Crawley have performed well in their opening pre-season fixtures, while Palace failed to beat League One opposition in their opening friendly, but the visitors boast a much stronger squad than the Red Devils, and we expect Glasner's men to win this one.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Crawley Town win with a probability of 45.22%. A win for Crystal Palace had a probability of 30.34% and a draw had a probability of 24.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Crawley Town win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.23%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.95%) and 2-0 (7.22%). The likeliest Crystal Palace win was 1-2 (7.32%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.44%). The actual scoreline of 3-6 was predicted with a 0% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Crystal Palace would win this match.
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