Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-04-18 14:00.
[p]After a five-match unbeaten run in the Premier League (W4, D1), Crystal Palace had their sights set on a top-half finish, but successive thrashings have put those ambitions to bed for the time being. Oliver Glasner’s men went 2-0 up against Manchester City only to lose 5-2, and things got even worse in midweek as the Eagles were hammered 5-0 by Newcastle, conceding four goals before half-time.[/p]
[p]Those defeats marked the first time the Eagles have conceded 5+ goals in consecutive matches across all competitions since February 1935 and leave them with little to play for between now and the end of the season. That didn’t faze them this time last term when they rounded off the campaign with six wins from their final seven matches (D1), and the Selhurst Park crowd will be eager for a repeat, as having won their last three Premier League home matches, they could string together four in succession for just the second time ever.[/p]
[p]Bournemouth have also endured recent struggles, though a 1-0 victory over Fulham on Monday kept them alive in the race for the top seven. That followed a six-match winless league run for the Cherries (D2, L4), with three of those disappointments coming on the road (D2, L1), leaving Andoni Iraola’s men precariously placed ahead of a run-in that includes trips to Arsenal and Manchester City.[/p]
[p]Respite could prove hard to find here as Bournemouth are winless across their last ten Premier League games in London (D5, L5), albeit their last success in the capital did come against Crystal Palace in December 2023 (2-0). That result forms part of a three-match unbeaten H2H run for Bournemouth (W2, D1), keeping a clean sheet each time.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored 18 goals in 22 Premier League appearances at Selhurst Park under Glasner, the most ever by a Crystal Palace player on home soil under a single manager. Ten of Justin Kluivert’s 12 Premier League goals this season for Bournemouth have come away from home, two of which were match openers inside the opening six minutes. [/p]
[p]Hot streak: Each of Bournemouth’s last four away Premier League games in London have finished 2-2[/p]
[p][i]Written by Nathan Evans[/i][/p]