West Brom vs Crystal Palace
English Premier League
Date: Saturday, 4th March 2017
Kick off at 15:00 UK/ 16:00 CET
Venue: The Hawthorns.
West Brom
A strong season shows no sign of coming to an end for West Brom who displayed plenty of character to come from 0-1 down to beat Bournemouth 2-1 at home last weekend. That leaves The Baggies with an outside chance to finish as high as 7th in the Premier League table which may provide West Brom with a surprise place in the Europa League depending on how the FA Cup unfolds.
No one would have really picked West Brom to be 8th in the Premier League table going into the final mile of the Premier League race. They are now 7 points clear of West Ham United behind them and just 4 points behind 7th placed Everton with a chance to close that gap on Saturday. The Baggies have a 8-2-3 record at The Hawthorns this season and have scored 24 goals and conceded 15 in those games.
West Brom are unbeaten in 5 Premier League games in a row since their 4-0 loss at Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. The win over Bournemouth means West Brom have won their last 4 home games in the Premier League and they have scored at least twice in 3 of those wins.
Craig Dawson and Matt Phillips are both doubts for this game.
Crystal Palace
A big win over Middlesbrough last weekend took Crystal Palace out of the bottom three for a day or so, but a Leicester City win has pushed The Eagles back down a place. However the win over Middlesbrough will have given Sam Allardyce some encouragement and this is a game he has highlighted as a chance to build momentum before another two week break before they play again.
The side are 18th in the Premier League table and Crystal Palace are only inside the bottom three thanks to an inferior goal difference to Middlesbrough. They have actually won more points away from home than at Selhurst Park and Crystal Palace bring in a 3-3-7 record from their travels in the Premier League with 19 goals scored and 26 conceded.
Crystal Palace had won 1 of 11 Premier League games before last weekend and 8 of those had been played under the former England manager Allardyce as he failed to arrest their poor form. They have lost 3 of their last 4 away games in the Premier League, but Crystal Palace's exception came in a 0-2 win at Bournemouth.
Mathieu Flamini potentially returns for Crystal Palace this weekend.
West Brom vs Crystal Palace: Head-to-head stats
The teams share 3 wins and 1 draw from their last 7 Premier League meetings.
The reverse leg of the season was a 1-0 away win for West Brom.
West Brom are unbeaten in their last 3 Premier League games at home against Crystal Palace, scoring at least 2 goals in each of them.
West Brom vs Crystal Palace: Prediction
West Brom have been excellent at the Hawthorns this season with 8 wins and 2 draws from their 10 matches so far. Meanwhile, Palace is totally opposite in away games managing just 3 wins from their 13. It is hard to see this match ending in anything other than a home win. This is the bet to chase, especially when offered at the juice odds of 2.25.
West Brom vs Crystal Palace: Betting Tips
FT – West Brom to win at 5/4 (2.25)
Any-time goal-scorer: Salomom Rondon of West Brom at 6/4 (2.50).
