Burnley vs Crystal Palace Betting Preview – Premier League (Nov. 23)
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On Monday night, two teams with pretty tough defenses are squaring off. Burnley vs Crystal Palace is expected to be a close game with not-too-many goals, the same as most of their previous meetings. Six out of seven previous Burnley vs Crystal Palace games saw under 2.5 goals. Will we see the same on Monday?
- Date: Monday, November 23
- Time: 12:30 PM (Eastern Time)
- Place: Turf Moor in Burnley, UK
Burnley vs Crystal Palace Preview
Since their return to the English Premier League in 2014, Burnley have been a defensive style of soccer. They focus on defending, looking for their chances from break. It’s pretty much the same tactic applied by Crystal Palace, although, this season, the Eagles have been scoring more than usual.
Crystal Palace’s offense is the reason why this team is currently in the 8th place in the Premier League. They’ve been pretty good at the back as well, which is expected from this team.
For those reasons, they’re coming into the Burnley vs Crystal Palace game as the favorite. The Eagles won four of out of five previous duels with Burnley. The last time these two played, however, Burnley was the winning side.
The game in question happened in June this year, when the score was 1:0. What’s interesting is that Crystal Palace dominated that game, with 17 goal attempts in comparison to Burnley’s 8. Still, Burnley’s tough defense managed to neutralize all of those 17 attacks.
The Eagles are Flying High
Crystal Palace did lose against Burnley in the game played as a part of the 2019-20 season. However, in the new season, the Eagles are the favorite. The reason is that they’re flying really high at the moment.
The team led by Roy Hodgson is just 5 points behind the table leaders Leicester City. Plus, Crystal Palace have been in a pretty decent form lately, especially when it comes to playing against teams from the bottom half of the table.
In the previous round of the Premier League, they beat Leeds United by 4:1. Another team from the bottom half of the table that they won is Fulham.
They also beat Manchester United and Southampton, while drawing with defensive-minded Brighton. The teams that beat them this season are all in-form teams – Wolves, Chelsea, and Everton.
Burnley’s Goal-Scoring Problems
Burnley is the team with the least goals scored so far in the Premier League. They did, however, play one game fewer than most other teams, but still, 3 goals in 7 games is embarrassing.
The reason behind this is not that they have a weak attack. It’s the fact that their manager Sean Dyche likes playing defensively. In most games, this team lets the opponent have the ball for most of the time.
That said, scoring against Burnley is not easy. In 7 games, they allowed 12 goals, keeping a clean sheet on two occasions.
Burnley vs Crystal Palace Prediction
Crystal Palace is going to have a lot of problems finding the net. Burnley, on the other hand, probably aren’t going to try to score too much.
That said, we are probably going to witness another low-scoring game, but what about the final score? We think that with attackers like Wilfred Zaha, Crystal Palace is capable of scoring against almost any team in the league.
Still, knowing how good Burnley is defensively, the Eagles probably aren’t going to score more than one goal. Therefore, our soccer prop bet pick is Burnley vs Crystal Palace correct score 0:1.