We said: Crystal Palace 1-1 Burnley
Confidence could hardly be higher in the Burnley camp right now, but facing a Palace side with all the attacking options at Vieira's disposal will be a much more difficult test of their defensive mettle.
Palace will be desperate to give their fans something to cheer after three successive home defeats and had no trouble breaching Watford's formerly solid backline, but we still expect an inspired Burnley to take a point back to Lancashire.
Read more.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 Crystal Palace win with a probability of 51.29%. A draw had a probability of 25.1% and a win for Burnley had a probability of 23.58%.
The most likely scoreline for a Crystal Palace win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.06%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.58%) and 2-1 (9.48%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.93%), while for a Burnley win it was 0-1 (7.52%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with an 11.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-1 draw for this match.
