Crystal Palace vs Southampton betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premier League match on December 29th, 2024

Crystal Palace and Southampton will be playing against each other on Sunday, December 29th, 2024, at 15:00h (UTC), in a Premier League football game in England, check the Crystal Palace vs Southampton betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Crystal Palace vs Southampton will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Selhurst Park stadium, in the city of London, with a capacity for 25073 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Crystal Palace vs Southampton betting tip 2024/2025

The Premier League has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.28 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 3.03 goals per match played.

Crystal Palace last match

In the last match they played, Crystal Palace collected a defeat. The opposing team was Arsenal, and the match - which ended with the result of 1-5 - was valid for Premier League. Coach O. Glasner's disposed his team in a 3-4-2-1 formation.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for them to win, of 7.00 indicated as much.

The defense certainly did not have an easy time in this match. The worst in the department is perhaps Maxence Lacroix, who was missing in the most important moments of the match. One of the worst on the field.

Southampton last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Premier League, Southampton, who used a 3-4-1-2 formation, faced the Fulham team with a final score of 0-0.

For this match the rival team had all the favoritism, so considering that factor, the draw (odd 4.10) ended up being a good result.

Crystal Palace vs Southampton h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Premier League, where Southampton was at 20th place while Crystal Palace occupied 12th place. Southampton went in with a 4-4-2 formation while Crystal Palace opened their game with a 4-3-3 tactic.

It was on 15-04-2023 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 0-2 win for Crystal Palace, was valid for the 2022/2023 season of the Premier League.

S. Ledger and D. Eaton will be assisting the referee M. Salisbury in this football match.

Crystal Palace

Premier League leaderboard now

Having 16 points, 3 wins, 7 losses, 7 draws, and a negative balance, Crystal Palace ranks 16th place in the Premier League as they enter this game.

With the same score that the Everton who occupies position 15, the team starts the 19th round.

Crystal Palace analysis

After 18 rounds, Crystal Palace has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 26 goals so far and scored 18 times.

his average possession rate in the league is 43.35%, which means that the team usually can't take the initiative in the game and has a more reactive style of play. Therefore, for this match Crystal Palace vs Southampton 2024/2025, the team should make an effort to keep the possession and be able to attack the opponent.

Crystal Palace is a more offensive team than Southampton, having 1514 attacks vs. 1371 from Southampton, having scored 18 times. In comparison, Southampton converted into goal 11 times.

Best goalscorer from Crystal Palace

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Ismaila Sarr is the player to highlight. Helping Crystal Palace with 4 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Southampton

Premier League leaderboard now

With 6 points won, Southampton is in 20th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 1 win against 13 losses, plus 3 draws.

Southampton analysis

We have reached matchday 18 in Premier League and at the moment Southampton has made 11 goals and conceded 36.

Recent games have demonstrated that Southampton is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

The odds are certainly not in favor of the team, which in addition to playing in a difficult away match will have to deal with the difficulties shown in the offensive phase. At the moment, in fact, it has no more than 0.65 goals scored on average per match.

Best goalscorer from Southampton

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Adam Armstrong. The Attacker has already scored 2 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Southampton, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Since Southampton has an average of 0.44 goals per game when playing away from home, the market for under 2.5 goals can also be a good alternative. This option can be very good, considering that Southampton does not concede goals playing outside their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.1.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 4.74 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Crystal Palace has an average of 2.2 yellow cards per game over the 18 rounds, while Southampton has an average of 2.7. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.17 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Southampton side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Crystal Palace who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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