Crystal Palace vs Brighton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 5th April 2025

Both Crystal Palace and Brighton are currently enjoying the comforts of mid-table in the Premier League. Both teams will be eager to make a push for an even stronger position, when going toe-to-toe on Saturday.

Crystal Palace need a good result here against Brighton, if they wish to climb the Premier League table. The guests have proven, they can be a dangerous opponent, but the former should be able to hold their on at the Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace step into their next home match on Saturday having scored a nice average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 17 goals, while also allowing seven goals against. That is an average of 0.7 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet five times in those matches.

When it comes to goal-scoring Brighton are not the most prolific side. They scored a sustainable 18 times in their previous ten matches, making it 1.8 goals per game. They conceded 16 goals for an average of 1.6 a game, achieving a clean sheet in three of these matches.

Crystal Palace beat Brighton by 3-1 in their most recent match, while Brighton claimed a 4-1 win in the match prior to that.

Crystal Palace vs Brighton Prediction

Crystal Palace Form

Crystal Palace collected two wins and a draw from their last three matches, as they ran out 1-0 and 0-3 winners against Ipswich and Fulham, respectively. Against Southampton, they had to settle for a draw as the match finished even with a 1-1 scoreline. Crystal Palace claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored ten and conceded seven goals.

Brighton Form

Brighton were only able to claim two draws from their last three matches. They first drew 2-2 against Manchester City, followed by another draw. This time it ended 0-0 against Nottingham Forest, before going down in a 0-3 defeat against Aston Villa. Brighton won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored 13 while also conceding 12 times.

Crystal Palace and Brighton looks like an equal pairing, and since it's difficult to separate one from the other currently, we wouldn't be surprised by a draw.

Crystal Palace claimed ten wins, ten draws as well as nine defeats in the Premier League this season. Brighton have a record of 12 wins, 11 draws and seven defeats in the Premier League.

Crystal Palace vs Brighton Squads

Crystal Palace Squad

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

Dean Henderson (0/29), Louie Moulden (0/0), Matt Turner (0/0), Remi Matthews (0/0), Ben Chilwell (0/4), Chadi Riad (0/1), Chris Richards (0/17), Daniel Munoz (3/28), Joel Ward (0/0), Marc Guehi (3/28), Maxence Lacroix (1/26), Nathaniel Clyne (0/12), Tyrick Mitchell (0/29), Adam Wharton (0/14), Caleb Kporha (0/2), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/13), Daichi Kamada (0/25), Jefferson Lerma (0/24), Justin Devenny (1/15), Romain Esse (1/2), Will Hughes (0/24), Eberechi Eze (2/25), Edward Nketiah (1/21), Franco Umeh-Chibueze (0/0), Ismaila Sarr (7/29), Jean-Philippe Mateta (12/28), Malcolm Ebiowei (0/0), Matheus Franca (1/1).

Brighton Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Brighton players that the manager Fabian Hurzeler will choose from for the upcoming game:

Bart Verbruggen (0/28), Carl Rushworth (0/0), Jason Steele (0/2), Thomas McGill (0/0), Adam Webster (0/11), Eiran Cashin (0/0), Igor (0/12), Jan Paul van Hecke (1/28), Joel Veltman (0/19), Lewis Dunk (0/20), Pervis Estupinan (1/23), Tariq Lamptey (2/13), Carlos Baleba (2/26), Diego Gomez (0/8), Ferdi Kadioglu (1/6), Jack Hinshelwood (2/18), James Milner (0/3), Kaoru Mitoma (7/30), Mats Wieffer (1/18), Matthew O'Riley (1/13), Solly March (0/0), Yasin Ayari (0/26), Adrian Mazilu (0/0), Brajan Gruda (0/14), Danny Welbeck (7/23), Georginio Rutter (5/28), Joao Pedro (8/24), Simon Adingra (2/21), Yankuba Minteh (5/24).

Crystal Palace vs Brighton Team News

Crystal Palace could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Brighton. Crystal Palace have to alter their line-up, as both Will Hughes and Ismaila Sarr get a day in the shade.

Cheick Oumar Doucoure sit this one out for Crystal Palace due to an injury.

Brighton just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Crystal Palace at the Selhurst Park.

Solly March is too injured to face Brighton.

Crystal Palace vs Brighton Lineups

Crystal Palace vs Brighton H2H

Brighton lost 3-1 against Crystal Palace in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 4-1 defeat, Brighton handed out in the match before. Crystal Palace enter the match against Brighton with a 3-5-2 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 30%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Crystal Palace vs Brighton Results

Over 2.5 goals happened only three times in the last ten matches Crystal Palace took on Brighton. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 11/10 with the bookies.

Crystal Palace vs Brighton Betting Tips

It has been a great season for Jean-Philippe Mateta so far as he currently has 12 goals on his account during this season. He also hit the net four times in his last six games, leaving Crystal Palace hoping he delivers against Brighton this coming Saturday as well. Siding with him to score in the upcoming game seems like a reasonable choice.

Crystal Palace won five of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing three as well. Brighton won five from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew four and lost one in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Crystal Palace 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 six times for Brighton in their last 10 league games away from home.

Under 2.5 goals happened three times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Crystal Palace managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Brighton averaging 1.2 goals in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet two times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Crystal Palace, who scored an average of two goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of the last ten games for Brighton, who managed to hit the net 1.7 times on average in these games.