Crystal Palace vs Leeds United Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last four home league games against Leeds (W2 D2), with this the first such meeting since a 2-2 draw in the Championship in March 2013.
Leeds have won three of their last four Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace (L1), with this their first such game since a 2-0 win at Selhurst Park in January 1998.
Leeds United have won just one of their last 20 away league games against London sides (D6 L13), beating QPR 3-1 in December 2017.
Crystal Palace have lost two of their last three Premier League meetings with promoted sides (W1), as many as they had in their previous 14 such games in the competition (W8 D4 L2).
49% of Crystal Palace’s all-time Premier League defeats have come at home, the highest such ratio in the competition (99/201). Their next home defeat will be their 100th in the Premier League, making them the eighth different team to reach this figure.
Leeds are looking to win three consecutive Premier League away games for the first time since August 2002, while they last won three in a row on the road without conceding in the top-flight in August 1970.
Crystal Palace have had fewer shots than any other side in the Premier League this season (57), while only Liverpool have had more than Leeds (96). However, Crystal Palace have scored with 14% of their efforts so far, their best shot conversion rate in a Premier League season on record (since 1997-98).
Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has lost all three of his Premier League games against Leeds, his worst 100% losing record against a side in the competition. His only previous home game against them ended in a 3-4 defeat with Blackburn in September 1997, with all seven goals being scored in the opening 33 minutes.
Wilfried Zaha’s five Premier League goals this season have been worth seven points to Crystal Palace – no other players’ strikes has been more valuable to their team so far this term.
Patrick Bamford has scored five goals in his three away appearances for Leeds in the Premier League this season, netting in each game on the road. The last Leeds player to score in four consecutive top-flight away games was Mark Viduka in August 2002.
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