Premier League | Gameweek 20
Dec 28, 2021 at 3pm UK
Selhurst Park
Crystal Palace3 - 0Norwich
We said: Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich City
Despite the absence of Zaha and several others on Tuesday, Palace will be expected to register three points against struggling Norwich. We are only predicting a narrow victory however, with the hosts looking a far poorer side without their key man in it in recent years, but as things stand it looks difficult to predict when the next points are going to arrive for a Norwich side severely lacking in quality and experience. Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Crystal Palace win with a probability of 50.1%. A draw had a probability of 25.9% and a win for Norwich City had a probability of 24.04%.
The most likely scoreline for a Crystal Palace win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.67%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.62%) and 2-1 (9.28%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.23%), while for a Norwich City win it was 0-1 (8.06%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 4.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Crystal Palace would win this match.
| Result | ||
| Crystal Palace | Draw | Norwich City |
| 50.1% | 25.86% | 24.04% |
| Both teams to score 48.33% |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
