Crystal Palace v West Brom Betting Preview – Premier League, 13th August
The Eagles will be hoping for a lot better in the second half of 2016. They struggled to put wins on the board as the new year rolled in last season, although they did fight their way to the FA Cup Final. But pressure will be on Alan Pardew to start landing the league wins that their squad has the potential to be delivering. West Brom have been a quiet over the summer, only having splashed out on Matt Phillips to try and bring them the extra goals that they so badly needed.
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Crystal Palace v West Brom Betting Tips
How will Palace go for the rest of 2016? It’s interesting that they won just two of their 19 Premier League matches played during 2016, losing twelve of those as well. They went alright over the first half of last season, but when the turn of the new year came, it was pretty much all downhill. But they do have an exciting squad there and Alan Pardew is going to have to get something going quickly else he will be under massive pressure. Crystal Palace have won only one of their last eight matches played at Selhurst Park on the opening day of a new season (D1 D4 L3) so not a great record. They also have managed only the one win in their last 13 at home against the Baggies (W3 D6 L4). But going back to their potential in the squad, there is pace and power in it, they need someone who can stick the ball in the back of the net though.
They have bolstered their squad a little bit in the signings of Steve Mandanda, Andros Townsend and James Tomkins over the summer. Connor Wickham is a 15/8 price in the anytime goalscorer market for the match and he really needs to start firing for the Eagles. Of all of the Premier League clubs still in the top flight after last season, Palace have earned the fewest league points in the 2016 calendar year. So not good, but this feels like a fresh start. The Eagles have only lost one of their last five at home against West Brom and took a 2-0 win in the corresponding fixture from last season. The Eagles are a price of 2/1 to go out and win to nil on Saturday.
The Baggies have been quiet over the summer in the transfer market, only having brought in winger Matt Phillips from QPR. Will that be enough to give them an edge up front to what they had last season when they really struggled to put the ball in the back of the net. Only the relegated Aston Villa scored fewer goals than West Brom did last term and under the management of Tony Pulis they have netted just 53 goals in 56 Premier League matches. Not having won a game since March, the Baggies went nine games without a win on the board (D4 L5) to the end of the season. They are more suited to playing on the road actually, because they tighten up and play conservatively. If the Baggies are going to get anything out of this then it is going to have to be a low scoring game and under 2.5 goals is a price of 8/15.
Crystal Palace v West Brom Betting Odds
Crystal Palace 19/20, Draw 11/5, West Brom 16/5
Crystal Palace v West Brom Predictions
Judging by what the pair recorded last season you would expect this to be a pretty low scoring affair. The Baggies will likely contain, while the Eagles struggled for any kind of output up front. There has to be more positivity coming from the home side in this one and that extra energy and impetus should see them land the victory. Home win.
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