Crystal Palace and Norwich City will face off on Tuesday the 28th of December at 3:00 pm in the 20th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in London at the Selhurst Park. The appointed referee is Paul Tierney.
Crystal Palace is in the 12th place in the league with 20 points. It comes from a 3-0 loss against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 4 times, draw 8 times, and lost 6 times.
Norwich City is in the 20th place in the table with 10 points. It comes from a 0-5 loss against Arsenal in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won twice, draw 4 times, and lost 11 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 77.78%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (14 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Patrick Vieira is expected to play against Norwich City with the following players: J. Butland, T. Mitchell, M. Guehi, J. Andersen, J. Ward, C. Kouyaté, J. Schlupp, C. Gallagher, O. Édouard, J. Ayew and J. Mateta.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Crystal Palace would be 26.09.
Patrick Vieira will probably not be able to employ V. Guaita Panadero, N. Clyne, E. Eze, L. Milivojević, M. Olise and C. Benteke Liolo because of injury.
J. McArthur will definitely miss the match.
Patrick Vieira will not be able to have the presence of W. Zaha who is suspended.
Norwich City
Norwich City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 41.18%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Dean Smith is expected to play against Crystal Palace with the following players: A. Gunn, D. Giannoulis, S. Byram, B. Gibson, M. Aarons, K. McLean, B. Gilmour, P. Lees Melou, C. Tzolis, A. Idah and T. Pukki.
If the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Norwich City would be 25.00.
Dean Smith will probably not be able to employ L. Rupp because of injury.
T. Krul, G. Hanley, A. Omobamidele, C. Zimmermann, M. Antonsen Normann and M. Rashica will definitely miss the match.
