Southampton vs Crystal Palace prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-04-01 18:45.
[p]Southampton have effectively been consigned to relegation from the Premier League for some time now, and even manager Ivan Jurić admitted that they “will go down” prior to the international break. The Saints’ task is now to delay the inevitable, with Jurić demanding more “fight and dignity” in their final nine matches as he looks to improve his own miserable return of just one win from 12 league matches in charge (L11). [/p]
[p]Having been beaten in all six of his Premier League home games, Jurić would equal an all-time record set by Mick McCarthy and Vincent Kompany by losing their first seven home matches as a manager in the competition with another defeat here. That outcome certainly looks likely as Southampton could become just the third side in English top-flight history to lose ten successive home games in a single season here.[/p]
[p]Crystal Palace make this trip in fine form after beating Fulham 3-0 on Sunday to progress to the semi-finals of the FA Cup. The Eagles’ shackles are off with little to play for in terms of their comfortable mid-table Premier League position, and that’s certainly evident in their flying form with five successive wins across all competitions and just two defeats in 2025 as a whole (W10, D1).[/p]
[p]The road is where Oliver Glasner’s men enjoy most freedom, winning six successive matches without conceding a single goal. Four of those victories came in the league – all by a 2-0 scoreline – so Palace are primed to win five consecutive top-flight away games for the first time ever, and should be even more confident given that they’ve won the last four Premier League H2Hs.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: A yellow card in the reverse fixture helps make up Mateus Fernandes’ tally of seven in the Premier League this season – five of which came before half-time – while he’s been booked four times since his last goal. All three of Marc GuĂ©hi’s league goals this season have come away from home against sides below Palace in the table (W1, D1, L1).[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Ahead of the round, only Brighton, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest (all 11) have opened the scoring in more away games than Palace (nine) in the Premier League this season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ben Olawumi[/i][/p]