Premier League: First of Matchday 26 during the first ever winter break
The Eagles hover six points above the drop on 30 points. They sit in a worrying 14th place, with 7 wins, 9 draws, and 9 losses.
Crystal Palace’s points shared must turn into victories. Roy Hodgson’s men are winless in the last six EPL outings. Strangely, they’ve collected four points in this time with a quadruple of draws. It’s amazing how they’ve stayed afloat of the drop spots for the entire season.
However, because of other teams doing a lot worse than the Eagles, they have been flying under the relegation radar. Even a loss here still doesn’t see them lose their spot to another team below.
Safe for one game but the loss allows the others to close them down and they will be a point away from being demoted out of mid-table.
The worry continues for Roy, the man who had a better start to the season compared to what this final bend is looking like for him. They have only won one game from their last 10 games.
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Three hours apart. A day and a night fixture happening on a quiet weekend. One of two for the day, and two of four for the weekend in Matchday 26 of the Premier League.