Crystal Palace vs Brentford Prediction: Eagles to edge it

 Crystal Palace, without a win in their last three Premier League games, host Brentford, who have won their last two in the competition, at Selhurst Park on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

Below are my Crystal Palace vs Brentford predictions, supported by all the latest team news and match odds.

Team News

Cheick Doucoure, Chadi Riad (both knee), Eddie Nketiah (muscle), Adam Wharton (illness) and Caleb Kporha (back) are definitely sidelined for Crystal Palace, but Chris Richards, who sat out Wednesday's 3-0 Carabao Cup victory over Liverpool at Anfield, is available for Oliver Glasner's side.

Football Odds

As for Brentford, Benjamin Arthur (leg), Antoni Milambo and Josh Dasilva (both knee) miss out, but Yegor Yarmoliuk (hip) and Aaron Hickey (knee) are back fit.

Jordan Henderson is available after being rested in Tuesday's 5-0 Carabao Cup win at Grimsby Town.

Crystal Palace vs Brentford Odds

Palace are 19/20 to claim all three points on Saturday, implying a 51.3% probability of success, while Brentford are 11/4, or a 26.7% chance, to triumph on their travels, with the draw priced at 11/4, too.

Total Shots Over/Under +26.5 - Under 26.5 @ 5/6

Brentford's back-to-back victories over West Ham United and Liverpool produced 29 and 35 shots, respectively, but their first seven Premier League games this season saw the under 26.5 line land.

As for Palace, under 26.5 shots has landed in five of their nine, with four seeing 20 or fewer recorded.

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In last season's corresponding fixture, Brentford took 12 shots, four fewer than Palace, bringing up 28 in total, but the Bees have only recorded more than 10 in one away game this season, at a hapless West Ham on October 20.

Match Result & Total Goals Over/Under 3.5 - Crystal Palace & Under 3.5 @ 7/4

Let's start with the first half of this bet, Palace to win.

I know that the Eagles have failed to win any of their last three Premier League matches, losing 2-1 at Everton and 1-0 at Arsenal, either side of a 3-3 draw at home to AFC Bournemouth, but they stopped the rot in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday, beating an admittedly understrength Liverpool side 3-0 at Anfield.

Brentford are feeling good about themselves right now after three straight wins in all competitions, but they had lost their first three Premier League away games this season, at Nottingham Forest (3-1), Sunderland (2-1) and Fulham (3-1), before beating West Ham at London Stadium on October 20.

Palace should offer much more resistance at Selhurst Park, where they are undefeated in the league this term (W1, D3).

Moving on to under 3.5 goals, it has been a winner in 89% (eight) of Palace's nine league games this season, only failing to land in their 3-3 draw with Bournemouth.

Brentford may be at the other end of the scale, with only 44% (four) of their league matches seeing three or fewer goals, but that figure rises to 50% away from home, landing in two of their last three on the road.

Last season, both head-to-heads produced exactly three goals, with the Bees winning both 2-1.

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