Crystal Palace v Huddersfield EFL Cup Predictions & Betting Odds – 19th September 2017

Palace to find EFL Cup solace

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Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Betting Preview – EFL Cup 19th September 7.45pm

Palace can’t buy a Premier League win at the moment and even the change of manager didn’t change their fortunes as they lost at home against Southampton on the weekend. Their only win this season happened in the last round of the EFL Cup against Ipswich and any win at the moment would be a boost in confidence for them. Huddersfield are likely going to be a lot more focused on sustaining their Premier League status than a deep cup run.

Crystal Palace v Huddersfield EFL Cup Betting Tips

Tough times for Crystal Palace then. They still have not posted a point in the Premier League this season and they have not registered a single goal yet. Their only bright point of the season so far was a 2-1 home win over Ipswich in the last round of the EFL Cup. New boss Roy Hodgson has a big task ahead of him after coming in when Frank de Boer was shown the Selhurst Park door last week. This looks to be a pretty tough game on Tuesday night as well in the EFL Cup as Palace don’t have home form against Huddersfield. Any win for Palace at the moment has got to be valuable in terms of confidence and belief. So Hodgson may field a strong side to get things moulded to his way. Christian Benteke is the 6/4 Ladbrokes outright favourite in the anytime goalscorer market, but he desperately needs a goal at the moment. On the opening weekend of the season, Huddersfield took a 3-0 win at Selhurst Park against the Eagles in the Premier League. Crystal Palace are winless in their last four home and away against her Terriers.

Under 2.5 goals at Ladbrokes fetches a price of 3/4. How interested in the EFL Cup will Huddersfield be? Probably not too much. Their big quest is to ensure that they stay in the Premier League and this will be something of a distraction for them. They have made a positive start to the Premier League and that is where all of their focus has to be. Therefore both teams not to score is a price of 4/5 at Ladbrokes and the Terriers have gone D2 L1 in their last three games. Huddersfield took a 2-1 home win over Rotherham having made plenty of changes to their starting eleven as expected. They will likely do the same here with a somewhat limited squad needing to stay fresh for the top flight. The Terriers have a W1 D3 record from their last four visits to Selhurst Park but a repeat of their league success from back in August over the Eagles looks a little bit unlikely. Crystal Palace badly needs a win and they are 5/2 at Ladbrokes to win by a 1 goal margin. Palace have failed to score in three of their last four games against the Terriers. Expect a low scoring, affair.

Crystal Palace v Huddersfield EFL Cup Betting Odds

Crystal Palace 4/5, Draw 13/5, Huddersfield 10/3

Crystal Palace v Huddersfield EFL Cup Predictions

Palace to win: They did it in the last round and can do it here. Palace can win this, they desperately need a morale booster and the Terriers are not likely going to be overly interested in this one. Back a low scoring game but the home side to win it.