Fredrikstad vs Crystal Palace Predictions

• Palace have two clean sheets in four games this season.
• The Eagles won the first leg 1-0.
• Fredrikstad have failed to score in three of their last four games.

Palace can book league phase spot

Crystal Palace still have some work to do to reach the main draw of the Conference League as they head to Norway to face Fredrikstad holding a slender 1-0 lead.

The Eagles were thoroughly dominant in the first leg, however, as they controlled possession and posted an xG of 2.31 with 25 attempts in total – with Fredrikstad managing just five shots and none of those were on target.

The Eagles should be able to finish the job and book their league phase spot with a victory on the road on Thursday, and the standout bet looks to be backing the Premier League side to win without conceding.

Fredrikstad come into this game in poor form with no wins in their last four games (D1, L3) and they’ve scored just one goal across that period. Palace have made a strong start to the season, landing the Community Shield and claiming two points from two tricky league fixtures, and they have managed two shut-outs across their four games.

The Eagles have perhaps struggled to find their rhythm in attack following Eberechi Eze’s switch to Arsenal so they may have to settle for a narrow margin of victory in Norway and a 1-0 win for the away side is the correct score pick, as Palace have scored just two goals in their last three games.

Jean-Philippe Mateta can complete a repeat result with an anytime goal after he struck the winner in the first leg. The Frenchman is yet to score in the Premier League but he did have two shots against Nottingham Forest at the weekend and he was also on target in the Community Shield success over Liverpool.