The Eagles welcome Burnley to Selhurst Park this weekend with both sides celebrating key victories during the week, with Palace keen on picking up more points to allow attentions to focus firmly on the FA Cup
DATE
26th February 2022
KICK OFF
3pm
VENUE
Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
LAST TIME
Palace last hosted Burnley almost exactly a year ago and it was not a happy afternoon as the visitors took all three points back to Turf Moor after a convincing win thanks to goals from Johann Gudmundsson, Jay Rodriguez and Matthew Lowton
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Matthew Lowton (9.4)
OFFICIALS
Referee: Jonathan Moss. Assistants: Simon Bennett, Marc Perry. Fourth official: Josh Smith. VAR: Andre Marriner. Assistant VAR: Harry Lennard
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Nathan Ferguson (thigh), Vicente Guaita (knee) and Joel Ward (knock) are all expected to miss out due to injury
BURNLEY – Matej Vydra (groin) and Johann Gudmundsson (calf) are both expected to miss out while Maxwel Cornet (calf) and Charlie Taylor (ankle) are doubts. Ashley Westwood is expected to return after illness.
DISCIPLINARY
RED CARDS – Wilfried Zaha (1)
YELLOW CARDS (5+) – Josh Brownhill (7), Joel Ward (6), James Tarkowski (6), Conor Gallagher (6), Ashley Westwood (6)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 20/11/21 Burnley 3-3 Palace
- 13/02/21 Palace 0-3 Burnley
- 23/11/20 Burnley 1-0 Palace
- 29/06/20 Palace 0-1 Burnley
- 30/11/19 Burnley 0-2 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 23/02/22 Watford 1-4 Palace
- 19/02/22 Palace 0-1 Chelsea
- 12/02/22 Brentford 0-0 Palace
- 09/02/22 Norwich 1-1 Palace
- 05/02/22 Palace 2-0 Hartlepool
Last FIVE results for Burnley;
- 23/02/22 Burnley 1-0 Leicester
- 19/02/22 Brighton 0-3 Burnley
- 13/02/22 Burnley 0-1 Liverpool
- 08/02/22 Burnley 1-1 Manchester United
- 05/02/22 Burnley 0-0 Watford
RECORD AGAINST BURNLEY
- Played 52
- Won 13
- Drawn 18
- Lost 21
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Conor Gallagher 7.31
- James Tarkowski 7.12
- Wout Weghorst 7.10
- James McArthur 6.85
ONE TO WATCH
WOUT WEGHORST
FORMER CLUBS – NEO, DETO, Willem II, Emmen, Heracles Almelo, AZ Alkmaar, VfL Wolfsburg
Eyebrows were raised when Burnley decided to sell Chris Wood to Newcastle but they clearly had a plan up their sleeve when he was replaced by Dutch international Weghorst from the Bundesliga. The 29 year old is an experienced goal scorer and arrives at Turf Moor with plenty of respect having hit the back of the net 59 times in 118 appearances at Wolfsburg and 31 in 60 games at AZ Alkmaar
KEY CLASH
MARC GUEHI v WOUT WEGHORST
This is going to be quite a battle with the Dutchman already having a goal under his belt at his new club and Guehi in great form and off the back of taking the captains armband for the victory at Watford
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- Burnley have won 6 of the 13 Premier League meetings, their joint-best record against another side in the division
- The reverse fixture in November was a 3-3 draw
- Palace are in danger of losing 4 consecutive home league games for the first time since February 2017
- Palace scored 4 times in their first league win of 2022 in midweek, more goals than they had managed in their previous 5 league matches combined
- Patrick Vieira’s side failed to score for the first time in 12 league home games during last week’s defeat by Chelsea
- Odsonne Edouard could become the first Palace player to score in 4 league home appearances in a row
- Burnley are vying to win 3 consecutive league matches for the first time since April 2019
- The Clarets have won 5 of their past 10 league fixtures in the capital (D2, L3), and are unbeaten in 6 top-flight games versus London clubs home and away
- Burnley have only conceded 29 league goals this season – including 2 in their last 6 matches – at least 8 fewer than any other team in the bottom half of the table
- Only Norwich have had fewer shots in Premier League away games this season than Burnley’s 104
- Sean Dyche’s side are on a Premier League record run of 116 successive matches without a red card, stretching back to January 2019
- Aaron Lennon has scored in 2 of his last 4 league away appearances, and could score 3 away goals in a top-flight campaign for the first time
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Conor Gallagher (8 – 12th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Michael Olise (4 – 18th in PL)
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (1656 – 7th in PL)
- TACKLES – Tyrick Mitchell (81– 2nd in PL)
- TOUCHES – Marc Guehi (1917 – 7th in PL)
- SHOTS – Gallagher/Benteke (39)
- SAVES – Guaita (59 – 13th in PL)
DID YOU KNOW?
Burnley have been champions of England twice (1920-21, 1959-60) and have won the FA Cup once (1913-14). they are one of only five sides to have won all four professional divisions in English football
PREDICTION
Both teams will be seeking all three points, with the visitors arguably the more in need of them in view of their precarious position in the Premier League. However, their home win against Spurs in the week backing up their away win at Brighton sees them in good form as they head to Selhurst. In contrast, Palace secured their first win of 2022 on Wednesday evening and will be looking to back that up before focusing on the FA Cup. It will be a tight affair, there is no doubt about it but we are backing the Eagles to end a run of three home defeats in a row with victory over the Clarets.
FINAL SCORE: 2-1
BETTING ODDS
- Home – 9/10
- Draw – 5/2
- Away – 3/1
- Both teams to score – 17/20