Crystal Palace welcome Wolves to Selhurst Park in a mid-table Premier League clash.
Both teams enter this match locked on 23 points with Wolves ahead so Palace will leapfrog their visitors into 13th with a win, whereas Wolves look to take victory and move closer towards the top ten.
Team News
Jean-Philippe Mateta is set for his Palace debut after visa issues prevented him from featuring in Tuesday’s defeat to West Ham, having joined from Mainz.
Jeffrey Schlupp (hamstring), Wayne Hennessey, Mamadou Sakho, Nathan Ferguson, Connor Wickham (all thigh) and James Tomkins (muscle) remain ruled out.
Wolves could be without Rayan Ait Nouri due to a knock sustained in Wednesday’s goalless draw at Chelsea.
Fernando Marcal (groin), Raul Jimenez (head) and Jonny (knee) remain absent.
Stat Attack
- Crystal Palace have taken just four points from five previous Premier League meetings against Wolves (W1, D1, L3).
- Wolves have taken four points from two Premier League trips to Selhurst Park (W1, D1).
- Both teams have had a player sent off in five previous Premier League clashes.
- No Wolves player this season has made more headed clearances in the league than Conor Coady’s 44 headed clearances.
- Only one of Wilfried Zaha’s nine goals for Palace this season has come on his left foot.
Prediction
Palace made a great start to both halves against West Ham on Tuesday and looked impressive in their passing play, whereas weak defending cost them heavily so will certainly be looking to improve at the back here.
Wolves meanwhile went closest in their draw at Chelsea in a well-matched encounter with Rui Patricio proving pivotal to their hard-earned point, so will certainly come here looking for goals if can show more clinical finishing in their end product.
Both teams therefore have different aspects to improve coming into this clash so I am expecting a decent clash here between two under-performing teams, so a draw would be a good bet here if Wolves can’t make their recent form in this fixture count.
Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-1 Wolves
Result: Crystal Palace 1-0 Wolves
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