Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth predictions: Eagles can put hammerings behind them
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- Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last four home matches
- Bournemouth have lost only one of their last 11 away games
- Recommended bet: Draw
It has been a crazy few weeks for Crystal Palace, who booked their place in the FA Cup semi-finals and then took 13 points from five Premier League games before suffering a pair of five-goal hammerings in the last week.
The Eagles were on a seven-match unbeaten run and 2-0 up at Manchester City after 21 minutes last Saturday, but since then they have conceded 10 goals without reply, losing 5-2 at the Etihad before being thumped 5-0 by Newcastle on Wednesday night.
Manager Oliver Glasner has not had long to put things right before their home league game against Bournemouth, who will be feeling better about themselves after ending an eight-match winless run with a 1-0 home success over Fulham on Monday.
The teams played out a goalless draw in their first meeting on Boxing Day and their Easter Monday clash could also be close.
Team news
Cheick Doucoure and Chadi Riad are still unavailable for Palace due to injuries.
After two heavy defeats, changes could be made with Adam Wharton, Eddie Nketiah and Daichi Kamada among the options open to manager Oliver Glasner.
Bournemouth will assess the progress of Luis Sinisterra and Justin Kluivert, who missed the Fulham match, when Marcus Tavernier came off the bench following an injury.
Ryan Christie and Enes Unal are still out for the Cherries.
The stats
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Crystal Palace have scored only 19 goals in 16 home league matches.
Palace have won four successive home games in all competitions, with both teams scoring in three of them.
Six of the Eagles' last eight matches have produced over 2.5 goals.
Palace became the ninth team in the Premier League era to concede five goals in back-to-back games
Bournemouth have lost only four of their 16 league away games.
Only Liverpool have scored more away league goals this season than Bournemouth.
Bournemouth have scored two or more goals in 11 of their last 12 away matches, losing just twice in that run.
The last eight meetings between these teams have ended with under 2.5 goals.
Prediction
This is an interesting clash with Palace coming off two heavy defeats after a strong run of results, while Bournemouth have turned things around in the opposite direction, winning for the first time in nine games against Fulham last time out.
The net result could be a close encounter at Selhurst Park, where Palace have won four in a row (including an FA Cup win over Millwall), while the Cherries have done all their best work in recent weeks on the road.
Coincidentally, Palace had conceded five goals against Arsenal in the match before they kept a clean sheet against Bournemouth in the teams' goalless draw in December and the home side's emphasis is surely set to be on keeping things tight at the back.
The Cherries' poor spell was not quite as bad as it looked given that it included five defeats by a single goal in some competitive matches and they held on well to beat the Cottagers after a first-minute strike by Antoine Semenyo.
Palace have scored in 12 consecutive home matches but Bournemouth have not been shut out in their last 13 on the road and they are capable of matching the home side.
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