Crystal Palace vs Sunderland Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

Crystal Palace managed to secure their first Premier League victory under Sam Allardyce on Tuesday as they surprisingly beat Bournemouth 2-0 away from home. This victory makes it two wins, three draws, and seven defeats in their last 12 games in all competitions.

Their Premier League form is a bit worse off than that though, with just one win and six defeats in their last nine matches. This leaves them languishing in the Premier League relegation zone, two points adrift of the safety of 17th and three points clear of the bottom of the table.

Unsurprisingly perennial strugglers Sunderland are one of the two teams below them in the table. They have 16 points to their name and sit in 19th position, but they also managed an impressive result in midweek as they held Spurs to a goalless draw at the Stadium of Light.

This isn’t the only impressive home result they have garnered over the top teams recently, with minds cast back to that 2-2 draw at home to Liverpool at the start of January. However impressive this draw was they are still winless in eight matches in all competitions though.

It gets even worse for them away from home in the Premier League. They have lost eight of their last nine trips away, only managing a win against the same Bournemouth side that Crystal Palace beat on Tuesday. This was their only away win of the season, and nine of their 11 away days have ended in defeat.

Away from home their strike-force starts to falter and their defence gets even worse, which is a recipe for disaster. They have failed to score in six of their last nine away days but have conceded 19 goals at the other end.

The majority of both teams’ goals, at both ends of the pitch, tend to come in the second half. Crystal Palace have seen 46 of their 73 goals this season come in the second half, whilst 40 out of the 62 goals Sunderland have seen this season have come after the break. The visitors have also conceded 14 of their 22 goals away from home in the final 45 minutes, so odds of 21/20 for Half with Most Goals – 2nd look very good value. I’m also going for a 2-0 win for Crystal Palace at 15/2 for my correct score predictions.

In terms of individual threat you have to look at the hosts, considering Sunderland’s struggles in front of goal away from home. Christian Benteke notched his 9th league goals of the season in midweek, so backing Palace’s main striker to get another at 20/21 looks a good choice for our anytime goalscorer predictions.