Crystal Palace vs Chelsea Prediction, 4/10/2021 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Parlay's Pundit - 4/6/2021

Game: Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

Date: Saturday, April 10, 2021

Location: Selhurst Park in London, England

TV: NBC

Odds/Point Spread: Crystal Palace (+650) Chelsea (-188)

Mason Mount and Chelsea (14-9-7, 4th in the EPL) travel to Selhurst Park on Saturday where they'll meet Crystal Palace (10-7-12, 12th in the EPL). The goalkeepers protecting the net are Vicente Guaita for Crystal Palace and Edouard Mendy for Chelsea. Crystal Palace are at +650 while the Pensioners are at -188. The total is set at 2.5.

Crystal Palace faced off with West Brom in their last game and took home the win by a score of 1-0. Crystal Palace attempted 20 dribbles in this matchup and successfully completed 11 of the tries for a rate of 55.0%. When discussing the passing game, they ended with a 71.3% passes received rate by converting 236 of the 331 pass attempts in their last outing. Concerning shot accuracy, Crystal Palace wrapped this game up at a 75.0% clip by landing 3 shots on target of 4 total shots. Crystal Palace has an average of 1.00 goal per 90 (29 goals in total) and have accumulated 21 assists in all competitions for the year.

Andros Townsend is a player who should be able to impact this match for Crystal Palace. Townsend has been a starter in 254 outings so far in his career and tallies 0.13 goals per 90 mins. The forward from England has totaled 31 goals in 22,305 minutes played. He has 34 assists while tallying 21 yellow card cautions in his career. Someone else who should impact this game is Wilfried Zaha, the forward hailing from Cote d'Ivoire. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 41 times during his pro soccer career while he has scored 58 goals. Zaha has played 28,375 mins in 314 starting assignments and has been given a total of 58 yellow card warnings. He currently averages 0.18 G/90 during his career.

The guy who will defend the goal for Crystal Palace will be Vicente Guaita. Guaita (106-80-110 mark in his professional soccer career) has accumulated 87 clean sheets, which has earned him a 29.7% clean sheet rate. The keeper hailing from Spain has faced 1,270 shots sent his way in 293 career starts. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.3 (372 total goals allowed) and he has a save percentage of 71.2. Guaita has been on the pitch for 26,585 mins and is sitting with 902 saves so far in his career.

For their last game, Chelsea took a loss by a score of 5-2 against West Brom. Chelsea finished with a 65.2% successful dribble rate by completing 15 of the 23 dribbles they tried. They wrapped up this match by completing 508 out of their 582 attempted passes for a rate of 87.3%. Chelsea had 7 shots tried out of their 18 shots tried earning them a 38.9% rate when they last took the field. With 44 goals and 29 assists for all their games, Chelsea averages 1.47 goals and 0.97 assists per 90 minutes.

Mason Mount will need to provide a lift for Chelsea. He is averaging 0.26 goals per 90 mins and has started 114 matches during his career. The midfielder hailing from England has totaled 10,346 minutes while he has scored 30 goals. He has totaled 12 yellow cards so far in his career and has helped on a goal 20 times. Be sure to keep an eye out for Timo Werner, the forward hailing from Germany. Werner has been handed a total of 12 yellow cards in 17,781 minutes (201 career starting assignments). His goals per 90 min average during his pro soccer career is 0.49. He has 97 goals during his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 42 times.

Edouard Mendy will be looking after the net for Chelsea. In his career, Mendy has given up 114 goals and has accounted for 323 stops in 129 starting assignments. He has allowed 0.88 goals per 90 mins while earning a record of 41-32-23. He has earned a save % of 76.8 and his clean sheet rate is 44.2%. Mendy has totaled 57 shutouts while defending 422 shots against him in 11,623 mins in his career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Chelsea (-188) and under 2.5 goals

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