On Sunday, Oliver Glasner will celebrate 300 days in charge at Crystal Palace. His side are set to face one of the Premier League’s most dangerous clubs, Brighton, a team capable of taking points off even the champions.
What stands out about Brighton is the likelihood of goals in their matches; a goalless game is a rare sight. They have been involved in matches where both teams score since 19 October, the last time a team failed to score against them being Newcastle United (1:0). Can Brighton find the net against Crystal Palace? Certainly. It is hard not to score against them. There are such teams, but they tend to be on the level of Crystal Palace in the table, like Ipswich Town (0:1).
Can Crystal Palace score against Brighton? The London side have scored as many goals as Ipswich Town (14) and sit just one place above them in 17th. Only Southampton, languishing at the bottom, have a worse scoring record with 11 goals. Yet, it’s not all gloom for the team under the Austrian manager. Their dry spell occurred in the first eight rounds, failing to score against four teams. In the last seven matches, they’ve been scoreless only twice. Crystal Palace even managed to hold Manchester City to a 2:2 draw in the previous round.
Historically, their encounters tend to feature both teams scoring. Seven of the last eight meetings have seen both sides find the net. It would be unusual not to opt for the same outcome here.
