The next round of English Premier League fixtures begins on Saturday the 30th of January and there is a meeting between Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Selhurst Park.
The hosts begin the weekend in 14th place on 23 points while the visitors are one place above them thanks to a superior goal difference.
⏱️ We’re back underway.Keep fighting, lads!#CPFC | #CRYWHU pic.twitter.com/w2nTD3J0Yl— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) January 26, 2021
⏱️ We’re back underway.Keep fighting, lads!#CPFC | #CRYWHU pic.twitter.com/w2nTD3J0Yl
Crystal Palace come into the match having been defeated 3-2 at home by West Ham United on Tuesday night. Having taken an early lead in the game, West Ham fought back to lead 2-1 at half time. West Ham could easily have added to their total before the half time whistle and managed to do so 20 minutes into the second half. Crystal Palace scored a consolation goal in the 90th minute.
That result means The Eagles have failed to win any of their last 4 matches in all competitions. In addition to the defeat against West Ham, Crystal Palace lost 4-0 at Manchester City and were defeated 1-0 by Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup.
Premier League form shows Crystal Palace have won only one of their 9 most recent games in the competition. The victory came at home against Sheffield United on the 2nd of January and that is their only win in their last 6 home Premier League matches.
Trends show Crystal Palace have kept just a single clean sheet in their last 9 home League games. Both teams have scored in 6 of those 9 matches.
Wolverhampton Wanderers make the trip to Selhurst Park having picked up a point in a 0-0 draw at Chelsea on Wednesday night. It was a good result for Wolves and they could even have won maximum points if they had taken one of the two excellent chances they created to score. That result means Wolves have failed to win any of their last 7 Premier League matches. The only 2 victories in their last 9 games have come in the FA Cup against Chorley and Crystal Palace.
Wolves have failed to win any of their last 5 away Premier League games, losing 3 of those matches. However, they have picked up a point in each of their last 2 league matches on the road, drawing at Chelsea and Brighton.
Trends show Wolves have kept just one clean sheet in their last 7 away matches in the Premier League.
Team news and Crystal Palace have a long list of absentees for this game, including Jean-Philippe Mateta, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Jeffrey Schlupp, Wayne Hennessey, Connor Wickham, and Nathan Ferguson.
Wolverhampton Wanderers will be without Fernando Marcal, Raul Jimenez, and Jonny due to injury. Willian José could start in the Premier League for the first time.
Given the current form of both teams it is difficult to split them and it would not be a surprise to see this game end level. However, we do expect to see both teams find the back of the net.