Featured Tip from James Bartman

Pick Details

Sport / league:: EPL
Event / fixture:: West Brom vs. Crystal Palace
Event date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 at 2:00 AM
Market:: Head-to-head
Tip:: West Brom @ 2.19 (Pinnacle)
Tip Result:: Loss

Following their legal wrangles there's no love lost between West Brom manager Tony Pulis and his previous club Crystal Palace. Pulis would have had this fixture circled in his calendar for sure.

Crystal Palace are coming off a 1-0 win, but it was over the equally cold Middlesbrough. Apart from that win and their victory over Bournemouth, who are also struggling badly at the moment, Palace haven't caused any of the other clubs any problems over the past few months, losing 6 of their last 8 games with just one goal scored in those defeats.

In contrast, West Brom are faring well, with just 1 defeat in their last 8 games. While Crystal Palace are 3-5-10 away from home over the last 12 months, West Brom have gone 9-3-6 at home and 7-2-2 when installed as the home favourite. West Brom have been particularly good at home in recent months, winning their last 4 straight and 7 of their last 8.

Given West Brom have been winning 50% of their home games and Crystal Palace currently well below league average at the moment, 2.19 odds represent good value that Tony Pulis can record a third consecutive win over his former club.

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