Leeds vs Crystal Palace Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 20th December 2025

Leeds enjoy home advantage, when visitors Crystal Palace swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Leeds are placed 17th with 16 points after 16 matches. Crystal Palace occupy a position as fiveth in the league on 26 points.

Leeds will try to spring a surprise on favourites The Eagles this coming Saturday and continue in their series of matches without defeat. Three more points would be massive for the team and their upcoming Premier League challenges.

Leeds go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.4 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 14 times, while conceding 21. That amounts to an average of 2.1 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

The Eagles managed a bearable 12 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.2 goals per game. They conceded 12 goals in total, and while claiming four clean sheets, they conceded 1.2 goals an average per game.

Leeds last faced Crystal Palace on 9 April 2023 at Elland Road, when Crystal Palace scored a 5-1 win.

Leeds vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Leeds Form

Aming to remain unbeaten, Leeds managed to beat Chelsea 3-1, before drawing 3-3 with Liverpool. Most recently, they had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Brentford. Leeds managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored 12 and conceded 11 goals.

Leeds entered the season hunting for a title, however they find themselves far off track at this stage.

Crystal Palace Form

In their previous three matches, Crystal Palace beat Shelbourne 0-3, lost 0-3 against Manchester City and drew 2-2 with KuPS. Crystal Palace claimed a remarkable four wins from six away matches in the Premier League, as well as no draw but two defeats. They also banged in eight goals, whilst conceding five.

Crystal Palace are among the title candidates in the Premier League again this season, and first place is still within reach.

Leeds and Crystal Palace 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.

Leeds fought their way to one wins and three points from their last four games against teams inside the top six. They were on target six times in these matches, but also let in 11 goals. Crystal Palace won four of their previous five encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Premier League. They scored eight and conceded two goals and collected 13 points. Leeds claimed four wins, four draws as well as eight defeats in the Premier League this season. Crystal Palace have a record of seven wins, five draws and four defeats in the Premier League.

Leeds vs Crystal Palace Squads

Leeds Squad

Farke 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):

Alex Cairns (0/0), Illan Meslier (0/0), Karl Darlow (0/5), Lucas Perri (0/11), Gabriel Gudmundsson (0/16), James Justin (0/8), Jayden Bogle (0/16), Joe Rodon (2/16), Pascal Struijk (0/14), Sam Byram (0/1), Sebastiaan Bornauw (0/2), Anton Stach (2/14), Ao Tanaka (2/13), Brenden Aaronson (1/15), Daniel James (0/10), Ethan Ampadu (0/14), Ilia Gruev (0/8), Jack Harrison (0/11), Jaka Bijol (1/7), Sean Longstaff (1/12), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (5/14), Joel Piroe (0/8), Lee Erwin (0/0), Lukas Nmecha (4/14), Noah Okafor (2/13), Wilfried Gnonto (0/8).

Crystal Palace Squad

Below is the full team squad of Crystal Palace. The manager Glasner will pick his starting XI against Leeds from these players:

Dean Henderson (0/16), Remi Matthews (0/0), Walter Benitez (0/0), Borna Sosa (0/0), Chadi Riad (0/0), Chris Richards (0/16), Daniel Munoz (3/14), George King (0/0), Jaydee Canvot (0/5), Joel Drakes-Thomas (0/0), Kaden Rodney (0/0), Marc Guehi (2/15), Maxence Lacroix (0/16), Nathaniel Clyne (0/3), Tyrick Mitchell (1/16), Adam Wharton (0/14), Caleb Kporha (0/0), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/0), Christantus Uche (0/6), Daichi Kamada (0/14), Dean Benamar (0/0), Jefferson Lerma (0/14), Justin Devenny (0/12), Naouirou Ahamada (0/0), Rio Cardines (0/0), Romain Esse (0/1), Will Hughes (0/13), Edward Nketiah (2/10), Ismaila Sarr (3/12), Jean-Philippe Mateta (7/16), Yeremy Pino (1/14).

Leeds vs Crystal Palace Team News

Leeds could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment this coming Saturday. Leeds have to alter their line-up, as both Joe Rodon and Dominic Calvert-Lewin get a day in the shade.

Crystal Palace have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Leeds on Saturday. 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 is too injured to face Crystal Palace.

Leeds vs Crystal Palace Lineups

Leeds vs Crystal Palace H2H

Leeds last faced Crystal Palace on 9 April 2023 at Elland Road, when Crystal Palace scored a 5-1 win. Leeds enter the match against Crystal Palace with a 2-1-3 record in their previous six encounters. A win rate of 33%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Leeds vs Crystal Palace Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out three times in the last six matches between Leeds and Crystal Palace.

Leeds vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips

Leeds claimed three wins, drew five and lost two of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Crystal Palace won seven, drew zero and lost three of their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for Leeds on home soil currently, as both teams scored in eight of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target four times in Crystal Palace''s last 10 league games away from home.

In the last six encounters between Leeds and Crystal Palace over 2.5 goals came out three times, as Leeds averaged 1.01 goals a game. Crystal Palace scored an average of 1.83 goals in these, while both teams scored three times. Leeds saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Crystal Palace, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.5 times goals per game.