Fixtures can't come quick enough at the moment, I find myself constantly looking forward to our next game. I guess that's what happens when you're playing well and getting the results to match.
We have to take advantage of the fact that Palace haven't been getting the results they wanted from their home league games so far this season. In the 4 games they've played their results have been: 1-0 loss vs West Brom, 1-1 draw vs Bournemouth, 4-1 win vs Stoke, 1-0 loss vs West Ham. If they want to get anywhere this season then those are games they should be winning to counter the losses they have/could experience against Spurs, Leicester, Arsenal etc.
Crystal Palace Form GuideLeague ComparisonScored:- LIV: 20 - CP: 12
Conceded:- LIV: 11 - CP: 12
GD:- LIV: +9 - CP: 0
Wins:- LIV: 6 - CP: 3
Draws:- LIV: 2 - CP: 2
Losses:- LIV: 1 - CP: 4
Points:- LIV: 20 - CP: 11
Position:- LIV: 3rd - CP: 11th
Set Piece Goals:- LIV: 7 – CP: 4
Shot Accuracy:- LIV: 56% - CP: 39%
AVG Pass Accuracy:- LIV: 84% - CP: 78%
AVG Possession:- LIV: 57% - CP: 52%
Chances Created:- LIV: 135 – CP: 99
Shots To GoalsSo far this season we have had 165 shots in 9 games (18.3 per game) at a shot to goal rate of 12.1%. Palace have had 130 shots in their 9 games (14.4 per game) but have only scored 12 goals at a shot to goal rate of 9.2%.
Keep them quiet in the last 15 minutes of the game and we have a chance of coming away from there with the maximum 3 points. It’s interesting that we’ve scored an equal amount of goals in both halves. During the West Brom game the commentator (can’t remember his name) said that it’ll be interesting to see what the final score would be as we tend to score more in the 2nd half than we do in the 1st as we’re attacking towards The Kop.
Overall FormThe results from Palace’s last 10 league games both home and away…
10 games
3 wins
2 draws
5 losses
11/30 pts
13 goals
16 conceded
0 clean sheets
3 F.T.S. games (Fail To score)
The results from Palace’s last 25 games home and away…
25 games
5 wins
7 draws
13 losses
22/75 pts
28 goals
39 conceded
2 clean sheets
7 F.T.S. games
This should give you an idea of how good Palace have been in the league since New Year. It doesn’t make for pleasant reading if you’re a Palace fan that’s for sure. They currently sit in 11th but they’ve not played many of the top teams, I think just Spurs and Leicester and they’ve lost them both.
They've created 99 chances (11 per game), 90 of which are key passes(
) but their chance to goal rate is only 11.8%.
Townsend, Puncheon & Zaha have just 2 goals and 4 assists between them. For attacking/creative midfielders they don't seem to be doing a very good job this season.
CrossesOverall: 265 - 29.4 P.G.
Home: 134 – 33.5 P.G.
Away: 131 – 26.2 P.G.
They've made 103 more crosses than us.
After looking at their cross attempts you won’t be surprised to see that half of their goals have been scored through headers…
…and as a result 10 of their 12 goals have been scored inside the box (83%).
Our defenders are going to have to be on their toes come Saturday. We can’t let them get cross after cross into the box, it will only take one good cross for Benteke to punish us and score. Cut out the crosses and we cut off their main source of goals and as a result we close their attack down. They’re not the most imaginative bunch either so short passes through the middle of the park isn’t something they’re used to doing.
ConcededI have no idea what the reason is but very few of the goals that Palace have conceded have ended up high in the goal. 10 of the 12 goals have been middle to low of the goal with low left and low right being their main areas of weakness. Is their keeper about 90 or something?
They’ve conceded goals from various distances this season, they range from anywhere between 3 to 22+ yards. It seems they’re not particular specialised in stopping goals from certain areas/distances.
I guess it means that one of Coutinho’s beauties isn’t out of the question, especially when you see that half of the goals they’ve conceded have come from right footers.
Home FormThis season…
4 games
1 win
1 draw
2 losses
4/12 pts
5 goals
4 conceded
0 clean sheets
2 F.T.S. games
Last 10 games...
10 games
3 wins
2 draws
5 losses
11/30 pts
10 goals
10 conceded
2 clean sheets
4 F.T.S. games
Basically, I think Palace will win 6-0
Edit: As you can see, I had too much time on my hands tonight