC vs SOU FC Betting Tips and Odds

Bet365 have the following odds available for this match:

Crystal Palace are at 2/1, a draw is at 9/4, and Southampton are at 11/8.  

Palace will begin this midweek round of fixtures in the top half of the table, sitting in a solid ninth place on 30 points from their opening 23 games.  They have now picked up four successive draws following their dramatic splitting of the points with Manchester City, but they have not lost any of their last five, so that is a positive.  Every time this team looks down and out, they claw their way back in, so it should be no shock to see that they have done it yet again.  

Southampton, meanwhile, will begin their midweek round, disappointingly, in 13th place on just 28 points having thrown away a two-goal lead against Wolves on Saturday.  They looked to have been cruising and heading toward another big win to pull them further clear of the drop, but that was not meant to be as they were handed their first loss in a while.  Even with the defeat, though, they are still six points above Aston Villa in 18th, so that will make them pleased.  

The Eagles’ home record thus far has been middling in the PL.  They have played at Selhurst Park 11 times, taking 16 points from four wins and four draws so far.  They have eight points and are unbeaten in their last four matches at the ground.  As for the Saints, they have battled impressively well on their travels thus far.  They have amassed 17 points in 11 outings, via five wins and two draws.  In their latest five outings on the road, they have ten points, with each of their last three results being a victory.   

Betfair have both teams scoring at 1.8.  

Ladbrokes have Saints scoring first at 10/11.  

Crystal Palace vs Southampton Prediction

Southampton are not out of the woods just yet, but they could do much, much worse than going to Selhurst Park and collecting a draw.  They’ll be glad with that as they move forward on the quest for safety.  

Correct Score Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-1 Southampton

Crystal Palace Team News

Roy Hodgson continues to miss a few players, with Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, Max Meyer, Luka Milivojevic, Christian Benteke, Jeff Schlupp, and Andros Townsend out injured. 

Crystal Palace Key Man

His career at Everton might not have went as well as he would have liked, but Cenk Tosun sure got off to a quick start for the Eagles on Saturday when he scored to put them in front in their draw with City.  They need a player to deliver goals, and that will please them infinitely to have seen that.  Wilf Zaha is also one to watch here having seen him create an own goal in the draw with City that earned them a point on Saturday.  He’s such a danger with his pace and quality, giving Saints a lot to think about here.  

Crystal Palace Team Form

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

2-2 draw at Manchester City
1-1 home draw vs Arsenal 
0-1 home loss vs Derby County (FA Cup)
1-1 draw at Norwich City
1-1 draw at Southampton

Crystal Palace Predicted Starting Line up

Expected Line up: 4-5-1

Southampton Team News

Ralph Hasenhuttl has had a lot of luck recently with injuries, with only young full back Yan Valery out at the moment.

Southampton Key Man

For the first time in a while, seemingly, Danny Ings did not get on the score sheet.  And with them scoring twice, this is really quite shocking.  However, he was around the danger, so he should be once more here, as he has had 14 find the net already, making him a man you can’t forget.  The second of their goals came through the hard for of Cedric from right full back.  The Portuguese has been a quality player for a while, and they will be thankful he’s back in the squad regularly again.  

Southampton Team Form

The Saints have a loss, three wins, and a draw in their last five matches:

2-3 home loss vs Wolves
1-2 win at Leicester
2-0 home win vs Huddersfield (FA Cup)
1-0 home win vs Tottenham
1-1 home draw vs Crystal Palace

Southampton Predicted Starting Line up

Expected Line up: 4-4-2

This is quite a tough one to predict, as if any of them in this league are 'easy.' Palace have not been winning much of late, while Southampton had been looking so much better. But blowing a two-goal advantage at home, even to a side like Wolves, is hardly enough to have you place confidence in them here. Because of that, this looks like it could be very tight. A draw looks quite likely to us, with neither team good enough to break out and take a win.

The visiting side have not lost any of the last five fixtures in this tie.