Brentford Vs Crystal Palace Prediction: Three Panel Picks From The London Derby
A London derby kicks off Sunday’s Premier League action on the opening weekend of the season and betting sites make Brentford 6/4 favourites to get off to a winning start against 19/10 shots Crystal Palace.
The Bees snapped up winger Fabio Carvalho from Liverpool in a £27.5m deal which has slighty softened the blow of losing club-record signing Igor Thiago until the end of the year.
Thiago was expected to be a replacement for Ivan Toney, but the England striker remains at the Gtech Community Stadium and played 45 minutes against Wolfsburg in a pre-season friendly following an extended break.
Palace beat both Wolves and West Ham 3-1 on their US Tour earlier this month, but they are now without star man Michael Olise, who joined Bayern Munich in the summer transfer window.
The Eagles signed former Watford winger Ismaila Sarr as his replacement on a five-year deal from Marseille, but it remains to be seen whether the Senegal international has the same impact.
It’s a low-key start to the new campaign for both clubs and The Panel have picked out three Brentford vs Crystal Palace betting tips for Sunday’s game.
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Brentford Vs Crystal Palace Predictions:
- Draw - 5/2 With William Hill
- Kevin Schade To Score Any Time - 3/1 With Bet365
- Under 3.5 Total Cards - 27/25 With Unibet
Brentford Vs Crystal Palace Prediction: History Points To Draw
Matches between these two clubs in the last thre seasons have been close affairs, with Palace’s 3-1 victory at Selhurst Park at the end of 2023 ending a run of five successive draws.
Keane Lewis-Potter’s close-range finish gave Brentford a second-minute lead but Olise scored a classy double either side of Eberechi Eze’s low strike to secure the points.
Olise is no longer a member of Oliver Glasner’s squad and Sarr is unlikely to reach the levels of the Londoner.
Palace finished 10 points clear of Brentford last season and are 10/1 for the drop this season, but these teams look a lot closer in terms of squad quality now that Olise has left, and fans will be hoping Eze stays amid speculation linking him with Manchester City and Tottenham.
Prior to Palace’s win last season, the last three contests ended in 1-1 draws which can be backed at 6/1 with football betting sites.
The Panel are not greedy though and are going for a draw at 5/2 with William Hill as their first Brentford vs Crystal Palace prediction.
The Panel's Brentford Vs Crystal Palace Prediction 1: Draw - 5/2 With William Hill
Brentford Vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips: Schade Can Shine
Goals have been thin on the ground in meetings between these clubs in the last three seasons, but that has not been the case in their respective summer friendlies.
There were 23 goals in the Bees’ five pre-season matches, including a thrilling 4-4 draw with Wolfsburg.
Matches involving Palace produced 19 goals in the same number of games, with a 6-3 victory at Crawley highlighting potential problems in defence.
For Brentford, German midfielder Kevin Schade has looked really sharp in the build-up to the new campaign, scoring in the last two games against Watford and Wolfsburg, having also found the net in a 5-2 victory over AFC Wimbledon.
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Schade registered two goals in an injury-ruined 2023/24 season, but he looks to be back to his best and appeals at 3/1 with betting apps to score any time as The Panel’s next Brentford vs Crystal Palace prediction.
The Panel's Brentford Vs Crystal Palace Prediction 2: Kevin Schade To Score Any Time - 3/1 With Bet365
Brentford vs Crystal Palace Odds: Go Low on Yellows
Thomas Frank’s side received the sixth most number of yellow cards last season, averaging 2.3 per game, but their south London rivals were among the cleanest of all Premier League teams.
Only the best three sides in the top flight, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool, had more bookings and encouragingly referees tended to keep their hands out of their pockets in their matches against Brentford.
Saman Ghoddos was the only player to be cautioned at Selhurst Park, and in December referee Peter Banks did not show a single yellow card.
Sunday’s referee Sam Barrott brandished 48 cards in his 15 Premier League at an average of 3.2, so the last of The Panel’s Brentford vs Crystal Palace betting tips is for under 3.5 cards at 27/25 with Unibet.
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The Panel's Brentford Vs Crystal Palace Prediction 3: Under 3.5 Total Cards - 27/25 With Unibet
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