Crystal Palace will be targeting back-to-back wins in the Premier League when they welcome Burnley to Selhurst Park on Wednesday night.
Oliver Glasner's side snapped a nine-game winless run in the top-flight by battling their way to a hard-fought 1-0 win away at rivals Brighton on Sunday.
That long-overdue victory has eased any fears about Palace getting dragged into the relegation picture, as they now hold a nine point buffer over the bottom three.
Seeking to give themselves more breathing space and with a view to climbing up the standings, the Eagles will look to heap more misery on Burnley this midweek.
The Clarets had another nail put in their relegation coffin when crashing to a 2-0 defeat at home to West Ham at the weekend.
The loss leaves Scott Parker's side a sizeable 11 points away from automatic safety, with an immediate return to the English Championship looking increasingly inevitable.
How the bookies view it: Eagles to ease to victory
Crystal Palace come into this clash as heavy odds-on favourites, with a home win trading at 4/7 on bet365.
Burnley are big outsiders at 21/4 on bet365, while a share of the Selhurst Park spoils is also considered unlikely at 3/1 with the same bookmaker.
Head to head: Hope for the underdogs
It may come as a surprise to learn that Burnley hold the upper hand in terms of the overall head-to-head record, with 21 wins to Crystal Palace's 19, while the other 16 encounters have ended all square.
This season's reverse fixture saw Crystal Palace claim a 1-0 victory, and the same scoreline on Wednesday night can be backed at 6/1 on bet365.
Players to watch: Sarr to star?
Ismaila Sarr was the Crystal Palace hero on Sunday, scoring the only goal of the game against Brighton. The Eagles attacker is an eye-catching 20/21 on bet365 to either score or assist on Wednesday night.
Burnley's Lucas Pires could go head-to-head with the aforementioned Sarr, making him a value option to commit at least one foul at 5/6 on bet365 – a selection that has landed in four of his last five Premier League appearances.
Predicted line-ups
As was the case at the weekend, Crystal Palace again look set to be without the injured quartet of Cheick Doucoure, Eddie Nketiah, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Justin Devenny.
Burnley also have a number of players ruled out through injury, including Connor Roberts, Jordan Beyer, Josh Cullen, Mike Tresor and Zeki Amdouini.
Crystal Palace: Henderson; Lerma, Lacroix, Richards; Munoz, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell; Sarr, Pino; Larsen
Burnley: Dubravka; Walker, Humphreys, Esteve, Pires; Edwards, Mejbri, Luis, Ugochukwu, Anthony; Flemming
Anything else catch the eye?
Crystal Palace are too short to side with at the above-mentioned odds, but merging a home win alongside under 4.5 goals will bring about an attractive 4/5 shot on bet365.
This combination would have been the correct call in each of Crystal Palace's eight Premier League victories this season, one of which was against Burnley at Turf Moor only a couple of months ago.
The fact that the same formula would have proven profitable in 12 of Burnley's 16 Premier League defeats this term offers further encouragement to siding with this selection at Selhurst Park.



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