Crystal Palace v Bolton predictions

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
Crystal Palace v Bolton predictions Championship England, England	19/01/2013 16:00	total goals	Under 2.5 goals	1.95	Bet at bet-at-home
Betting prediction was written by Dan Adair

CRYSTAL PALACE - BOLTON PREDICTIONS AND PREVIEW: BETTING STATS

League Table:
Crystal Palace P27 W13 D8 L6 Pts 47 GF50 GA35 GD+15 Average goals per game: 3.15
Bolton P27 W8 D9 L10 Pts 33 GF40 GA41 GD-1 Average goals per game: 3.00

TEAM NEWS AND RUN OF PLAY

Crystal Palace are in horrible form and cannot seem to shake it. Wilfried Zaha has been a pale shadow of himself since christmas as rumours of his leaving ring true. His head has been turned and his performance levels have dropped alarmingly. Palace have not been at there best since then either. With 1 win in 9 games now they are in bother having been in a prime position. With Zaha looking to the door coach Holloway is looking at options. Striker DJ Campbell is prime target and Palace may get their man with monies from the Zaha sale. Jacob Butterfield comes in on loan from Norwich and will be an asset. Danny Gabbidon is unlikely to feature, joining Joel Ward, Owen Garvan and Paddy McCarthy out Kagosho Dikgacoi is at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Bolton are finding their feet under new manager Dougie Freedman and have finally seemed to have accepted the changes he has made. Although only 1 loss in five Bolton are drawing far too many. Freedman has won just five of his 16 games in charge of the Trotters since taking over in October but only losing four times. They are looking a little lightweight up top but seem more solid at the back. Freeman is an advocate of 2 defensive midfielders and although it brings stability it sacrifices attacking intent somewhat. New striker Craig Davies is in line to make his while key man Stuart Holden made his first appearance since 2011 in midweek. Martin Petrov has left the team while Keith Andrews and Sam Ricketts are struggling to be fit. Out for sure are David Wheater and Mark Davies.

CRYSTAL PALACE - BOLTON: 1X2 BETTING PREVIEW

2.25 Crystal Palace (betvictor)is the selection in this game. This game is a very close game, two sides who should be a whole lot higher up the table. Palace are in poor form its true but Bolton are not exactly pulling up trees either. I think even in poor form Palace are overpriced here. 2.25 for a side far superior to the visitors at the moment. This could be the last hurrah for Zaha and surely he will want to give the fans a sendoff.

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CRYSTAL PALACE - BOLTON:ASIAN HANDICAP PREDICTION

Crystal Palace at -0.25 is the selection here 1.85 (bet365) A decent price here for Palace who are too high a price on all the handicaps. Bolton are not a top side but consistently get priced up that way. Palace have the ability just seem a little unsure of themselves at the moment. Quarter ball handicap is selected and gives us half stake back if the game is drawn. A little insurance as both teams are drawing far too many at present.

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CRYSTAL PALACE - BOLTON:TOTAL GOALS PREDICTION

Under 2.50 goals at 1.95 (Bet-at-home) is the bet here. Both teams are usually open sides, but recently both have found difficulties scoring. Defensively they have both tightened up and Bolton have moved to the two defensive midfielders too. Total average is 3.07 goals per game, last 10 matches have saw 6 matches go under 2.5 goals. The total in this time was 24 goals for recent average of 2.4 goals per game.

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