Two teams with identical records in this season's Premier League will lock horns on Saturday afternoon as 14th-placed Crystal Palace welcome 13th-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers to Selhurst Park.
Palace will enter this weekend's contest off the back of a 3-2 home defeat to West Ham United on Tuesday, while Wolves held Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea to a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
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Palace are without a win in the Premier League since a 2-0 home success over Sheffield United at the start of the month, losing three of their last four matches in all competitions during a disappointing run.
Roy Hodgson's side managed to pick up a point at Arsenal on January 14 but have lost their last two to Manchester City and West Ham United, and a total of 23 points from 20 matches has left the Eagles down in 14th position in the table heading into the next set of matches.
Palace are 10 points clear of the bottom three but are now six points off the top half, and it is difficult to imagine the capital side pushing for a top-10 finish this term due to their inconsistency.
Hodgson's team have actually only won three of their 10 home league matches this season, while they have lost each of their last three matches with Wolves in all competitions, including a 1-0 defeat when the two teams locked horns in the FA Cup earlier this month.
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Wolves, meanwhile, will enter this weekend's contest off the back of a goalless draw with Chelsea in Tuchel's first game in charge of the Blues.
The former Championship club actually had the best chance of the match at Stamford Bridge, but Pedro Neto scooped his effort just over Edouard Mendy's goal, and a strong defensive performance saw Nuno Espirito Santo's side claim a welcome point for their troubles.
Wolves have finished seventh in each of the last two seasons at this level since earning promotion, but the indications thus far are that the club will struggle to claim a similar spot this term.
Nuno's side have an identical record to Palace this term, winning six, drawing five and losing nine of their 20 matches, which has left them in 13th spot in the table, one position above their opponents here.
Wolves are currently 10 points behind seventh-placed Everton, while they are without a win in the league since December 15, losing four of their last seven during a disappointing run of form.
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Palace will again be without the services of Connor Wickham, Jeffrey Schlupp, Mamadou Sakho, Wayne Hennessey, Nathan Ferguson and James Tomkins this weekend through injury.
New signing Jean-Philippe Mateta is in contention to make his debut against Wolves, with the 23-year-old's visa issues now resolved, but it seems likely that the attacker will start on the bench.
As a result, Christian Benteke should continue alongside Wilfred Zaha in the final third of the field, while Andros Townsend is expected to keep out Jordan Ayew to feature in a wide position once again.
As for Wolves, Fernando Marcal, Raul Jimenez and Jonny Castro remain unavailable for selection through injury, while Rayan Ait-Nouri is a doubt with the issue that he picked up against Chelsea.
Nuno is expected to keep faith with the majority of the side that picked up a point at Stamford Bridge, but there might be a change in the final third of the field with new signing Willian Jose potentially coming in for Adama Traore, who is still waiting for his first league goal of the season.
Ait-Nouri's likely absence could see Ki-Jana Hoever feature as a wing-back, while Daniel Podence is again expected to act as a link between the midfield and front two.
Crystal Palace possible starting lineup:
Guaita; Ward, Kouyate, Cahill, Mitchell; Townsend, McArthur, Milivojevic, Eze; Benteke, Zaha
Wolverhampton Wanderers possible starting lineup:
Patricio; Boly, Coady, Kilman; Semedo, Dendoncker, Neves, Hoever; Podence; Neto, Willian Jose
We say: Crystal Palace 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Both sides will be desperate to return to winning ways following disappointing runs, but we are struggling to see past a draw in this match. The two teams played out a 1-1 draw in the corresponding game at Selhurst Park last season, and we are predicting the same outcome on Saturday afternoon.
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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 Wolverhampton Wanderers win with a probability of 38.79%. A win for Crystal Palace had a probability of 31.67% and a draw had a probability of 29.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Wolverhampton Wanderers win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.43%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (7.65%) and 1-2 (7.64%). The likeliest Crystal Palace win was 1-0 (11.78%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.41%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with an 11.8% likelihood.
