📊 Form Guide

Crystal Palace

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Crystal Palace prepare for this match following on from a 3-3 Premier League drawn game against Bournemouth.

In that match, Crystal Palace had 52% possession and 20 shots at goal with 7 on target. The only player to score for Crystal Palace was Jean-Philippe Mateta (64', 69', 90'). Bournemouth got 8 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Eli Junior Kroupi (7', 38') and Ryan Christie (89') scored for Bournemouth.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Crystal Palace have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Crystal Palace have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 8 goals during that time. That kind of trend might not be continued into this game, though.

AEK Larnaca

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AEK Larnaca will go into this match after a 0-2 First Division win versus Enosis Neon Paralimni in their last game.

For AEK Larnaca, the goalscorers were Hrvoje Miličević (30') and Djordje Ivanovic (49').

Showing their involvement in productive encounters, we’ve seen goals 22 times in the last six games in which AEK Larnaca have sent out their troops, yielding a mean average of 3.67 goals per meeting. Opposition teams have hit 7 from this total.

🗞️ Team News: Crystal Palace

The Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game with a completely healthy group to choose from.

📋 Team News: AEK Larnaca

AEK Larnaca manager Imanol Idiákez has multiple availability issues to deal with. Ángel García (Muscle tear), Kewin Komar (Broken hand), Enzo Cabrera (Knee injury) and Karol Angielski (Muscle injury) won’t be making appearances.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that AEK Larnaca have it within them to score against this Crystal Palace outfit, but it possibly won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Crystal Palace when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s see what eventuates.