Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-04-01 18:45.
[p]Andoni Iraola heaped praise on his Bournemouth side for kicking off their Spring schedule with a 2-1 win over Everton, especially as they had to dig deep to find a second-half stoppage winner after being pegged back with just minutes remaining. That victory extended the Cherries’ Premier League unbeaten run to four games (W3, D1) and moved them to within two points of the 40-point mark, albeit their top-flight survival now already looks all but assured. [/p]
[p]It’s been an impressive turnaround for a side that took ten rounds to achieve their first league win of the season. This is now Bournemouth’s fourth home game in succession, although there is no guarantee that their purple patch will continue as Crystal Palace roll into town, with the hosts having lost the last two home league H2Hs by a 2-0 scoreline, whilst conceding exactly twice in four of the last five such meetings. [/p]
[p]Visiting boss Oliver Glasner picked up his first Premier League away point in their 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest over the weekend, but the feeling wasn’t one of joy as the Eagles have now squandered a lead to draw in their last two matches. That was the eighth time this season that Palace have failed to win after scoring first, contributing to the third worst such return in the league of 1.46 points per game when doing so this term (W5, D4, L4). [/p]
[p]After Glasner’s mixed bag of results in the hot seat to date (W1, D2, L1), his men can’t afford to rest on their laurels as they sit just one place but eight points below Bournemouth, and at the top of the cluster of relegation-threatened sides. Improving on the road will be key to ensuring survival with time to spare, as Palace travel here on the back of a dire run of ten straight competitive winless away games (D4, L6).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Two players with dreams of featuring for England at Euro 2024 will battle it out here. Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke continues to chase the Golden Boot (G16) after three match openers from his last four strikes, while Palace’s Eberichi Eze assisted their opener in the previous round and three of his last five strikes have been equalisers. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Only Sheffield United (22) have conceded more Premier League goals than Palace (21) beyond the 75th minute.[/p]