Crystal Palace vs. Leeds Betting Tips: Tackles and throws angles for Premier League clash

Here are the best bets for this weekend’s clash between Leeds and Crystal Palace. It’s an unusual Sunday football schedule, with the games going on until late at night. This game kicks off the days action at 2pm, and it should be an entertaining one.

Leeds narrowly won this fixture 1-0 last season, and the game at Selhurst Park ended 0-0. This one should also be tightly contested. Just three points separate these sides in the league. Both of them are also four league matches without a win, so three points could prove to be vital for confidence.

Crystal Palace’s side features a number of players who like to dribble with the ball. Wilfried Zaha had the third most dribbles attempted in the Premier League last season. Only Saint-Maximin and Dennis attempted more. So far this season, Crystal Palace are averaging exactly 13 dribbles per game. This means they are the second most frequent dribblers in the league. This often leads to the opposition making tackles.

Leeds made a staggering 29 tackles the last time these teams met. In fact, Leeds have had at least 22 tackles in their games against Crystal Palace since returning to the Premier League. Palace’s opponents at Selhurst Park are averaging over 21 tackles per game so far this season. So the tackle angle appeals again here.

This fixture last season also saw a lot of throws. The home side had 31, while the visitors had 25. This was considerably above the league average of 39.6 throws per game for last season. I’m expecting this game to follow a similar trend. The pace that Palace have in the wide areas often leaves opposition full backs clamouring to make tackles close to the touchline. These inevitably lead to throws.

Leeds matches so far this season are averaging over 48 throws per match. Palace’s matches are averaging exactly 41 per match. Leeds’ three away matches so far have seen 45, 48 and 53 throws. Meaning the required mark for this bet has landed comfortably.

By using the Bet 365 bet builder, we can combine over 22.5 tackles for Leeds and over 41.5 throws in the match for a price of 1.83. Both of these angles landed with ease the last time these teams met.

For the longshot, I’m taking the angles from our first bet but increasing the lines. Over 49.5 throws in the match and over 26.5 tackles for the visitors greatly increases our odds. As previously mentioned, Leeds made 29 tackles in this fixture last season. There was also 56 throws. Both exceed the required mark for our longshot.

I’m also going to add over 11.5 shots for the home side. They had 17 shots the last time these sides met. Leeds’ opponents have hit 12 shots or more in 6 of their 7 matches so far this season; the only exception was Everton.

Palace have played Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea in their first 7 games. Excluding those matches against the so called ‘big six’ they have had 19, 13 and 17 shots. So 12 shots looks doable here.