Evenly matched teams: Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Crystal Palace match preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Molineux Stadium (30852 seats)

Stats, trends, game results, form details, head to head, selected XIs and a lot else: Tipsway offers all you need to know on Wolverhampton Wanderers - Crystal Palace!

Insights:
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Premier League

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a FA Cup game only four days ago.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

Wolverhampton Wanderers have collected 17 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-2-5.

Wolverhampton Wanderers faced defeat in their previous match, away at West Ham United (0-1). Neves (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Neves hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 88 successful passes (of 99 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Arsenal.

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 Wolverhampton Wanderers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost five.

Wolves have scored 10 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Wolverhampton Wanderers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Molineux Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Crystal Palace so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-5 (win-draw-lose).

Midfielder Kouyaté was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.85. Kouyaté scored one goal and had 39 successful passes (of 43 total).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Burnley.

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

Crystal Palace have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Crystal Palace have conceded 21 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Crystal Palace - Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 was the product when this pair of sides last met, some time ago this season. Numbers for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Wolves, one draw and five wins for Crystal Palace. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
8 goals
Crystal PalaceC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
8 goals
Crystal PalaceO. Édouard
O. Édouard
6 goals

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

Crystal Palace missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wolverhampton Wanderers Crystal Palace
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 2 13 27
12 5 2 Won W 0 2 6
4 2 0 Drew D 1 6 12
10 5 1 Lost L 1 5 9
24 10 5 Scored S 1 15 37
21 10 3 Conceded C 4 21 38
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
46% 42% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 81%
27% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 56%
8% 8% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 33%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 11%
31% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 56%
35% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 22%
46% 58% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 46% 30%
 
4.5 4.3 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.9 4.6
5.8 5.8 8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6 5.1
1.8 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.6 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.3 11.8 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 8.7 10.8
3.4 3.6 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 3.2 3.7
27% 23% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 37% 37%
 
13.2 11.2 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 18 14.4 12
4.5 4.2 7.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest points from losing position (3) 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 Manchester City 27 21 3 3 64 17 13 10 1 2 36 9 14 11 2 1 28 8 47 66
2 Liverpool 26 18 6 2 70 20 13 10 3 0 36 7 13 8 3 2 34 13 50 60
3 Chelsea 25 14 8 3 49 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 13 8 3 2 22 8 31 50
4 Manchester United 27 13 8 6 44 34 14 7 3 4 21 16 13 6 5 2 23 18 10 47
5 West Ham United 27 13 6 8 46 34 14 7 3 4 25 19 13 6 3 4 21 15 12 45
6 Arsenal 24 14 3 7 38 27 13 9 2 2 22 10 11 5 1 5 16 17 11 45
7 Tottenham Hotspur 25 13 3 9 35 32 12 7 1 4 18 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 3 42
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 12 4 10 24 21 12 5 2 5 10 10 14 7 2 5 14 11 3 40
9 Southampton 26 8 11 7 34 37 13 5 7 1 18 10 13 3 4 6 16 27 -3 35
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 7 12 7 25 30 13 3 5 5 10 16 13 4 7 2 15 14 -5 33
11 Crystal Palace 27 6 12 9 37 38 14 4 6 4 22 17 13 2 6 5 15 21 -1 30
12 Leicester City 24 8 6 10 39 43 12 5 3 4 21 18 12 3 3 6 18 25 -4 30
13 Aston Villa 25 9 3 13 33 37 12 4 3 5 20 20 13 5 0 8 13 17 -4 30
14 Newcastle United 25 5 10 10 28 45 13 3 6 4 18 24 12 2 4 6 10 21 -17 25
15 Brentford 27 6 6 15 27 44 14 4 2 8 14 19 13 2 4 7 13 25 -17 24
16 Leeds United 26 5 8 13 29 60 13 3 4 6 15 25 13 2 4 7 14 35 -31 23
17 Everton 24 6 4 14 28 41 12 5 1 6 18 18 12 1 3 8 10 23 -13 22
18 Burnley 25 3 12 10 22 32 12 2 6 4 10 12 13 1 6 6 12 20 -10 21
19 Watford 26 5 4 17 25 47 13 2 1 10 12 31 13 3 3 7 13 16 -22 19
20 Norwich City 26 4 5 17 15 55 13 2 3 8 8 25 13 2 2 9 7 30 -40 17

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  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 27 21 3 3 64 17 13 10 1 2 36 9 14 11 2 1 28 8 47 66
2 Liverpool 26 18 6 2 70 20 13 10 3 0 36 7 13 8 3 2 34 13 50 60
3 Chelsea 25 14 8 3 49 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 13 8 3 2 22 8 31 50
4 Manchester United 27 13 8 6 44 34 14 7 3 4 21 16 13 6 5 2 23 18 10 47
5 West Ham United 27 13 6 8 46 34 14 7 3 4 25 19 13 6 3 4 21 15 12 45
6 Arsenal 24 14 3 7 38 27 13 9 2 2 22 10 11 5 1 5 16 17 11 45
7 Tottenham Hotspur 25 13 3 9 35 32 12 7 1 4 18 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 3 42
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 12 4 10 24 21 12 5 2 5 10 10 14 7 2 5 14 11 3 40
9 Southampton 26 8 11 7 34 37 13 5 7 1 18 10 13 3 4 6 16 27 -3 35
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 7 12 7 25 30 13 3 5 5 10 16 13 4 7 2 15 14 -5 33
11 Crystal Palace 27 6 12 9 37 38 14 4 6 4 22 17 13 2 6 5 15 21 -1 30
12 Leicester City 24 8 6 10 39 43 12 5 3 4 21 18 12 3 3 6 18 25 -4 30
13 Aston Villa 25 9 3 13 33 37 12 4 3 5 20 20 13 5 0 8 13 17 -4 30
14 Newcastle United 25 5 10 10 28 45 13 3 6 4 18 24 12 2 4 6 10 21 -17 25
15 Brentford 27 6 6 15 27 44 14 4 2 8 14 19 13 2 4 7 13 25 -17 24
16 Leeds United 26 5 8 13 29 60 13 3 4 6 15 25 13 2 4 7 14 35 -31 23
17 Everton 24 6 4 14 28 41 12 5 1 6 18 18 12 1 3 8 10 23 -13 22
18 Burnley 25 3 12 10 22 32 12 2 6 4 10 12 13 1 6 6 12 20 -10 21
19 Watford 26 5 4 17 25 47 13 2 1 10 12 31 13 3 3 7 13 16 -22 19
20 Norwich City 26 4 5 17 15 55 13 2 3 8 8 25 13 2 2 9 7 30 -40 17

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