Time to forget about the last seven days and look ahead, starting with the visit of Bournemouth and an improved performance in the comfort of Selhurst Park.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 3pm kick off – 19 April 2025 |
| Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 06/12/2023 – The last time the Cherries made the trip o South London, they returned to the South Coast with all three points courtesy of goals from Marcos Sensini and Kieffer Moore. The Eagles did have more chances in the game but simply could not find the back of the net, with Jefferson Lerma going closest by hitting the woodwork. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Ryan Christie (8.3) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Sam Barrott |
| Assistant | Tim Wood |
| Assistant | Wade Smith |
| Fourth Official | Andy Davies |
| VAR | Paul Tierney |
| Assistant VAR | Craig Taylor |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chadi Riad, and Cheick Doucoure continue to miss out through injury.
BOURNEMOUTH – Enes Unal, Ryan Christie, and Luis Sinisterra miss out while Justin Kluivert is expected to return.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
This is the section of our match preview that highlights those that have not been the best of friends with match officials as the season goes on. Of course, they all begin with a clean slate, but we will start to see those that will be heading for a ban or two as the campaign progresses.
| RED CARDS – Daichi Kamada (1), Eddie NKETIAH (1), Marc GUEHI (1), Illia ZABARNYI (1) |
| YELLOW CARDS (over 6.5) – Will Hughes (11), Antoine SEMENYO (9), Ryan CHRISTIE (9), Daniel Munoz (8), Lewis Cook (8), Marc Guehi (7), Dean HUIJSEN (7), Jefferson LERMA (7) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 26/12/2024 | Bournemouth 0-0 Palace |
| 02/04/2024 | Bournemouth 1-0 Palace |
| 06/12/2023 | Palace 0-2 Bournemouth |
| 13/05/2023 | Palace 2-0 Bournemouth |
| 31/12/2022 | Bournemouth 0-2 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
| 16/04/2025 | Newcastle 5-0 Palace |
| 12/04/2025 | City 5-2 Palace |
| 05/04/2025 | Palace 2-1 Brighton |
| 02/04/2025 | Saints 1-1 Palace |
| 29/03/2025 | Fulham 0-3 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Bournemouth:
| 13/04/2025 | Bournemouth 1-0 Fulham |
| 07/04/2025 | West Ham 2-2 Bournemouth |
| 02/04/2025 | Bournemouth 1-2 Ipswich |
| 16/03/2025 | Bournemouth 1-2 Manchester City |
| 10/03/2025 | Bournemouth 1-2 Brentford |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th in the Premier League with 43 points from 32 games played, while Bournemouth are 3rd with 59 points from the same games played.
RECORD AGAINST BOURNEMOUTH
| Played | 80 |
| Won | 28 |
| Drawn | 21 |
| Lost | 31 |
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
This is the section of our match preview where we list two players from each side that are top of the ratings by our friends over at Who Scored. Obviously, there are no ratings to share at the moment but that will soon change!
| Antoine Semenyo | 7.22 |
| Daniel Munoz | 7.08 |
| Ebere Eze | 7.03 |
| Justin Kluivert | 6.99 |
ONE TO WATCH
| JUSTIN KLUIVERT |
| FORMER CLUBS – Jong Ajax, Ajax, Roma, RB Leipzig (loan), Nice (loan), Valencia (loan) |
| The talented Dutch attacker is expected to return to the starting line up after injury and that will be a challenge to the Palace defence as he has been in fine form this season having played his part in seeing Bournemouth on the brink of qualifying for European competition next season. |
THE NUMBERS
KEY CLASH
| TYRICK MITCHELL v ANTOINE SEMENYO |
| The Palace full back has struggled in the last couple of games, both defensively and offensively, and it could be a decision by Oliver Glasner to start Ben Chilwell for this fixture and give Mitchell a break. However, he will be up against the tricky bustling Bournemouth attacker which will be a test for whoever starts at left back. |
PRE-MATCH STATS
This is the section of our match preview where we keep a tally on the statistics for Palace players as the campaign continues and how they compare to other Premier League players.
| Goals | Jean-Philippe MATETA 13 (10th) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE 8 (8th) |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 1562 (21st) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 106 (2nd) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 1973 (23rd) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 90 (5th) |
| Fouls | Will HUGHES 57 (5th) |
| Dispossessed | Ebere EZE 44 (17th) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 90 (7th) |
| Clearances | Maxence LACROIX 164 (7th) |
| Big Chances Missed | Jean-Philippe MATETA 16 (5th) |
TEB PREDICTION
After the last couple of fixtures, who knows what Palace will give us this weekend. Perhaps one positive is that the Eagles return to Selhurst Park after two horrific away trips which they have hopefully got out of their system. Meanwhile, the visitors are unbeaten in two games having ended a run of three consecutive losses.
It would be very Palace to get a result from this fixture, but right now, it is exceptionally difficult to call with the FA Cup semi-final a week away. Would it be a bad thing if we were all in for the FA Cup? However, a losing run going into that game would not be a good thing. We are going bold and predicting Palace to edge this one.
| PREDICTED SCORE: 2-1 to Palace |
