Brighton vs Crystal Palace Prediction & Match Preview

• Brighton produced their worst display of the season on Tuesday evening in a 0-4 loss at Luton.
• Eze and Olise starred in Palace’s 3-2 win over Sheffield United four days ago.
• Brighton won only one of the previous nine clashes with the Eagles.

Brighton suffered a shocking 0-4 defeat at Luton on Tuesday night. The loss ended their six-game unbeaten thread across competitions. What was even more worrying than the defeat itself (as high as it was) was the team’s horrendous display.

Roberto De Zerbi’s men were completely outplayed by relegation strugglers four days ago. It will be very interesting to see how Brighton’s players will reach in the next game. To make things worse, it will be the clash with bitter local rivals Crystal Palace in a huge M23 derby.

Palace will go into the local derby in much higher spirits. They enjoyed marvellous performances from their star duo on Tuesday. Eberechi Eze completed a brace while Michal Olise starred with a goal and two assists in a 3-2 victory over Sheffield United.

Both players were forced out through slight injuries. The latest reports suggest that both should be fine for the M23 derby, though. Palace now have two wins in the last three Premier League affairs. Can they exploit their rivals’ obvious defensive holes on Saturday?

Recent Meetings

• Four of the previous five head-to-head games between M23 rivals ended in 1-1 draws.
• Brighton have 6 wins, 3 draws, and 5 defeats in the previous 14 home outings against the Eagles.
• Three or more goals were scored just once in the previous nine M23 derbies.

Brighton vs Crystal Palace Prediction

The bookmakers favour Brighton here. They do own a strong home record with just one loss in eleven league fixtures at The AMEX this term. However, Brighton won only one of the last nine H2H clashes with Palace. They will also go into this off the back of their worst performance of the season in a 0-4 defeat at Luton. On the other side, Crystal Palace picked up a 3-2 win over Sheffield United four days ago. We have to take the 2.15 odds offered for Palace to win or draw here.

You must know everything about Brighton’s defensive holes. The team conceded at least two goals in three of the previous four outings in all competitions. They shipped four goals four days ago at Luton. They are up against Crystal Palace’s inspired attacking duo. Eze and Olise will have plenty of space for a feast in the final third. In these circumstances, the Over 2.5 goals FT bet looks great at the 1.72 odds.

Steffen Schmidt- February 1, 2024

Brighton vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips

Crystal Palace to win or draw

OK

	2.21 Odds
	2.15 Odds

Over 2.5 goals

OK

1.72 Odds

Correct Score: Draw 2-2

OK

	17.00 Odds
	13.00 Odds