Getting closer to the top sides is at stake when these mid-table sides do battle. Both will be targeting to strenghten their league table standing, Leeds United in 13th and Crystal Palace in 12th place.
- Crystal Palace have the most points from losing position (18) in Premier League
Both sides have had enough rest since their last game. Let's aim for an animated match!
Leeds United form and stats
Leeds United have played 14 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Leeds United's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Nottingham Forest (placed 17th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Sinisterra (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.2/10. Sinisterra scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 29 successful passes (of 32 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Arsenal (1-4).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Leeds United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
The Leeds fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 14 matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Crystal Palace form and stats
Crystal Palace have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-4-8 (14 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Crystal Palace are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Palace won their last game, 2-1 versus Leicester City played at home. That victory was so needed for this team, after a terrible sequence of twelve league matches in a row not winning. Mateta came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Leicester City last time out, making the manager Hodgson feel like a tactical genius. Eze got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, top player of the team. Eze hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).
A 1-4 defeat away at Arsenal before that.Crystal Palace are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this side's most recent 12 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Crystal Palace as they have only managed to score 10 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Palace have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These two sides faced each other earlier on this match year: Crystal Palace - Leeds United 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Leeds United four wins, four draws and Crystal Palace two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Moreno Machado 11 goals |   W. Zaha 6 goals |  J. Harrison 4 goals |
Leeds United missing players
Crystal Palace missing players
| Leeds United | Crystal Palace | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 38 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 49 | 19 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 39 |
| 90% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 69% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 66% |
| 59% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 41% |
| 38% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 21% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 59% | 57% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 48% |
| 17% | 29% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 21% |
| 34% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 5.5 | 6.3 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.4 | 13.4 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.9 | 10.8 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 32% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 13.7 | 12.7 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13.4 | 13.2 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
- Crystal Palace have the most points from losing position (18) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 70 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 43 | 72 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 45 | 64 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 50 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 50 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 46 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -1 | 44 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 43 |
| 9 | Brentford | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 43 |
| 10 | Fulham | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 39 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 30 |
| 13 | Leeds United | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -11 | 29 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 28 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Everton | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -18 | 27 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 34 | -28 | 27 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 38 | -30 | 27 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -11 | 25 |
| 20 | Southampton | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -24 | 23 |
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