When will Crystal Palace land a league win this season? When will they score their first league goal? It has been such a tough start to the season for the Eagles, who saw boss Frank de Boer last just 77 days in his job before being replaced by Roy Hodgson, that there actually isn’t much light at the end of the tunnel for them. They head out on the road to face Manchester City on the weekend and the follows a trip to Manchester United before facing Chelsea at Selhurst Park. So a horrible run of fixtures coming up for the pointless bottom side.
Hodgdon took charge for the first against Southampton last weekend and couldn’t stop the Palace rot as they lost 1-0. So Palace are rooted to the foot of the table after five league games, with no goals on the board and eight conceded. They became the first side in Premier League history, following their 1-0 loss against Southampton, to not score in any of their opening five games of a new season.
So with a tough run of fixtures coming up, when will things get better for the Eagles? Bet365 have priced up odds of 14/1 on Palace to take a win over Manchester City or against Manchester City to get their first league win of the season. Alternatively, if they come away without a win in both of their trips to Manchester, then they are a 6/1 punt to get their first league win of the season on the board against Chelsea on October 14th. While they have managed to score in a couple of EFL Cup games this season, it hasn’t happened in the league yet for them.
They are even money to score their first goal of the season at the Etihad against Manchester City on the weekend, or if you think that they will come away empty handed there, they are a quote of 5/2 at bet365 to score their first league goal of the season at Old Trafford. They are a price of 4/1 to have it happen against Chelsea or if you think that after their next three Premier League games the Eagles still won’t have found the back of the net, you have a 7/1 price on their opening goal coming against someone else.
If you look at least season’s corresponding fixtures that Palace are heading into, they lost 5-0 at Man City, 2-0 at Manchester United and 1-0 against Chelsea at home, so didn’t manage a goal in any of them. That is a bold old punt though to expect them to dial to find the back of the net in any of their next three fixtures. The Eagles remain 10/11 outright favourites in the bet365 Premier League Relegation market and they were recently priced up at 1,000/1 to go the entire season without landing a win in the top flight.
