National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Wolverhampton Wanderers or Crystal Palace that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats
Wolves was eliminated in the 3rd round replays last season in the FA Cup.3 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Wolverhampton Wanderers have to build on here at Molineux Stadium in the Premier League.
Wolverhampton Wanderers manager N. Simões Espírito Santo and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League. Heartbreak before that as Wolves lost 0-1 at Manchester United's place.
Opportunity lost for Wolves in the Brighton & Hove Albion match as a lead 3-1 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wolverhampton Wanderers handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, four draws and zero defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Everton are coming to town in four days.
Wolves are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. Wolves's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Crystal Palace form and stats
Crystal's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Crystal Palace have produced an overall stat of 3-1-4 so far.
Crystal are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Premier League against Sheffield United. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Leicester City.
Crystal are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of seven matches.
Crystal are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Crystal struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Wolverhampton Wanderers wins - draws - Crystal Palace wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Zaha 8 goals |   P. Lomba Neto 4 goals |  R. Jiménez Rodríguez 4 goals |
Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players
Crystal Palace missing players
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Crystal Palace | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.3 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 24% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Everton | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 8 | Manchester City | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 9 | Southampton | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Leeds United | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 14 | Arsenal | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Burnley | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 13 |
| 18 | Fulham | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -24 | 8 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | -21 | 2 |
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