Premier League Continues With Palace Against West Brom

Premier League

Football
Published: 17/04/2015

Crystal Palace will be able to make further headway up the Premier League table with a win over West Bromwich Albion at home tomorrow. Alan Pardew`s club currently sit in 11th position but will move into ninth should they pick up three points tomorrow and other results go their way. Whilst a defeat won`t see the Eagles slide down the table, failing to earn themselves at least a point will give Everton the opportunity to close gap on Palace to one point.

With five matches left to play, West Bromwich Albion are not out of the woods with regards to relegation. The Black Country side are just seven points clear of Queens Park Rangers who occupy the last place in the relegation zone. Negotiating a win from Crystal Palace would see the Baggies climb above Newcastle prior to the Magpies` Sunday clash with Tottenham. Failure to secure all three points would allow Aston Villa to supersede them in 14th whilst also potentially seeing both Sunderland and Hull close the gap to one and two points respectively.

The last time these two clubs met was in the reverse Premier League fixture at West Brom`s Hawthorns Stadium back in October. The match ended a 2-2 draw though both clubs were under the tenure of their former managers. The Baggies were still under the reign of Alan Irvine prior to him being replaced with Tony Pulis and the now Alan Pardew controlled Palace were then under the guidance of ex-boss Neil Warnock.

It was the away side who took the initiative, going 2-0 up prior to the end of the first 45. Centre-back Brede Hangeland opened the scoring just after the 15 minute mark before Mile Jedinak doubled his side`s advantage when converting a penalty with the half in its dying stages.

Albion made a flying start to the second half, Victor Anichebe halving the deficit just five minutes into the second 45. Whilst they continued to pile on the pressure, Palace just did not give until the final minutes of the game. Jedinak was adjudged to have fouled Anichebe in the box, allowing Saido Berahino to restore parity through a converted penalty kick.

All of bet365, Betvictor, Coral and william hill have 18/1 on this reverse fixture being tied 2-2 once again with the best price of 23/4 (Bwin) on exactly four goals being scored between the two clubs. Both betfair and william hill have 10/3 on the chances of a penalty being awarded.

Despite previously being unable to get the better of West Brom away from home, Crystal Palace`s home advantage and superior league position means that they are the favourites to earn all three points from tomorrow`s match-up. The London club are available at 20/21 at all of betfred, boylesports and Totesport. Supporters of the underdog can back Pulis` men to secure the win at the best price of 7/2 (bet365, Betvictor, boylesports, Spreadex) with another draw being on offer at 5/2 at most bookmakers.

Tomorrow`s hosts have won all of their last four games in the Premier League though have failed to keep a clean sheet, conceding exactly one goal on each of these four occasions. Betvictor have 17/10 on West Brom scoring exactly one goal against Palace tomorrow.

The Eagles, who have bagged 11 goals in their run of unbeaten games, will be relying on the likes of Yannick Bolasie to contribute the goals, Bolasie having hit a hat-trick past Sunderland last time out. The Congolese international can be backed at 10/1 (bet365, Spreadex) to grab the first goal with unibet`s 180/1 saying he can earn himself another hat-trick.

Albion are without a point in three games.

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Any odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of publishing (17/04/2015) but are subject to change.

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