Wilfried
Zaha played a crucial role in rescuing a point for Crystal Palace
this weekend in their premier league match up against West Ham. At half time Roy Hodgson's side were 2-0 down in what was
fast looking to be yet another disappointment for the beleaguered
London side. An impressive second half comeback saw Milivojevic score 50
minutes in though and Zaha clinched the draw with a last gasp 96th
minute effort. In what could be seen as a touch of good fortune during a dire start to the season, it's surely left many punters
seeing Palace's chances of staying up this year as something that's still very
much in the balance.
Current
odds with most major bookmakers have Crystal Palace at around even
money to be relegated and so this pretty much confirms that their chances of staying
up are something of a coin toss. The West Ham
comeback coupled with their surprise win at Chelsea has created an
air of optimism in some quarters. It's in stark contrast to their shockingly
bad, 'record breaking' (in a bad way – 731 minutes without scoring!)
performance of early season, and may signal better things for the
under siege team.
In
the bigger picture, it's still early days and with several teams
struggling to truly get into gear (Bournemouth, Everton, Swansea,
Westham Leicester... the list goes on) a couple more wins in their
upcoming fixtures would likely see their relegation odds shorten
considerably. Personally, if you're in the 'staying up' camp I would hold off placing a bet until after the Tottenham
game as Palace are really up aganst it there. Their next fixtures are
Everton, Stoke, Brighton, West Brom and Bournemouth , none of whom
are flourishing so far this season, and all of whom are beatable.
It's a period that signals a real opportunity for Palace to show the
best of what they're capable of rather than the worst.
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