There is Monday night English Premier League action for punters to get stuck into and we take a closer look at the game between Leicester and Crystal Palace.
Leicester are currently 3rd on the table and they are coming off a convincing 3-0 home win over West Brom last Thursday. That broke a run of successive defeats away at West Ham and at home to Manchester City. Leicester have won 50% of their home games this season with 8 wins and 1 draw in their 16 matches. They have lost 2 of their last 5 home games.
Looking closely at Leicester’s goal stats when they play at home, their matches have averaged 3.1 goals this season with 10 of the 16 games delivering you profits if you had backed over 2.5 goals.
Crystal Palace are 13th on the log and they look guaranteed another season of English Premier League action. They have only won 1 of their last 6 games and last time out were hammered 4-1 at home by Chelsea. Their last away game was a 1-1 draw at Everton.
Palace have won 5 of 15 away matches this season, drawing 3 and losing 7 and 9 of the 15 games they have played at home have reached 3 goals or more with their home matches averaging 2.9 goals each.
These sides drew 1-1 when they met at Crystal Palace earlier this season and Leicester won this fixture 3-0 last season.
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Leicester 9/20
Draw 34/10
Crystal Palace 13/2
Suggested Bet: Over 2.5 goals at 19/20
Over 2.5 goals has arrived in 7 out of Leicester’s last 9 matches and even the 2 games which fell short came pretty close with 2 goals in each of them.
Palace have also played in some high scoring encounters of late with 3 of their last 4 matches reaching the 3 goal mark.
Of the two sides, Leicester has more to play for in terms of securing that top 4 spot, but the 9/20 is a bit too short for me to back outright, although I would consider the Handicap, Leicester (-1) at 5/4.
As far as a Correct Score interest goes, how about a bit of Leicester 3, Palace 1 at 12/1.
There are a host of other markets available in the match including in-play betting.
Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
