Crystal Palace vs Burnley match preview: Even contest expected at Selhurst Park

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Mon 29.June
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Premier League table so far. Here's the Crystal Palace - Burnley latest:

The visiting Burnley played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Crystal Palace at their home stadium (Selhurst Park) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Selhurst Park.

Crystal lost their last game at Liverpool (placed 1st) after a 0-4 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting AFC Bournemouth and winning 2-0.

As you see from the result above, Crystal Palace suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Crystal have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost one.

Crystal aren't scoring a lot here at Selhurst Park in the league, with only 12 goals from 15 games. From these home matches, Crystal have conceded only 13 goals.

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Burnley form and stats

Playing away, Burnley have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 7 defeats in the Premier League this season.

The supporters enjoyed Burnley's previous game versus Watford (placed 16th), a Premier League 1-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Manchester City wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Burnley in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Burnley, three draws and three defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Burnley as they have only managed to score 14 times from 15 away games in the league. As for defending, Burnley rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Burnley - Crystal 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Crystal Palace won five games, one match ended with a draw and Burnley has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

BurnleyC. Wood
C. Wood
11 goals
CrystalJ. Ayew
J. Ayew
9 goals
BurnleyA. Barnes
A. Barnes
6 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Burnley missing players

Crystal Palace Burnley
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
11 6 1 Won W 0 4 12
9 4 2 Drew D 1 4 6
11 5 1 Lost L 4 7 13
28 12 2 Scored S 1 14 35
36 13 2 Conceded C 11 26 45
94% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 94%
68% 60% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 80% 77%
29% 13% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 60% 55%
16% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 16%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 13% 13%
39% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 20% 40% 35%
32% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 39%
35% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 80% 40% 32%
 
4.6 5.7 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 3.9 4.5
6.5 6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.3 5.7
1.6 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.2 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
302 176 43 Total Shots T S 44 119 301
98 52 15 Shots on Target S O 9 34 97
29% 23% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 41% 36%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Burnley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Crystal Palace has the fewest scored goals (12) at home
  • Crystal Palace has the fewest scored goals in the first half (9)
  • Crystal Palace have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 31 28 2 1 70 21 16 16 0 0 44 12 15 12 2 1 26 9 49 86
2 Manchester City 31 20 3 8 77 33 15 11 2 2 41 12 16 9 1 6 36 21 44 63
3 Leicester City 31 16 7 8 59 29 16 9 4 3 30 15 15 7 3 5 29 14 30 55
4 Chelsea 31 16 6 9 55 41 16 8 3 5 24 16 15 8 3 4 31 25 14 54
5 Manchester United 31 13 10 8 48 31 16 9 5 2 32 12 15 4 5 6 16 19 17 49
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 12 13 6 44 34 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 6 6 3 22 17 10 49
7 Tottenham Hotspur 31 12 9 10 50 41 16 9 3 4 30 16 15 3 6 6 20 25 9 45
8 Sheffield United 31 11 11 9 30 31 15 7 3 5 17 13 16 4 8 4 13 18 -1 44
9 Arsenal 31 10 13 8 43 41 15 7 5 3 26 20 16 3 8 5 17 21 2 43
10 Crystal Palace 31 11 9 11 28 36 15 6 4 5 12 13 16 5 5 6 16 23 -8 42
11 Burnley 31 12 6 13 35 45 16 8 2 6 21 19 15 4 4 7 14 26 -10 42
12 Everton 31 11 8 12 38 46 15 7 5 3 19 15 16 4 3 9 19 31 -8 41
13 Newcastle United 31 10 9 12 29 42 16 6 7 3 16 13 15 4 2 9 13 29 -13 39
14 Southampton 31 11 4 16 38 54 16 4 2 10 16 33 15 7 2 6 22 21 -16 37
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 31 7 12 12 34 41 15 5 6 4 19 16 16 2 6 8 15 25 -7 33
16 Watford 31 6 10 15 28 46 15 4 6 5 17 18 16 2 4 10 11 28 -18 28
17 West Ham United 31 7 6 18 35 54 15 4 3 8 23 28 16 3 3 10 12 26 -19 27
18 AFC Bournemouth 31 7 6 18 29 50 15 4 5 6 17 23 16 3 1 12 12 27 -21 27
19 Aston Villa 31 7 6 18 36 59 15 5 3 7 19 26 16 2 3 11 17 33 -23 27
20 Norwich City 31 5 6 20 25 56 16 4 3 9 19 30 15 1 3 11 6 26 -31 21

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.