Burnley vs Crystal Palace Prediction, 11/20/2021 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 11/17/2021

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Game: Burnley vs Crystal Palace

Date: Saturday, November 20, 2021

Location: Turf Moor in Lancashire, England

TV: Peacock Premium

Odds/Point Spread: Burnley (+146) Crystal Palace (+210)

Turf Moor is the venue where Ashley Barnes and Burnley (1-5-5, 18th in the EPL) will play Crystal Palace (3-6-2, 10th in the EPL) on Saturday. The goaltenders who are expected to start will be Nick Pope for Burnley and Vicente Guaita for Crystal Palace. The line on this contest has Burnley priced at +146 and the Eagles are at +210. The O/U opens at 2.25.

Burnley played Chelsea in their last matchup and finished with a draw with a score of 1-1. Burnley attempted 4 dribbles in this match and were successful in 1 of the tries for a rate of 25.0%. When discussing the passing game, they finished this match with a 69.6% passes received rate by converting 218 out of their 313 targeted passes last match.

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Concerning shot accuracy, Burnley wrapped this game up at a 40.0% clip by putting 2 SoT out of 5 total shots. Burnley is averaging 0.91 goals per 90 (10 goals in total) and have accounted for 9 assists In all contests this year.

Ashley Barnes is one guy you are going to want to keep your eye on for Burnley. He has 22 assists while tallying 72 yellow cards during his pro soccer career. Barnes has had a starting assignment in 290 contests during his soccer career while scoring 0.34 G/90. The forward hailing from England has 98 goals scored in 26,108 minutes played.

One more player who should impact this match is Chris Wood, the forward hailing from New Zealand. He has helped on a goal 35 times so far in his pro soccer career and he has scored 135 total goals. Wood has been on the field for 26,739 minutes in 302 starting assignments and has been handed a total of 10 yellow card cautions. He sports an average of 0.45 goals per 90 mins so far in his pro soccer career.

The man protecting the net for Burnley is Nick Pope. Pope has seen the pitch for 18,459 minutes and is sitting with 647 stops during his soccer career. His GA/90 is 1.1 (223 goals allowed) and his save percentage is 75.3. The keeper hailing from England has seen 862 shots tried against him in 204 starts. Pope (74-63-68 mark in his professional soccer career) has accumulated 78 shutouts, which has earned him a 38.2% clean sheet percentage.

When they last took the field, Crystal Palace went home victorious with a score of 2-0 against Wolverhampton. Crystal Palace finished with a 62.5% successful dribble rate by completing 10 out of the 16 dribbles they tried. They wrapped up this outing by completing 488 out of their 549 passing tries for a percentage of 88.9%. Crystal Palace landed 6 shots attempted out of their 13 shots attempted which had them sitting at a 46.2% clip when they last took the field. Having a total of 15 goals and 9 assists in all their matches, Crystal Palace averages 1.36 goals and 0.82 assists per 90 min.

Christian Benteke will be someone to watch for Crystal Palace. The forward born in Belgium has been on the pitch for 26,480 mins while scoring 127 goals. He has accounted for 47 yellow cards during his soccer career and has helped on a goal 36 times. He currently averages 0.43 goals per 90 mins and has started 287 matches so far in his career. You should also watch out for Wilfried Zaha, the forward who is from Cote d'Ivoire. Zaha has been handed a total of 61 yellow cards in 30,019 mins played (332 career starting assignments). His goals per 90 average during his pro soccer career is 0.19. He has accounted for 64 goals during his career while helping a teammate on a goal 42 different times.

Vicente Guaita will reside in front of the net for Crystal Palace. Guaita has racked up 92 clean sheets and has defended 1,355 shots against him in 28,295 career mins. He holds a save percentage of 70.7 and his clean sheet rate is currently 29.5%. He has surrendered 1.28 goals per 90 mins and he has a record of 110-87-118. During his professional soccer career, Guaita has allowed 403 goals while tallying 954 stops in 312 starts.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Burnley (+146)

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