Burnley will be looking to maintain their recent resurgence as they travel to Crystal Palace for a Premier League fixture on Saturday. Palace are also coming off an impressive win in midweek and both teams appear evenly matched at the moment.
Crystal Palace were in fine form in midweek as they eased to a 4-1 victory over Watford. Wilfried Zaha scored a late brace after efforts from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Connor Gallagher had put them in control of the clash.
The win was the first in seven matches for Crystal Palace, who had looked off colour in their recent outings. The result also moved them closer to the top half as they are now one point behind Southampton in 10th place.
Manager Patrick Vieira will be keen to build on the win at Watford as he looks to improve his team’s home record. Crystal Palace have claimed just one win from their last seven matches at Crystal Palace and have lost the last three in that run.
Burnley appear to be in full survival mode after claiming back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this season. They are still in the relegation zone but now sit two points behind Newcastle United in 17th place.
The Clarets followed up an impressive 3-0 victory at Brighton & Hove Albion with a hard fought 1-0 triumph over Spurs in midweek. The win over Spurs will be particularly pleasing to manager Sean Dyche as it was a vintage Burnley performance with discipline and organisation.
Burnley’s form on their travels still needs some improvement and they will be looking to build on the win at Brighton. That was only their first away win all season but they have claimed some solid draws on the road, including a 1-1 result at Chelsea.
How the bookies view it
Crystal Palace have the upper hand among the bookies and are priced at 19/20 by Sport Nation to claim the win. A victory for Burnley is valued at 17/5 by Coral while a draw is set at odds of 27/10 by Unibet.
Recent head to head
There have been three wins each and one draw in the last seven matches between Crystal Palace and Burnley. That draw came in the reverse fixture as both teams played out a 3-3 scoreline back in November.
Players to watch
Wilfried Zaha’s brace last time out at Watford means he has now scored four goals in his last six Premier League matches. The forward could be worth keeping an eye on to score anytime on Saturday at 28/13 with SBK.
Wout Weghorst broke his scoring duck the last time Burnley were on the road and could be worth keeping an eye on. Unibet has the Dutch striker at odds of 13/5 to find the net on Saturday.
Anything else catch the eye?
Crystal Palace and Burnley served up a six-goal thriller in the reverse fixture and another goal fest could be on the cards. Over 3.5 goals is priced at 10/3 by BetVictor, over 2.5 goals is valued at 6/5 with bet365 while both teams could be backed to score at 11/10 with Skybet.
There have been more goals before the break in the last two meetings between both teams so the first half could be tipped as the highest scoring half at 5/2 at Coral.
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