Premier League preview: Can Crystal Palace edge out victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

Wolverhampton Wanderers have come here for an engaging duel against the hosting Crystal Palace. Get smart on the game with this thorough Premier League preview!

Insights:
  • Crystal Palace have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premier League

Both squads have had enough days rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's hope for an active game!

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Crystal Palace form and stats

Crystal Palace's first Premier League home game here at Selhurst Park ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

Crystal Palace are returning here after visiting Plymouth Argyle in a Carabao Cup game and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. The attacking player Mateta was announced as "man of the match" for Palace with a rating of 9.22/10. Mateta scored three goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-1 draw away in the Premier League before that, with Brentford the opponent.

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 12 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Crystal Palace has scored {0 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

Things could have gone better for Wolverhampton Wanderers in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

The club members enjoyed Wolverhampton Wanderers's previous match versus Blackpool, a Carabao Cup win (5-0) played at home. Doherty was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 9.5. The defender Doherty scored two goals, hit one key pass and won 7 of 8 duels.

Prior to that result Wolves won their away game at Everton in the Premier League. The scoreline was 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Wolverhampton Wanderers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Wolverhampton Wanderers has managed {1 goals} and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Crystal Palace five wins, one draw and Wolverhampton Wanderers four victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceJ. Andersen
J. Andersen
1 goals
PalaceO. Édouard
O. Édouard
1 goals
Wolverhampton WanderersS. Kalajdzic
S. Kalajdzic
1 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

Crystal Palace Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 2 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
2 0 0 Scored S 0 1 2
2 1 0 Conceded C 1 1 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
33% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 33%
 
4 1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 3.5 4
7 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7.5 6
0.7 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.5 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
17.7 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 23 17 16.7
5 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4 4.3
13% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 15%
 
11.3 14 0 Shots against (avg) S A 15 15 15.3
1.7 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5 6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Crystal Palace have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premier League
  • Crystal Palace have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Premier League
Crystal Palace Last season Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 7   Won W   2 11
12 7   Drew D   5 8
15 5   Lost L   12 19
40 21   Scored S   12 31
49 23   Conceded C   38 58
87% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
68% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 71%
39% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 39%
18% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 13%
11% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
47% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 37%
24% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 29%
42% 37%   Failed to Score F T   47% 39%
 
4.9 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.9
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 5.3
2.2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.2
3 2   Red cards R C   2 6
 
11.4 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.7 11
3.7 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 3.3
28% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 24%
 
12.2 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   15.1 14.7
4.3 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 9
2 West Ham United 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 7
3 Tottenham Hotspur 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 7
4 Liverpool 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 7
5 Arsenal 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 2 0 1 9 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
7 Aston Villa 3 2 0 1 8 6 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 6 2 6
8 Manchester United 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
9 Brentford 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 5
10 Chelsea 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 4
11 Crystal Palace 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4
12 Fulham 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
13 Newcastle United 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
14 Nottingham Forest 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 5 -1 3
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 -3 3
16 AFC Bournemouth 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 1
17 Sheffield United 3 0 0 3 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
18 Burnley 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
19 Luton Town 2 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 0
20 Everton 3 0 0 3 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 28 5 5 94 33 19 17 1 1 60 17 19 11 4 4 34 16 61 89
2 Arsenal 38 26 6 6 88 43 19 14 3 2 53 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 45 84
3 Manchester United 38 23 6 9 58 43 19 15 3 1 36 10 19 8 3 8 22 33 15 75
4 Newcastle United 38 19 14 5 68 33 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 8 8 3 32 19 35 71
5 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 75 47 19 13 5 1 46 17 19 6 5 8 29 30 28 67
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 18 8 12 72 53 19 10 4 5 37 21 19 8 4 7 35 32 19 62
7 Aston Villa 38 18 7 13 51 46 19 12 2 5 33 21 19 6 5 8 18 25 5 61
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 6 14 70 63 19 12 1 6 37 25 19 6 5 8 33 38 7 60
9 Brentford 38 15 14 9 58 46 19 10 7 2 35 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 12 59
10 Fulham 38 15 7 16 55 53 19 8 5 6 31 29 19 7 2 10 24 24 2 52
11 Crystal Palace 38 11 12 15 40 49 19 7 7 5 21 23 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 45
12 Chelsea 38 11 11 16 38 47 19 6 7 6 20 19 19 5 4 10 18 28 -9 44
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 31 58 19 9 3 7 19 20 19 2 5 12 12 38 -27 41
14 West Ham United 38 11 7 20 42 55 19 8 4 7 26 24 19 3 3 13 16 31 -13 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 38 11 6 21 37 71 19 6 4 9 20 28 19 5 2 12 17 43 -34 39
16 Nottingham Forest 38 9 11 18 38 68 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 1 5 13 11 44 -30 38
17 Everton 38 8 12 18 34 57 19 6 3 10 16 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -23 36
18 Leicester City 38 9 7 22 51 68 19 5 4 10 23 27 19 4 3 12 28 41 -17 34
19 Leeds United 38 7 10 21 48 78 19 5 7 7 26 37 19 2 3 14 22 41 -30 31
20 Southampton 38 6 7 25 36 73 19 2 5 12 19 37 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 25

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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.