Crystal Palace host Bournemouth at Selhurst Park in a Premier League encounter.
Victory will keep Palace 12th in the table, whilst Bournemouth could go 13th if Wolves, Fulham and Nottingham Forest all lose elsewhere.
Team News
Jeffrey Schlupp is a doubt for Crystal Palace after he missed their 1-1 draw at West Ham for personl reasons.
Dean Henderson (muscle), Rob Holding (ankle), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (hamstring), Cheick Docoure (Achilles) and Eberechi Eze (ankle) remain absent.
Bournemouth have no fresh injury concerns to report after their 2-2 draw against Aston Villa.
Darren Randolph (illness), Ryan Fredericks (calf), Alex Scott (knee), Max Aarons, Lloyd Kelly, Tyler Adams (all hamstring) and Emiliano Marcondes (foot) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Palace host Bournemouth in a 7:30pm GMT kick-off at Selhurst Park on Wednesday 6 December, live on Amazon Prime in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Crystal Palace have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League meetings against Bournemouth (W6, D3, L1).
- Bournemouth are winless in their last five league visits to Crystal Palace (D2, L3).
- Palace have won each of their last three meetings against Bournemouth by a 2-0 result.
- Jefferson Lerma is the only Palace player to have hit the woodwork this season.
- Illia Zabarnyi has made more clearances than any other Bournemouth player this season, with 48 clearances in 14 appearances.
Prediction
Although a point apiece was a fair result for Palace at West Ham, Roy Hodgson’s Eagles must now be more clinical than they were because they really should of won if hadn’t wasted their chances through inaccurate finishing.
Bournemouth meanwhile have finally clicked performance wise in recent weeks but given their poor form at Selhurst Park, they need to bring the same attacking intensity and press which saw them twice lead Villa only for the Villains to clinically fight back for a point apiece.
Now if the Cherries do that and Palace don’t find their accurate end product, this could well be a proper battle which I can see the visitors winning, although Palace’s defence is pretty robust and resilient to beat so a draw might seem the likely outcome.
Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-1 Bournemouth
Result: Crystal Palace 0-2 Bournemouth
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