Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th December 2024

Bournemouth enjoy home advantage, when visitors Crystal Palace swing by on Thursday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Bournemouth are number 5 in the table on 28 points after 17 matches. Crystal Palace rank as number 16 with 16 points after 17 matches played.

Aiming for a place inside the top six, Bournemouth need to strut their stuff against Crystal Palace on Thursday. The latter might not look like a team currently possessing the qualities to stop the home side from claiming a win, but they will be eager to spring a surprise.

Bournemouth step into their next home match this coming Thursday having scored a nice average of 1.9 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 19 goals, while also allowing 11 goals against. That is an average of 1.1 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet three times in those matches.

Crystal Palace managed a bearable 13 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.3 goals per game. They conceded 16 goals in total, and while claiming two clean sheets, they conceded 1.6 goals an average per game.

Bournemouth won the last two meetings against The Eagles, as they followed up a 2-0 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 1-0 score.

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Bournemouth Form

Bournemouth look good before their upcoming match, in which they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Ipswich by 1-2, before drawing 1-1 with West Ham. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Manchester United 0-3. Bournemouth claimed four wins in their last six Premier League matches at the Vitality Stadium. They came through these games with a record of one draw and one defeat, in which they conceded five and scored ten goals.

Crystal Palace Form

In their last three matches, Crystal Palace won 1-3 win against Brighton, lost 3-2 against Arsenal and lost 1-5 against Arsenal. Crystal Palace claimed two wins against two draws and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads eight goals conceded and nine scored.

Bournemouth are well up for the task of building on their current momentum, and we expect them to deliver the goods in their upcoming clash at Vitality Stadium against visitors Crystal Palace.

Bournemouth scored 19 goals and conceded 11 in their last nine games against teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. They collected 19 points and six victories. Crystal Palace claimed zero wins and two points in their last five games against teams from the top six. They scored four times in these matches, but also conceded ten goals. Bournemouth have a record of eight wins, four draws and five defeats in the Premier League this season. Crystal Palace have a record of three wins, seven draws and seven defeats in the Premier League.

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Squads

Bournemouth Squad

Andoni Iraola will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Crystal Palace from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Kepa Arrizabalaga (0/12), Mark Travers (0/3), Will Dennis (0/0), Adam Smith (0/17), Dean Huijsen (2/11), Illia Zabarnyi (0/17), James Hill (0/2), Julian Araujo (0/8), Marcos Senesi (0/11), Max Aarons (0/1), Milos Kerkez (1/17), Alex Scott (0/8), Ben Winterburn (0/0), Dango Ouattara (2/14), David Brooks (1/10), Lewis Cook (1/16), Marcus Tavernier (1/15), Philip Billing (0/7), Tyler Adams (0/8), Antoine Semenyo (5/16), Enes Unal (2/14), Evanilson (4/16), Justin Kluivert (6/17), Luis Sinisterra (1/8), Michael DaCosta (0/0), Ryan Christie (1/16).

Crystal Palace Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Crystal Palace players that the manager Oliver Glasner will choose from for the upcoming game:

Dean Henderson (0/17), Louie Moulden (0/0), Matt Turner (0/0), Remi Matthews (0/0), Chadi Riad (0/1), Chris Richards (0/7), Daniel Munoz (2/16), Joel Ward (0/0), Marc Guehi (2/17), Maxence Lacroix (1/14), Nathaniel Clyne (0/8), Rob Holding (0/0), Trevoh Chalobah (2/10), Tyrick Mitchell (0/17), Adam Wharton (0/8), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/9), Daichi Kamada (0/13), Jefferson Lerma (0/13), Jeffrey Schlupp (0/11), Will Hughes (0/15), Eberechi Eze (1/13), Edward Nketiah (0/12), Franco Umeh-Chibueze (0/0), Ismaila Sarr (4/17), Jean-Philippe Mateta (4/17), Matheus Franca (0/0).

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Team News

Crystal Palace have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Bournemouth on Thursday. Ismaila Sarr and Daniel Munoz racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Crystal Palace travelling party for their next match.

Cheick Oumar Doucoure won't be travelling with Crystal Palace this time, as he nurses an injury.

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Lineups

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace H2H

Bournemouth had a good reading on The Eagles in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-0 and 1-0, respectively. Crystal Palace seem to have a bit of a love affair with Bournemouth, as they have beaten them five times in last ten encounters. The bookies have Crystal Palace to win this match at best price odds of 11/4.

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Results

Punters probably shouldn't go looking for both teams to score, when Crystal Palace come visiting Bournemouth. At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in their last ten matches. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 6/5 with the bookies.

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips

When looking for in-form players to find the target, there are some interesting names popping up in both teams. Justin Kluivert brings great form to the table, as he is now on four goals in six games. Surely, Bournemouth will start him against Crystal Palace, who also have some appealing names to consider. Not least Ismaila Sarr, who notched up four goals in his past six games.

In their last 10 matches at Vitality Stadium across all tournaments Bournemouth won six times, drew two and lost two times. Crystal Palace claimed four wins, three draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Bournemouth on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened eight times for Crystal Palace in their last 10 league games away from home.

Under 2.5 goals happened four times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Bournemouth managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Crystal Palace averaging 1.7 goals in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Bournemouth’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.9 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Crystal Palace, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.6 times goals per game themselves.