Crawley will play host to Crystal Palace in a pre-season friendly for a third successive year on Friday night at Broadfield Stadium. Both teams have already got their pre-season preparations underway as the start of the new 2025/26 campaign draws ever nearer.
Interestingly, both sides also won by a 1-0 scoreline in their respective pre-season friendlies last time out. Indeed, Crawley managed to beat Portsmouth, while Palace beat fellow London-based team Millwall, and both will be hoping for another good performance and potentially a victory here.
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Crawley vs Crystal Palace prediction: Eagles to soar to victory?
Key stats
- Crawley have lost the previous two pre-season friendlies to Palace, conceding a total of 10 goals.
- Palace have won four of their last five games in all competitions stretching back to last season.
- Palace are unbeaten in nine matches in total across all competitions.
Correct score prediction: Crawley 1-5 Crystal Palace
Being an established Premier League side, Palace should have far too much for Crawley. However, the League Two team have at least scored in each of their previous five pre-season friendlies, so could still give the Eagles something to think about in front of goal.
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Most recent H2Hs: Palace plotting three in a row
As mentioned before, Palace are looking to secure a third straight victory in pre-season against Crawley, having scored a total of 10 goals across their previous two outings. Looking further back, the Eagles have actually won three of the previous five meetings, with Crawley winning one and there being on draw.
Elite Club Friendlies 27/07/24
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Elite Club Friendlies 19/07/23
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Crawley preview: No fresh concerns
Crawley have no fresh injury concerns to report heading into this clash with Palace. Therefore, we are expecting the hosts to field a fairly strong XI, while there could also be a number of trialists integrated into the squad as there have been in the previous pre-season friendlies.
Predicted lineup: Davies (GK), Barker, Anderson, Roles, McKirdy, Flower, Radcliffe, Adeyemo, Papadopoulos, Watson & Tshimanga
England League 1 03/05/25
W
Shrewsbury
1
Crawley Town
2
England League 1 26/04/25
W
Northampton
0
Crawley Town
3
England League 1 21/04/25
W
Exeter
1
Crawley Town
3
England League 1 18/04/25
D
Birmingham
0
Crawley Town
0
England League 1 12/04/25
L
Leyton Orient
3
Crawley Town
1
Crystal Palace preview: Eze could start
Palace will be without the duo of Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure for this match with injury. The likes of Dean Henderson, Daichi Kamada and Eberechi Eze could all make a return to the starting XI after extended spells out of the squad during pre-season, while new summer signing Borna Sosa is also pushing for another appearance in the Eagles shirt after deputising against Millwall last time out.
Predicted lineup: Henderson (GK), Mitchell, Clyne, Lacroix, Guehi, Sosa, Wharton, Hughes, Kamada, Eze & Mateta
England Premier League 11/05/25
W
Tottenham
0
Crystal Palace
2
England Premier League 05/05/25
D
Nottm Forest
1
Crystal Palace
1
England FA Cup 26/04/25
W
Aston Villa
0
Crystal Palace
3
England Premier League 23/04/25
D
Arsenal
2
Crystal Palace
2
England Premier League 19/04/25
D
Bournemouth
0
Crystal Palace
0
Player to watch: Eberechi Eze
Eberechi Eze has returned to Crystal Palace after an extended break away from the squad, and has since looked very sharp in training with the Eagles posting videos of him on their respective social media channels. The England international midfielder could make a first appearance in pre-season against Crawley, and his extra class should cause them a lot of problems.