Pre Match report for the Crystal Palace game - Sunday, 8th February 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Brighton V Palace - 8/2/26 P25
Palace manager: Oliver Glasner
OG has so far struggled to raise the Eagles game and is at loggerheads with ownership.
W7 D8 L9 . F25 A29 GD-4 . Pt29 Po15 = 1.20pt/gm . W = 29.1% L = 37.5%
Palace latest: dld lld
Eu Conf Lg: (H) AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Larnaca 0-1 K Kuopio 2-2, (A) D Kyviv 0-2 Strasbourg 2-1 Shelboune 0-3
W3 D1 L2 Pt10 Po10 . . Fredrikstad 1-0 (H) 0-0 (A) p-o
EFL Cup: Arsenal 8pen7 1-1 (A) q-f, Liverpool 0-3 (A) R4, Millwall 4pen2 1-1 (H) R3
FA Cup: Macclesfield 2-1 (A) R3
situation synopsis: dropped down the table and now in bottom six.
start: W4 D4 L2 . F14 A9 GD5 . Pt16 Po9 = 1.60pt/gm . W = 40% L = 20%
halfway: W7 D6 L6 . F22 A21 GD1 . Pt26 Po10 = 1.36pt/gm . W = 36.8% L = 31.5%
run in: Leeds (H), Man C (A), Newcastle (H), West Ham (H),
Liverpool (A), Bournemouth (A), Everton (H), Brentford (A), Arsenal (H)
forecast @ 6/2/26: 29 + (1.20 x 14) = 50 points and mid div
INS: January window - B Johnson (Spurs 35m), J Strand Larsen (Wolves 48m), E Guessand (Villa loan)
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Palace away: versus Albion 0-0 3-1 0-1 1-2 1-1 1-0 4-1 1-3 . W3 D2 L3 . F9 A11 . W = 37.5%
Palace 25/26 away: W5 D2 L5 . F14 A14 GD0 = 1.41pt/gm or 58.6% of total points.
next six: Man U Spurs Man C Liverpool Bournemouth Brentford
reverse sequence: dll lww wll wwd - points gained = 47.2% lost = 52.7%
Forest 1-1: (1-1) 5-45 33%-67% on 1-3, off 8-11, c 5-7, f 4-12, y 1-3, r 1-0 s 4-1 4231-3421
Sland 2-1: (1-1) 33,71-30 57%-43% on 7-2, off 6-4, c 3-4, f 8-15, y 3-3, s 2-0 4231-3421
Nctle 2-0: (0-0) 71,78 59%-41% on 7-1, off 5-10, c 8-6, f 6-12, y 1-3, s 5-6 433-3421
Leeds 4-1: (2-0) 38101-92 53%-47% on 8-3, off 12-6, c 9-5, f 5-10, y 1-3, s 5-5 352-3421
Fham 1-2: (1-1) 38-2087 63%-37% on 4-5, off 8-6, c 6-4, f 6-8, y 0-0, s 5-4 4231-3421
Bnley 0-1: (0-1) 44 58%-42% on 4-3, off 7-0, c 3-4, f 9-8, y 0-0, s 5-5 442-3421
Wolvs 0-2: (0-0) 63,69 48%-52% on 1-4, off 7-6, c 1-4, f 13-9, y 2-3, s 4-5 532-343
Arnal 1-0: (1-0) 39 60%-40% on 3-1, off 7-6, c 4-3, f 6-11, y 0-0, s 5-5 433-3421
Evton 2-1: (0-1) 76,93-37 50%-50% on 7-8, off 7-7, c 2-4, f 13-16, y 2-3, s 4-4 4231-3421
W Hm 1-2: (0-1) 49-37,68 57%-43% on 3-3, off 5-15, c 8-8, f 15-5, y 3-3, s 3-3 433-3421
Villa 0-3: (0-1) 21>78 58%-42% on 4-4, off 9-2, c 10-1, 7-14, y 2-3, s 5-4 4231-3421
Chsea 0-0: (0-0) 0 71%-29% on 3-4, off 16-7, c 11-2, f 10-12, y 2-3, s 4-2 4231-3421
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Palace from 11/12: 17 5 C, 11 10 15 14 11 12 14 14 12 11 10 12 15 @ 6/2/26
top ten: 15 24 . bottom six: 16
Prem points: - - 45 48 42 41 44 49 43 44 48 45 49 53 29
recent managers: Roy Hodgson (23-24), Patrick Vieira (21-23), Roy Hodgson (17-21),
Frank de Boer (2017), Sam Allardyce (16-17), Alan Pardew (15-16), Neil Warnock (2014),
Tony Pulis (2014), Ian Holloway (12-14), Doogie Freedman (11-12)
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