Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace prediction and betting tips on December 15, 2024

Game Prediction

A match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace will take place in the 16th round of the English Premier League on December 15, 2024. Hosting the guests from London who had a weak start, the ambitious club will try to achieve victory.
Our prediction for the match Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
“The Seagulls” won the right to debut in the Europa League in 2023. And the English club won the group a year ago there. Still, the team (especially the manager, De Zerbi) had lost its courage by the spring, and eventually ended the season falling to 11th place. As a result, the club was placed right behind “the Glaziers”. It, having appointed Glasner as a new coach during the competition, took a point more and howled to 10th place.
Brighton’s management was not happy with this, and it took a serious risk in the summer. The club spent ten of millions on newcomers, and lured Hürzeler, who had raised St. Pauli to the Bundesliga. And the mentor shows excellent results – the team is among the contenders for the quartet of leaders. At the same time, the previous matches did not go well. The club lost to Fulham, and drew with Southampton and Leicester. “The Eagles” were an unpleasant disappointment at the start. They, apart from the League Cup, had won only once before the end of autumn. Nevertheless, the team started December with an important 1-0 result on the field of outsider Ipswich. And then the club did not lose to Manchester City, playing a 2-2 draw in the struggle with the crisis champion. Hürzeler’s wards are not bad in attack – Welbeck and the company score 1.7 per round with 1.3 conceded goals. The guests have a very weak attack, scoring less than 0.9, while receiving 1.3 goals per game.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace: key statistics and trends
- Brighton & Hove Albion has not won 3 games in a row.
- Crystal Palace has gone 4 games without a defeat.
- The most common score between the clubs is a 1-1 draw (7 times).
- Brighton & Hove Albion has scored 26% of goals between the 31st and the 45th minutes of meetings.
- Crystal Palace has scored 43% of goals between the 46th and the 60th minutes of confrontations.
- Brighton & Hove Albion has conceded in each of its 7 previous games.
- Brighton & Hove Albion has scored at least once in 12 previous struggles.
- Brighton & Hove Albion wins the first half in 38% of matches, Crystal Palace – in 37% of matches
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace: possible starting line-ups
Brighton & Hove Albion (possible line-up): Verbruggen – Estupiñan, Igor Julio, van Hecke, Lamptey – Mitoma, Ayari, O'Reily, Rutter – Joao Pedro, Welbeck.
Crystal Palace (possible line-up): Henderson – Guehi, Lacroix, Chalobah – Mitchell, Eze, Sarr, Doucouré, Hughes, Munoz – Mateta.
Previous head-to-head matches: Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
“The Seagulls”, winning 2 out of 3 previous games, have been unbeaten in 6 head-to-head encounters.
Free prediction for the match Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
Hürzeler’s men remain the clear favourites on the native field. Still, taking into account the recent results of both clubs, one can try betting on the guests not losing (odd: 1.94).
