Kick-off: 1500, 31/12/2022
Stadium: Vitality Stadium
Bournemouth and Crystal Palace both returned to Premier League action with defeats and may settle for sharing the spoils at Vitality Stadium.
It took a penalty shoot-out to split these teams when they met in the EFL Cup at this venue earlier on this season and another tight tussle is anticipated.
We’re taking 23/10 for a draw as our first Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace prediction.
Bournemouth Odds
The damage was done early on when Bournemouth went down 2-0 at Chelsea, with Kai Havertz and Mason Mount netting inside 25 minutes.
Despite applying some late pressure on the Blues’ goal, the Cherries couldn’t get back into the game.
Gary O’Neil said: “We struggled to get to grips with how they started a little bit. The start kills us really, it’s difficult at that point to wrestle your way back into it.
“When you’re 2-0 down at Chelsea and they are passing the ball around like they were, it would have been easy for it to get to three, four or five, so there are lots of positives as well from the second half.”
Bournemouth are odds-on to go straight back down to the Championship and need to make the most of home matches against other teams in the bottom half of the table.
They have picked up 11 of their 16 points here, beating Aston Villa, Leicester and Everton, as well as drawing with Wolves and Brentford.
Wales forward Kieffer Moore has scored all four of his goals at Vitality Stadium and is Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace odds.
Last Bournemouth line-up: Travers, Kelly, Smith, Stacey, Senesi, Zemura, Cook, Lerma, Billing, Solanke, Moore.
A virus has swept through the Bournemouth camp and O’Neil and his staff will have late decisions to make on several affected players.
Crystal Palace Odds
Palace have also been much more productive on home turf, with 13 of their 19 points coming at Selhurst Park.
However, the Eagles had a Boxing Day to forget when hammered 3-0 by Fulham there, with Tyrick Mitchell and James Tomkins both sent off.
“From the first minute, I would say Fulham was the better team,” admitted Patrick Vieira.
“We had too many aspects of the game where we were not present. In the end, we got what we deserved, because we didn’t do anything to get anything from that game.
“It’s difficult to understand and this is one of the frustrations that I have, because I was pleased about what I have seen in the last couple of weeks of training and I was expecting a better performance from the team.
“Of course, the two red cards didn’t help us but outside of those two situations, it was more the performance from the first minute that let us down.”
Palace were also beaten at Nottingham Forest before signing off for Qatar 2022 but they haven’t suffered quickfire back-to-back defeats this term.
That suggests Vieira will be capable of lifting his team back up and they have drawn at Liverpool, Newcastle and Leicester, as well as snatching a stoppage-time success at West Ham.
Let’s add 15/4 for the scores to be level at half-time and full-time to our Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace betting tips.
Last Palace line-up: Guaita, Mitchell, Tomkins, Andersen, Clyne, Olise, Schlupp, Doucoure, Ayew, Eze, Zaha.
Palace will be without suspended defenders Mitchell and Tomkins. Marc Guehi is available after missing out on Boxing Day due to a one-game ban and fellow defender Jairo Riedewald could also return to the starting line-up.
Additional stats
Player statistic
| 19' |  |
Jordan Ayew (Assist: Michael Olise) | ||
| Lloyd Kelly |  |
25' | ||
| Jaidon Anthony | |
26' | ||
| 36' | |
Eberechi Eze (Assist: Michael Olise) | ||
| Dominic Solanke | |
67' | ||
| 87' | |
Joachim Andersen | ||
| Marcos Senesi | |
90' |
Match statistic
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