England – Premier League | Crystal Palace VS Brighton; Friday, 22 December at 04:00 GMT +8

Crystal Palace will face Manchester City in a match following a 2-2 Premier League draw. In the previous game, Crystal Palace managed 26% possession and 5 attempts at goal, with goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Michael Olise. Manchester City scored 19 attempts on goal, with Jack Grealish and Rico Lewis on target. Crystal Palace has struggled to hold out for a full 90 minutes in recent matches, with their defence breached in six of their previous six clashes, allowing 12 goals. The match will see whether this trend is maintained.

Brighton & Hove Albion, who suffered a loss against Arsenal in their previous Premier League match, are hoping to improve their performance. In that match, Brighton had 50% possession and 6 attempts on goal, while Arsenal had 26 attempts and 9 on target. The team has scored 7 goals in their six previous matches, with an average of 1.17 goals per game.

Palace boss Hodsgon has a list of probable absentees for Thursday’s EPL match, including Joel Ward, Cheick Doucoure, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Rob Holding, Sam Johnstone, Odsonne Edouard, and Jefferson Lerma, and Jordan Ayew, who completed his one-match ban.

Brighton boss De Zerbi is dealing with several injury concerns for Thursday’s match against London, including Dutch defender Joel Veltman, Julio Enciso, Solly March, Tariq Lamptey, Pervis Estupinan, and Ansu Fati.

Predicted lineups:

Crystal Palace

Goalkeeper: Dean Henderson
Defenders: Nathaniel Clyne, Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guehi, Tyrick Mitchell
Midfielders: Michael Olise, Jairo Riedewald, Chris Richards, Jeffrey Schlupp
Forwards: Jean-Philippe Mateta

Brighton

Goalkeeper: Bart Verbruggen
Defenders: Jack Hinshelwood, Lewis Dunk, Jan Paul van Hecke, James Milner
Midfielders: Pascal Groß, Billy Gilmour, Simon Adingra, Adam Lallana, Kaoru Mitoma
Forwards: Evan Ferguson

Crystal Palace VS Brighton (Last 6 matches)

  • Crystal Palace – 1 win
  • Brighton – 1 win
  • Draws – 4

Over all competition record

England – Premier League Stats

Crystal Palace must perform well to score against Brighton & Hove Albion, who are likely to score one, resulting in a 0-1 victory.

Winning probability: Crystal Palace – 30% , Draw – 27% , Brighton – 43%

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