Brighton vs Crystal Palace Prediction, 2/22/2021 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 2/15/2021

Game: Brighton vs Crystal Palace

Date: Monday, February 22, 2021

Location: The American Express Community Stadium in Brighton and Hove, Sussex

TV: NBCSN

Odds/Point Spread: Brighton (+110) Crystal Palace (+260)

Leandro Trossard and Brighton (5-11-8, 15th in the EPL) host Crystal Palace (8-5-11, 14th in the EPL) at The American Express Community Stadium on Monday. The goalkeepers protecting the net are Robert Sanchez for Brighton and Vicente Guaita for Crystal Palace. The moneyline on this game has Brighton priced at +110 and the Eagles are at +260. The total opens at 2.5.

Brighton took the field against Aston Villa in their most recent match and finished with a draw with a score of 0-0. When talking about passing the ball, they earned a 81.8% received passes percentage by completing 445 out of their 544 pass targets last contest. Brighton attempted 12 dribbles in this outing and converted 7 of those tries for a rate of 58.3%. Regarding shot accuracy, Brighton ended this match at a 34.6% rate by putting 9 shots on target of 26 total shots. Brighton sports an average of 1.00 goal per 90 (24 total goals) and have earned 15 assists in all matches for the year.

Leandro Trossard is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Brighton. He has 24 assists while earning 12 yellow card cautions so far in his career. Trossard has been in the starting lineup in 156 outings so far in his career and he tallies 0.38 G/90. The forward from Belgium has recorded 59 goals in 13,988 mins played. Another player who should impact this match is Neal Maupay, the forward who represents France. He has helped on a goal 20 times so far in his career while scoring 72 total goals. Maupay has been on the pitch for 14,614 minutes in 159 starting assignments and has been given 33 yellow card cautions. He scores 0.44 goals per 90 minutes during his career.

The man who will defend the goal for Brighton will be Robert Sanchez. Sanchez (11-12-16 mark in his career) has recorded 12 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 30.8% shutout rate. The goalkeeper hailing from Spain has had 173 shots attempted at him in 39 starts. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.4 (55 goals conceded) and his save percentage is 70.5. Sanchez has defended the goal for 3,510 minutes and has tallied 123 stops thus far in his career.

In their last game, Crystal Palace went home defeated by a final of 3-0 against Burnley. They wrapped up this match by converting 342 of the 428 passes they tried earning a percentage of 79.9%. Crystal Palace had a 60.0% successful dribble percentage by completing 9 out of the 15 dribbles they attempted. Crystal Palace had 3 shots tried out of the team's 13 shots tried which gave them a 23.1% clip when they last took the field. With a total of 25 goals and 18 assists in all their contests, Crystal Palace is averaging 1.04 goals and 0.75 assists per 90.

Eberechi Eze will be counted on for Crystal Palace. He scores 0.23 goals per 90 mins and has had a starting assignment in 124 games during his career. The forward from England has played 11,044 mins and has scored 28 goals. He has tallied 7 yellow card warnings in his pro soccer career and has helped on a goal 14 times. Be sure to keep an eye out for Andros Townsend, the forward representing England. He has scored 31 goals in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 33 different times. Townsend has been handed a total of 21 yellow card warnings in 21,964 mins played (250 starting assignments). His G/90 average during his career is 0.13.

Vicente Guaita will be residing in front of the goal for Crystal Palace. In his pro soccer career, Guaita has conceded 367 goals and has tallied 890 stops in 288 starting assignments. He has given up 1.26 goals per 90 minutes while holding a mark of 104-78-109. He is the owner of a save % of 71.2 and his shutout rate sits at 29.2%. Guaita has tallied 84 clean sheets while seeing 1,253 shots tried against him in 26,135 mins throughout his career.

Who will win tonight's EPL game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Crystal Palace (+260)

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