Bournemouth, fresh from being relegated from the Premier League, got their return to the second flight off to a good start in a five goal thriller against Blackburn on Saturday.Now they’re faced with top tier opposition once again as they host a Crystal Palace side that beat Southampton in their curtain raiser and, as you might expect with Palace involved, we’re not expecting another thriller here.Crystal Palace have seen fewer than three goals in each of their last five competitive games and they have scored more than one goal in just two of their last 12 trips away from Selhurst Park.Bournemouth are more familiar with high scoring affairs, but the majority of them last season were a result of their often atrocious defending. Crystal Palace don’t have the firepower to punish that, and backing under 2.5 goals looks a valuable option.
Bournemouth, fresh from being relegated from the Premier League, got their return to the second flight off to a good start in a five goal thriller against Blackburn on Saturday.Now they’re faced with top tier opposition once again as they host a Crystal Palace side that beat Southampton in their curtain raiser and, as you might expect with Palace involved, we’re not expecting another thriller here.Crystal Palace have seen fewer than three goals in each of their last five competitive games and they have scored more than one goal in just two of their last 12 trips away from Selhurst Park.Bournemouth are more familiar with high scoring affairs, but the majority of them last season were a result of their often atrocious defending. Crystal Palace don’t have the firepower to punish that, and backing under 2.5 goals looks a valuable option.