Opta Stats: Stoke v Crystal Palace

Stoke desperately need to beat Crystal Palace if they’re to stand any chance of avoiding relegation. Opta rates their chances.

“Stoke are without a win in their last 12 league games (D7 L5) – the longest current winless run in English league football.”

The draw is [3.45].

Stoke have won just two of their nine Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace – both at home in their first such meeting (2-1 in August 2013) and most recent at the Bet365 Stadium (1-0 in February 2017). They are [2.74] to claim another home victory.

Crystal Palace have won six of their nine Premier League meetings with the Potters (D1 L2) – against no side have they won more in the competition. The visitors are [2.84] to win.

Three of Crystal Palace’s six Premier League wins against Stoke have been in matches in which they’ve trailed – against no side do they have more comeback wins in the competition (also three vs Liverpool). Palace are [13.0] to win from behind.

Stoke are without a win in their last 12 league games (D7 L5) – the longest current winless run in English league football. The draw is [3.45].

The Eagles have kept a clean sheet in each of their last two Premier League games, last keeping three in a row back in March 2017. Crystal Palace are [3.5] to not concede.

No side have scored more Premier League goals in the 90th minute or later than Crystal Palace this season (6). The draw half-time/Crystal Palace full-time double result is [7.0].

Paul Lambert has won just one of his four Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace (D1 L2), with his sides failing to score in the other three games. Crystal Palace are [2.02] in the Draw No Bet market.

Despite leading the way at Stoke for goal involvements this season (7 goals, 6 assists), Xherdan Shaqiri has neither scored or assisted in any of his last eight Premier League games, despite playing the full 90 minutes in all but one of them. Shaqiri is [3.5] to score.

In contrast, after a run that saw him score none and provide just one assist in nine games, Wilfried Zaha has been directly involved in five goals in his last four Premier League appearances (4 goals, 1 assist). Zaha is [3.35] to add to his tally.

Christian Benteke ended a nine-game goal drought last time out with a penalty against Leicester – the Belgian hasn’t scored in consecutive Premier League games in over a year (April 2017). Benteke is [3.7] to score again.

Dan Fitch 2017/18 Season P/L

Staked: 448.0 pts
Returned: 464.37 pts
P/L: +16.37 pts

Source: Betfair Premier League