Southampton vs Crystal Palace Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Southampton versus Crystal Palace is expected to be a fairly one-sided contest, as the hosts are enduring an embarrassing season that sees them on course to be the worst team in the history of the Premier League.

The Saints are 20th in the Premier League with just nine points from 29 matches, while Crystal Palace are 12th in the table with 39 points from 28 games and enter this fixture off the back of a five game winning streak.

Ivan Juric’s side have the worst home record in the Premier League, as they’ve accumulated just four points from 14 matches, while scoring just ten goals and conceding 39. On the other hand, Crystal Palace’s away record is decent, as they have earned 22 points from 13 games, the seventh-best record in the division.

In terms of head-to-head records, Crystal Palace have won four of the last five meetings between the two sides, including a 2-1 victory at Selhurst Park in the reverse fixture this season.

Prediction: Southampton 0-2 Crystal Palace

Southampton hosts Crystal Palace in a meeting of 20th and 12th on matchday 30 of the 2024/25 Premier League season.

Date: 02/04/2025

Location: St. Mary’s Stadium

Time: 7:45pm

When these two sides last met on 29th December, Crystal Palace emerged as 2-1 victors at Selhurst Park in a game where Southampton took the lead through Tyler Dibling in the 15th-minute, before goals by Trevoh Chalobah and Eberechi Eze turned the game around for the Eagles.

The last head-to-head clash at St. Mary’s was back in 15th April 2023, a game that saw Eze fire in a second half brace for Palace as they won the game via a 2-0 scoreline.

It is only a matter of time before Southampton are relegated back to the Championship, as they have earned just nine points from 29 matches, seeing them sit 17 points adrift of 17th-place Wolves having won two, drawn three and lost 24 times, while scoring 21 and conceding 70.

Southampton have won more games in cup competitions than they have in the Premier League this season, as they beat Swansea City 3-0 in the Third Round of the FA Cup before being beaten 1-0 by Burnley, while in the League Cup, they knocked out Cardiff City (5-3), Everton (6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw) and Stoke City (3-2) before being beaten 2-1 at home by Liverpool in the quarter-finals.

Crystal Palace will fancy their chances of closing in on the latter European qualification places in their current vein of form, as Oliver Glasner’s side have won all of their last five matches, seeing them sit 12th-place with 39 points from 28 games.

The Eagles are having a solid campaign to date and may even fancy themselves in the FA Cup, as they managed to qualify for the semi-finals of that competition following their superb 3-0 win at Fulham last weekend.

Southampton versus Crystal Palace will not be broadcast live on UK TV.

Southampton

James Bree, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Ryan Fraser, Will Smallbone and Ross Stewart will all miss Southampton’s clash with Crystal Palace due to injury.

Crystal Palace

Long-term injury absentees Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure remain unable to feature, while Will Hughes has also joined them on the injury list.

Southampton

Southampton have lost all of their last five matches, with their most recent defeat coming via a 2-1 scoreline at home to Wolves, with Paul Onuachu scoring what turned out to be a late consolation goal after Jorgen Strand Larsen scored a brace.

Prior to that game, the Saints had suffered defeats to Liverpool (3-1), Chelsea (4-0), Brighton & Hove Albion (4-0) and AFC Bournemouth (3-1).

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace are in red-hot form, as they’ve won all of their last five matches.

The Eagles earned a superb 3-0 win over Fulham last time out as Eze, Ismaila Sarr and Eddie Nketiah all got on the scoresheet.

In the run-up to that match, Palace managed further victories over Ipswich Town (1-0), Millwall (3-1), Aston Villa (4-1) and Fulham (2–0).

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