Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd May 2026

Bournemouth are in with a good chance of adding three nice points to their total in round 35 of the Premier League on Sunday. They will be disappointed if they do not beat The Eagles, whom they welcome on home soil at Vitality Stadium.

Ranked as number 7 in the Premier League standings, Bournemouth, have so far collected 49 points this season, while Crystal Palace collected 43 points. This puts them up as number 13 after 33 rounds.

Bournemouth have their eyes set on a good performance and, more importantly, three points, when facing Crystal Palace. On home soil, the former should have the upper hand, as they aim to move inside the top six.

Bournemouth are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 12 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.2 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents nine goals, or an average of 0.9 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Crystal Palace scored 12 goals, conceded 11 and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Bournemouth played against Crystal Palace. It finished 3-3 in a great match between the pair.

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Bournemouth Form

In their last three matches, Bournemouth won 1-2 and 1-2 against first Arsenal then Newcastle, before drawing 2-2 against Leeds. Bournemouth just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the Vitality Stadium. They also drew five and lost zero of these six encounters, in which they scored nine and conceded eight goals.

Most observers thought Bournemouth were doomed this season, but they have done very well for themselves and now look into another season in the Premier League.

Crystal Palace Form

Crystal Palace got a mix of results in their last three matches. An encounter with West Ham brought a 0-0 draw, which was followed by a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Liverpool. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail as they beat Shakhtar Donetsk by a 1-3 scoreline. Crystal Palace won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches says nine goals conceded and eight scored.

Curiously enough, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace played out a draw in their three latest matches against each other. Clearly, the draw is the value bet, when they face each other again.

Bournemouth took 30 points from their last 18 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to seven wins after scoring 26 times and conceding 19. Crystal Palace claimed five wins and 20 points from their last 16 encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League, while scoring 18 goals to 20 against. Bournemouth claimed 11 wins, 16 draws as well as seven defeats in the Premier League this season. Crystal Palace enjoy a record of 11 wins, ten draws and 12 defeats in the Premier League.

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Squads

Bournemouth Squad

Iraola will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Crystal Palace from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Christos Mandas (0/0), Djordje Petrovic (0/34), Fraser Forster (0/0), Adam Smith (0/19), Adrien Truffert (1/34), Alex Jimenez (1/30), Bafode Diakite (0/18), James Hill (0/25), Julio Soler (0/3), Marcos Senesi (0/33), Matai Akinmboni (0/0), Owen Bevan (0/0), Alex Scott (3/34), Alex Toth (0/7), Charlie Stevens (0/0), David Brooks (1/28), Lewis Cook (0/16), Marcus Tavernier (6/30), Ryan Christie (2/24), Tyler Adams (2/21), Veljko Milosavljevic (0/7), Amine Adli (3/28), Ben Gannon Doak (0/6), Eli Junior Kroupi (11/29), Enes Unal (1/19), Evanilson (6/32), Justin Kluivert (2/18), Rayan (3/11), Remy Rees-Dottin (0/0).

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 (0/32), Remi Matthews (0/0), Walter Benitez (0/1), Borna Sosa (0/7), Chadi Riad (0/6), Chris Richards (1/29), Daniel Munoz (4/24), George King (0/0), Jaydee Canvot (0/16), Joel Drakes-Thomas (0/2), Kaden Rodney (0/1), Maxence Lacroix (1/31), Nathaniel Clyne (0/8), Tyrick Mitchell (1/33), Adam Wharton (0/29), Brennan Johnson (2/30), Caleb Kporha (0/0), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/0), Christantus Uche (0/14), Daichi Kamada (0/23), Dean Benamar (0/0), Jefferson Lerma (0/26), Justin Devenny (1/19), Rio Cardines (0/0), Will Hughes (0/29), Edward Nketiah (2/12), Evann Guessand (1/19), Ismaila Sarr (7/23), Jean-Philippe Mateta (10/27), Joergen Strand Larsen (4/31), Yeremy Pino (2/30).

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Team News

Crystal Palace are juggling with four absent players on on Sunday when travelling to Bournemouth. Will Hughes, Ismaila Sarr and Christantus Uche 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

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 3-3 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest on Sunday. In last ten encounters between the clubs, Crystal Palace have been the dominant force winning five matches against Bournemouth. The bookies have Crystal Palace to win this match at best price odds of 17/4.

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Results

Over 2.5 goals happened only two times in the last ten matches Bournemouth took on Crystal Palace. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 6/5 with the bookies.

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips

It is a great season for Eli Junior Kroupi, who currently has 11 league goals to his name during this season. Bournemouth will rely on his services to gun down Crystal Palace.

Bournemouth claimed two wins, drew seven and lost one of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Crystal Palace won four, drew two and lost four of 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 eight of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened nine times for Crystal Palace in their last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet eight times in the last ten encounters between Bournemouth and Crystal Palace. Under 2.5 goals came out eight times in these with Bournemouth managing an average of 0.9 goals, and Crystal Palace 1.5 goals a game. Bournemouth saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Crystal Palace, who scored 1.5 times on average in these matches.