Crystal Palace supporters put their faith in manager Vieira to deliver victory against Southampton

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

Crystal Palace have 13 points playing as the host team. Southampton have gained 12 points using the away locker rooms. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • Crystal Palace have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
  • Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League

This should be an absorbing fixture with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Crystal Palace form and stats

Crystal Palace have collected 10 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-1-2. Two home wins in a row for Crystal Palace bring valid hopes of a third.

The fans are hoping that Palace will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against Everton (placed 11th). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in three league rounds. Midfield player Ayew got a match rating of 7.01 in that game, the max score being 10. Ayew hit two key passes.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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 Crystal Palace have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Crystal Palace have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Selhurst Park with 9 goals in 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Southampton form and stats

There's been little loot from Southampton's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Southampton only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws.

There were no winners in Southampton's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Arsenal (placed 1st). Midfield player Armstrong was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.35/10. Armstrong scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus AFC Bournemouth at their stadium, the result 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Southampton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

The attacking power of Southampton when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Southampton struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Palace victories, three draws and four Southampton wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
5 goals
SouthamptonC. Adams
C. Adams
3 goals
Crystal PalaceE. Eze
E. Eze
2 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Southampton missing players

Crystal Palace Southampton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 3 Played P 1 6 12
3 3 3 Won W 1 2 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
4 2 0 Lost L 0 4 6
12 9 7 Scored S 1 4 11
16 8 3 Conceded C 0 11 19
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
55% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
18% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 25%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
64% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 58%
18% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 17% 8%
36% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
3.5 4.2 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 4.3
5 3.3 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.5 6.2
2.2 1.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.1 12.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.7 11
4.3 4.7 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1.8 3.2
26% 32% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 28%
 
14.2 11.2 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 16 13.2 13.5
4.4 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.5 4.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Crystal Palace's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Crystal Palace have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crystal Palace have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Southampton have scored away.
  • Crystal Palace have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
  • Crystal Palace haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Southampton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
  • Southampton have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 9 1 1 25 11 5 5 0 0 14 7 6 4 1 1 11 4 14 28
2 Manchester City 11 8 2 1 36 11 6 6 0 0 27 6 5 2 2 1 9 5 25 26
3 Tottenham Hotspur 12 7 2 3 23 14 6 5 0 1 16 6 6 2 2 2 7 8 9 23
4 Newcastle United 12 5 6 1 20 10 6 3 3 0 12 5 6 2 3 1 8 5 10 21
5 Chelsea 11 6 3 2 16 11 5 3 2 0 10 5 6 3 1 2 6 6 5 21
6 Manchester United 11 6 2 3 16 16 5 3 1 1 8 4 6 3 1 2 8 12 0 20
7 Fulham 12 5 3 4 22 22 6 3 2 1 13 11 6 2 1 3 9 11 0 18
8 Liverpool 11 4 4 3 22 13 6 4 2 0 17 5 5 0 2 3 5 8 9 16
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 11 4 3 4 15 14 5 2 2 1 6 3 6 2 1 3 9 11 1 15
10 Brentford 12 3 5 4 18 21 6 3 2 1 12 6 6 0 3 3 6 15 -3 14
11 Everton 12 3 4 5 11 12 6 2 2 2 6 4 6 1 2 3 5 8 -1 13
12 Crystal Palace 11 3 4 4 12 16 6 3 1 2 9 8 5 0 3 2 3 8 -4 13
13 AFC Bournemouth 11 3 4 4 10 23 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 1 2 2 6 18 -13 13
14 Aston Villa 12 3 3 6 11 16 6 3 1 2 8 5 6 0 2 4 3 11 -5 12
15 Southampton 12 3 3 6 11 19 6 1 3 2 7 8 6 2 0 4 4 11 -8 12
16 Leicester City 12 3 2 7 21 24 6 2 2 2 9 5 6 1 0 5 12 19 -3 11
17 West Ham United 11 3 2 6 9 12 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 1 1 4 3 6 -3 11
18 Leeds United 11 2 3 6 13 18 6 2 2 2 8 6 5 0 1 4 5 12 -5 9
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 2 3 7 5 18 6 2 2 2 3 8 6 0 1 5 2 10 -13 9
20 Nottingham Forest 12 2 3 7 8 23 6 2 1 3 7 9 6 0 2 4 1 14 -15 9

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