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Forum Comp Day 1, MONDAY. Leeds v Crystal Palace @ 8pm
Tikay10
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We revert to football this week, & start with a good-looking affair from Elland Road.
Both teams sit mid-table with identical points though Leeds have a game in hand.
Leeds United v Crystal Palace @ 8pm
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Leeds v Palace @ 8pm
1 - 2 - X
Leeds @ 3/4
Draw @ 29/10
Palace @ 16/5
TOTAL GOALS
No Goals @ 14/1
Exactly 1 Goal @ 5/1
Exactly 2 Goals @ 3/1
Exactly 3 Goals @ 3/1
Exactly 4 Goals @ 4/1
Exactly 5 Goals @ 7/1
6+ Goals @ 8/1
OPTA Stats
Leeds are set to host Crystal Palace at Elland Road for a Premier League match for the first time since the 1997/98 season, losing 0-2 under George Graham.
Crystal Palace are looking to record a league double over Leeds for the first time since the 1985/86 season in the second tier. They have never achieved this in the top-flight.
The home team has won eight of the last 10 matches between Leeds and Crystal Palace in all competitions, with the other two ending as draws. The last away victory in this fixture was a 1-0 Palace win at Elland Road in March 2006 via a Jobi McAnuff winner.
Leeds have lost both of their Premier League games on Monday this season, with both coming at home (1-4 v Leicester, 0-1 v Wolves). Meanwhile, Crystal Palace are winless in their last eight Monday league games (D2 L6) since beating Arsenal 3-0 in April 2017.
Crystal Palace are looking to win three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since a run of four between February and June 2020.
Leeds haven't lost three consecutive home league games since October 2017, while they last did so in the Premier League in November 2003.
Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson says Wilfried Zaha's injury will be assessed after he was forced off in the second half of their 2-1 win at Newcastle with a hamstring issue
Three of Crystal Palace's eight Premier League wins this season have come against the newly-promoted teams - they haven't won four in a row against newly promoted teams since a run of five between January and September 2015.
This season, Leeds striker Patrick Bamford has scored in two Premier League games against teams he's previously played for in the competition, netting against Crystal Palace and Burnley. The last player to score in three Premier League games against former teams in a season was Romelu Lukaku in 2017-18 (vs Everton, West Brom and Chelsea for Man Utd).
Leeds' Raphinha has been directly involved in four goals in his last three Premier League games (2 goals, 2 assists), as many as he had in his first 13 in the competition (2 goals, 2 assists).
Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze has been involved in as many Premier League goals in 2021 in six appearances (2 goals, 1 assists) as he was in 14 appearances in 2020 (1 goal, 2 assists), though two of those were against Leeds in November, when he both scored and assisted.