Crystal Palace v Brighton

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Crystal Palace and Brighton will renew hostilities in this upcoming A23 derby at Selhurst Park on Thursday night with Crystal Palace looking for a way out of their current six-match winless sequence in the Premier League while Brighton head into this upcoming clash on the back of a 2-0 defeat away from home at Arsenal, so The Seagulls will be eager to return to winning ways here.

Although Crystal Palace avoided defeat last time out as they gained a valuable point in a 2-2 draw away from home at Manchester City despite being 2-0 down, The Eagles have nevertheless found themselves slipping down the Premier League table to 15th place and manager Roy Hodgson knows that his team must start picking up points sooner rather than later even though they possess an eight-point buffer above the relegation zone.

Within their current six-match winless run, Crystal Palace have slipped to four defeats within this period at the hands of Everton, Luton Town, Bournemouth and Liverpool, which have overshadowed points gained by way of draws with West Ham and Manchester City.

Palace have managed to capture just four wins to date so far in this season's English top flight campaign and it's interesting to note that three of these wins have been achieved on their travels whilst the Selhurst Park fortress has been anything but in recent times as the hosts have lost their last four home games on the trot.

Brighton will therefore fancy their chances of claiming an important three points then at Selhurst Park on Thursday night but The Seagulls have also had their fair share of problems in recent times in the Premier League as the south coast club have managed to pick up just two wins from their previous 11 games overall, with wins achieved against Nottingham Forest and Brentford.

However, five draws and four defeats have resulted in Brighton dropping down to ninth place in the Premier League table where they find themselves some seven points adrift of fifth placed Tottenham ahead of this upcoming busy Christmas and New Year period of fixtures.

Earlier in the season, Brighton had begun their top flight campaign in positive fashion as The Seagulls racked up five wins within their opening six games of the season with victories against Luton Town, Wolves, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Bournemouth respectively but results away from home continue to be a concern for Brighton manager Roberto de Zerbi as his side have won just once in their last six games on their travels.

Crystal Palace v Brighton Verdict

This upcoming clash is a ‘derby' of sorts between two teams who have become fierce rivals so the goals market may the best option here especially as five of the last six meetings have resulted in both teams scoring.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS Yes @ 1.75

Other side bets worth considering:

Brighton win & BTTS Yes @ 4.33

Correct Score: Brighton 2-1 @ 10.00