Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) is not expected to play in the upcoming match against Brighton & Hove Albion. The encounter is going to take place in Falmer at the The American Express Community Stadium at 3:00 pm. The designed referee is Simon Hooper. The weather is expected to be overcast clouds.
In agreement with the predictions the team with the best chances to win is Crystal Palace (58.82%). Brighton & Hove Albion has 21.05% to win. The chances of a draw are 25%. Crystal Palace has scored in average 1.14 goals and conceded 3.27 goals per match. When Crystal Palace plays at home it scored in average 1.27 goals and conceded 1.45 goals per match. When Crystal Palace plays at away it scored in average 1.00 goals and conceded 1.82 goals per match.
Joel Ward’s performance
Crystal Palace has so far conceded 36 goals in 22 matches (3.27 per match). Joel Ward has played 16 matches of 22. When he played his team recorded 5 clean sheets on 22 matches (22.7% in total).
He played more than 60 minutes on 15 times (94% in total) and less than 60 minutes once (6% in total). Joel Ward has scored no goals this season. Joel Ward has received 4 yellow cards and was never sent off with a red card.
Referee Simon Hooper
The referee of the match is Simon Hooper. During this season he refereed 13 times. He gave 69 yellow cards (5.31 per match). The team that played on the home soil won 7 times (54%) and the away team won 4 times (31%). There were 2 draws. On average per match and the home team scored 1.8 goals and the away team scored 1.2 goals.