Sheffield United vs Crystal Palace Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 10/08/2023, 12:15  by Daniel Ngulu in Premier League Predictions

A refreshed Crystal Palace under Roy Hodgson will travel to promoted Sheffield United in their season-opening Premier League encounter. Hosts Sheffield United will be looking to stay longer in the top flight after their impressive run to earn automatic promotion. They come into this game having lost a number of top players who engineered their promotion. The departures of Iliman Ndiaye and Sander Berge as well as loanees have left the team a little more exposed. The Blades will not go into this game as favorites. Though they play at home, the sense of optimism from their fans seems eroded by an underwhelming preseason performance. From their six preseason matches, they won two only and coming here, they have three losses in four matches. Sheffield United have also failed to score in four of their last five matches. They have no clean sheet in their last four matches.

The last time these two sides met was in 2021 in the league and Palace won both games. They won both games without conceding. All the last five meetings between these two sides haven't produced a single draw. The winning side in the last five matches has done it without conceding in this fixture. Sheffield United won two and Crystal Palace three. Palace will still feel as favorites coming into this game. They have three wins in their last five matches and two of them came with clean sheets. Crystal Palace played seven friendly matches, and only failed to score in one. They actually scored in each of their last six matches. In Wilfred Zaha’s departure, Palace lost a core member of their attack. Michael Olise is injured and could miss this game, but Eberechi Eze and Jordan Ayew should do well in attack.