Leeds – Crystal Palace. Prediction and announcement for the match of the championship of England

On Saturday, December 20, the match of the 17th round of the English Championship between “Leeds” and “Crystal Palace” will take place. The game will start at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Leeds

For the current winners of the Championship, the season in the Premier League is very difficult. After 16 matches played, the Peacocks have 16 points on their account – such results allow the club to occupy the 17th place in the tournament table. The distance from the relegation zone at the moment is only 3 points.

“Leeds” was eliminated from the English League Cup at the 1/32 final stage by “Sheffield Wednesday”.

Crystal Palace

But Londoners are doing much better. According to the results of the 16 rounds of the Premier League, the team has 26 points on its balance sheet, which allows it to be in 5th place in the tournament table. The club is only 2 points behind Chesley from the 4th place. In the English League Cup, the Londoners advanced to the quarter-finals, where they will play against Arsenal.

At the main stage of the Conference League, “Crystal Palace” performed quite well. In 6 rounds, the English scored 10 points and took 10th place, which will allow them to play in the 1/16 finals of the tournament.

Personal meetings

In the last 5 games between the clubs, “Crystal Palace” has a slight advantage. During this time, the club has 2 wins, the same number of games ended in a draw, and Leeds won 1 match.

Interesting facts

• Leeds have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last 13 matches.
• Crystal Palace have conceded 15 goals in the current Premier League season – the 2nd most of all teams.
• In the last 7 games, “Leeds” won only 1 time.

Forecast

I will bet on the total under 2.5 with odds of 1.75.