Everton v Crystal Palace tips: Premier League preview and best bets
Everton host Crystal Palace in a crucial Premier League match for the Toffees on Thursday night and Joe Rindl has the best bet and score prediction.
Football betting tips: Premier League
1pt Crystal Palace to win at 7/2 (SpreadEx)
Everton could have wrapped up Premier League survival against Brentford at the weekend. Instead they failed miserably, losing 3-2 to the promoted outfit and seeing Jarrad Brathwaite and Salomon Rondon both receive red cards.
All is not lost though for Frank Lampard’s team. With Leeds and Burnley both failing to win at the weekend, 16th-placed Everton can still ensure survival with all three points against Crystal Palace on Thursday night.
A win is the bare minimum for the Toffees. Few will give them much of a chance in their following match, away to Champions-League chasing Arsenal at the weekend on the final day of the season.
Kick-off time: 19:45 BST, Thursday
Everton 5/6 | Draw 5/2 | Crystal Palace 10/3
Crystal Palace, currently 13th, could still finish in the top half and are in good form, having lost just two of their past nine Premier League away games.
Last time out they left it late to rescue a point in a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa. Jeffrey Schlupp scored an 83rd-minute leveller to extend the Eagles’ unbeaten run to four on the bounce.
Patrick Vieira, who was nominated for the Premier League’s manager of the season earlier this month, could see his side complete a league double over Everton for the first time in the top-flight.
Palace beat Thursday’s opponents 3-1 at Selhurst Park last December and thumped them 4-0 in the FA Cup quarter-finals two months ago.
Infogol are giving Crystal Palace a 43% predicted chance of winning this fixture so the 7/2 about PALACE TO WIN with SpreadEx offers immense value.
Everton’s deficiencies have been well-reported as of late, but Palace’s form has gone under the radar.
The visitors have won two of their last four but comfortably won the expected goals (xG) battle in all four of those fixtures.
Indeed, if the Premier League table was ranked on expected points, Palace would be as high as sixth, comfortably qualifying for the Europa League.
They should be backed with confidence.
Everton v Crystal Palace best bets and score prediction
- 1pt Crystal Palace to win at 7/2 (SpreadEx)
Score prediction: Everton 0-2 Crystal Palace (Sky Bet odds: 20/1)
Odds correct at 2200 BST (17/05/22)
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