Crystal Palace Vs Manchester United – FA Cup Betting Final
The red devils ended their 2015/16 season with a smile as they trashed AFC Bournemouth 3-1 in front of their home fans. They now hope to repeat the performance at Wembley Stadium on Saturday to clinch their first title after the reign of Alex Ferguson, an hope that could help FA Cup betting fans cash-in big over the weekend.
Their opponents Crystal Palace will be hoping to beat all odds and defeat Manchester United. Having ended the season on a negative note with a 4-1 defeat to Southampton and a 15th position with 42 points in the English Premier League standings, they will be desperate for a win here to guarantee a Europa league spot next season.
Football Betting Facts
- Manchester United failed to make the top spot after their losing to West Ham, but their win over Bournemouth on Tuesday night guaranteed their Europa League spot as they finished 5th position.
- Manchester United and Tottenham conceded the least goals (35) in this season’s premier league. However, they have a poor scoring form compared to other top teams, with a tally of 49 goals. In FA Cup, Manchester United have won 5 of their last 6 Matches and drawn 1.
- Crystal Palace were lucky to have started the season in fine style, which kept them off relegation zone despite their poor ending. Crystal Palace lost almost half of their games this season, they lost 18 games, and their last 6 games was nothing to write home about as they lost 3 drew 2 and won 1.
- In FA Cup, Crystal Palace have won all of their 5 matches this season and kept a clean sheet in three of them.
- Manchester United haven’t lost any of their last 5 games against Crystal Palace (W4 D1)
- Manchester United have kept an astonishing 4 clean sheets during the 5 game run.20
- Crystal Palace have only managed to score 1 goal in their last 5 games against Manchester United.
- The most recent game between both teams ended in a 2-0 win for Man Utd
Looking at the head to head statistics in FA Cup betting history, the game unanimously goes to Manchester United, making them huge favourites in the game. Also considering the team spirit in their last few league games, one would conclude the team is in for a kill.
Crystal Palace on the other hand will be desperate to restore some pride and witnessing their good work in the first half of the season fall to tatters since the beginning of 2016. There were similar stories in FA Cup betting competition before, just like in the last season where Aston Villa managed to defeat the odds and made the finals, eventually losing out to Arsenal.
We predict a win for Manchester United, but Crystal Palace are expected to make things hard for their opponents;
FA Cup Predictions:
Back Manchester United to win @ 1.75 Bet Both Teams to Score @ 2.10