Zrinjski vs Crystal Palace Prediction: Eagles can stamp their mark

Crystal Palace will look to inject some life into their floundering season in the Conference League, as they travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina to take on Zrinjski Mostar on Thursday (17:45 GMT, TNT Sports 3). 

Oliver Glasner’s time as Palace manager is coming to an end, but he would love to leave them with another trophy, following their FA Cup success last term. Below you can find my Zrinjski vs Crystal Palace predictions.

Team News

Dan Lagumdzija, Tomi Juric, Toni Majic, Adi Nalic and Tin Sajko have all been added to Zrinjski’s Conference League squad for the knockout stages, and Neven Durasek is now also available for selection have served a one-match suspension. 

He should start in midfield along with striker Nemanja Bilbija, who has scored 15 goals in all competitions so far this season. However, the hosts may be weakened slightly after a difficult winter window saw key men Ilija Masic and Vitalie Damascan both leave the club, as well as Jakov Pranjic and Darko Velkovski. 

Glasner will be without Jean-Philippe Mateta for this trip due to injury, while Eddie Nketiah and Cheick Doucoure are also absent. A trio of January arrivals, Brennan Johnson, Evann Guessand and Jorgen Strand Larsen, have all been added to the squad and could feature here. 

Will Hughes, Borna Sosa and Yeremy Pino will hope to earn starts for this tie that Palace are heavy favourites to win. 

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Zrinjski vs Crystal Palace Odds

Zrinjski are the massive underdogs for this one, priced at 17/2 to take the win, while Palace are the 1/3 favourites. A draw is priced at 4/1, over 2.5 goals is 4/5 and BTTS is 11/10.

Strand Larsen is the best price to score first at 3/1.

Crystal Palace to win to nil @ 1/1

Crystal Palace looked to have turned a corner with the win over Brighton and Hove Albion, but Glasner’s men followed it up with a disappointing home defeat to Burnley. It seems as though they are cruising to the end of the season before a rebuild, but I do expect them to give things a good go in Europe. The level between these two teams should be fairly apparent, even if Palace make changes. Zrinjski scraped through the group phase with just seven points from six games, winning only twice. 

They failed to score in three of those matches, and given only one of their last seven outings have seen both teams score, I think Palace should be good to get a win and a clean sheet in the process. 

Jorgen Strand Larsen to score anytime @ 1/1

Not the sexiest price going, but I do think Strand Larsen is worth backing for a goal here. He got up and running with a brace against Burnley in that 3-2 defeat and I think he can keep up his form in front of goal. 

Larsen has arrived with a big price tag hanging around his neck, but I think he is now ready to deliver a decent return for the Eagles. Could find the net on Thursday. 

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