An exciting encounter is predicted as Crystal Palace host Brentford in a midweek Premier League fixture. Both teams have put up some eye-catching displays this season but Palace tend to do their best work at home and should have the edge over their rivals.
Crystal Palace are coming off a 4-2 defeat to Manchester City in their previous Premier League fixture. They raced to an early two goal lead through a John Stones own-goal and a Joachim Anderson header but capitulated after the break.
Manager Patrick Vieira will be disappointed with Crystal Palace’s second half display as they seemed helpless against the onslaught from the champions. However, despite the result, the gaffer will take some positives from the first half performance.
Home form is often pivotal for Crystal Palace and they claimed a 3-1 victory in their previous fixture at Selhurst Park. The Eagles have also won three of their last four Premier League matches in front of their fans, stretching back to last season.
Brentford are also enjoying a fine start to the season and have lost just once in their opening four matches. However, they have only claimed one win so far, the 4-0 victory over Manchester United.
The Bees travel to Selhurst Park off the back of a 1-1 draw with Everton in their previous Premier League fixture. They fell behind early in the contest and laboured for much of the game before Vitaly Janelt struck the equaliser six minutes from time.
Aside from their vulnerable backline, one problem for Brentford this season is a poor record on their travels. Thomas Frank’s men are winless on the road this term and were beaten 3-2 by Fulham in their previous away fixture.
How the bookies view it
Crystal Palace have the upper hand among the bookies with a home win priced at 22/19 with SBK. A victory for Brentford is valued at 11/4 by Betfred, who are also offering odds of 5/2 for a draw.
Recent head to head
Crystal Palace and Brentford battled to 0-0 draws in their two meetings last season.
Players to watch
Wilfired Zaha missed Crystal Palace’s trip to the Etihad with a minor knock and is expected to return for Tuesday’s clash. The forward has found the net three times this season and could be backed to score anytime at 15/8 with SBK.
As always Ivan Toney will be the one to watch for Brentford having found the net twice in four Premier League matches this season. BetVictor has the striker at 21/10 to get on the score sheet on Tuesday.
Anything else catch the eye?
Crystal Palace and Brentford have shown plenty of attacking quality this season and with neither side particularly convincing at the back, both teams could be backed to score at 5/6 with SBK. There were over 3.5 goals in Palace’s previous outing and a similar outcome is priced at 13/5 with Sport Nation while over 2.5 goals is valued at 15/14 with 10bet.
Palace have opened the scoring in their last three Premier League matches and could be tipped to score first on Tuesday at 4/5 with BoyleSports.
This English Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Brentford will be played on Aug 30, 2022 and kick off at 19:30. Check below for our tipsters best Crystal Palace vs Brentford prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
