Crystal Palace - Brighton & Hove Albion - Tips by users and experts on football, 9 March 2019: England. Premier League

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Crystal Palace Win • 1.89

Crystal Palace recovered from their 3 – 1 loss to Manchester United with a similar win over Burnley and they will be keen to extend the same favor to Brighton, who saw off bottom side Huddersfield Town 1 – 0. Both sides have three wins, and a clean sheet apiece in their last five matches but while Palace have a loss, and a draw, Brighton have two losses, which makes them the underdogs in this case. Palace have 11 goals in their last five matches, that is, three more than Brighton but they will be seeking a first home win in three matches after a draw and a loss in the last two. Palace have not had an entirely comfortable run at home in the Premier League; they have one win in the last six, and only four in the last 15 so their work here will be well cut out. They will however look at this as a winnable clash, with Brighton carrying a six game winless run away from home in the league, having lost five of those. In 27 away matches in the league, Brighton have managed just two wins. The two sides have each picked two wins in the last six meetings. Two of the six matches have ended goalless and Brighton have failed to score in three. The last three meetings have each yielded over 2.5 goals. In 18 meetings in total, Palace have won six and Brighton seven.

Draw • 3.55

Crystal Palace have had much better results on the road than they have done at Selhurst Park this season, where they have only won three out of 14 league games.
A lot of that is down to their preferred style of play - the Eagles can play on the break when they are away but at home they have got to force the issue more, and the opposition are the ones sitting back.
This game will be hectic because it is a derby, but it will probably follow that pattern too.
Brighton picked up their first league win of 2019 when they beat Huddersfield last week and I am pretty sure that, after finally winning, their manager Chris Hughton's main aim will be to avoid defeat.
The Seagulls are still in relegation trouble but, looking at the table, I think 36 points could be enough for safety.
That is two more wins for Brighton, and only one for Palace, but they might have to wait a bit longer to get it.
Brighton came out on top when these two met in December, despite playing for an hour with 10 men, but I am going for a draw this time.

Source: BBC