Crystal Palace take on the visitors Swansea in the round 20 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Tuesday, January 3rd at Dean Court (Bournemouth).
Crystal Palace have the worst home record in Premier League so far this season. The Eagles took only two wins in nine matches and gained seven points at Selhurst Park since the start of the season. However, such results don’t look so surprising when you look at the list of the opponents, who visited Crystal Palace: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United. We should also note that only Liverpool’s win was confident while other five defeats were by one goal margin and West Ham is the only side from bottom ten that managed to take victory at Selhurst Park. At the same time, both home wins were taken over solid opponents like Southampton, 3-0, and Stoke City, 4-1. The Eagles will have easier schedule in the second part of the season and we should expect more from the team.
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As to the visiting side, Swansea took only four points on the road this season with one win, one draw and seven defeats recorded. The Swans managed to score only one time in their last three games on the road.
The hosts have awful record in head-to-heads with Welsh side. The Palace won only one of their last 10 matches against the Swans, recording four draws and five defeats in other matches. Moreover, the team failed to score against Swansea in five of these ten matches, one goal was scored in four head-to-heads. Crystal Palace were close to a victory in the most recent matchup in reverse fixture but let the victory slip after Llorente scored twice in added time, sealing 5-4 win for Swansea. On the other hand, Crystal Palace get their first chance to battle for points at own turf since arrival of Sam Allardyce and disappointing defeat at Swansea should motivate today’s hosts to show top football against league lowly.
Prediction for the match: Crystal Palace to win.
