Crystal Palace roundup: Eagles eye home response against Ipswich

Where Palace stand

According to the Premier League table, Crystal Palace sit 13th after the first three matches of the season, with three points from one win and two defeats. Four goals scored and eight conceded leave a goal difference of -4, and the form guide reads WLL — two straight losses since an opening-day victory.

The table shows Palace level on points with 14th-placed Ipswich Town, Saturday's visitors to Selhurst Park, and one better off than AFC Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest. Manchester City and Arsenal share the summit on nine points, while Fulham and Coventry City prop up the division on zero.

How the season has unfolded

• Fulham 2-3 Crystal Palace — Palace opened the campaign with a win away at Fulham, who have lost all three of their matches so far.
• Crystal Palace 1-4 Manchester City — the Eagles then came unstuck at home against the current league leaders.
• Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace — defeat at an Everton side now sitting eighth made it back-to-back losses last time out.

The scoring charts

FanTribe's scoring data shows T. Mitchell leading the way for Palace with two goals, with B. Chilwell next on one — between them accounting for three of the club's four goals so far this season.

Next up: Ipswich at Selhurst Park

There is nothing between the sides on paper: according to the Premier League table, both Palace and Ipswich have one win, two defeats, four goals scored and eight conceded. Ipswich arrive, though, off the back of a first win of the season.

Palace host them at Selhurst Park on Saturday, 12 September (kick-off 14:00 UTC). The bookmaker odds make Palace favourites at 1.87, with the draw at 3.68 and an Ipswich win at 4.00 — prices which, on a bookmaker-derived basis, imply roughly a 50% chance of a home victory, 26% for the draw and 24% for the away side.

“Crystal Palace are favourites at 1.87 (50% implied)” — FanTribe's market verdict

For FanTribe predictors, the points on offer are 37 for a Palace win, 74 for a draw and 80 for an Ipswich away win — the largest single return available in this fixture.

Then: Leeds at Elland Road

The following weekend brings a trip to Leeds United, ninth on five points, at Elland Road on Sunday, 20 September. The bookmakers make Leeds favourites at 2.18, a 44% implied probability, with Palace at 3.32 (29%) and the draw at 3.47 (27%). The FanTribe points on offer there: 44 for a Leeds win, 69 for the draw and 66 for a Palace away victory.

The FanTribe fan tracker

FanTribe's fan data for the club currently shows no registered Crystal Palace fans on the platform. Eagles supporters can change that — and start collecting prediction points — by joining before the Ipswich game.