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Swansea v Crystal Palace Odds: Scott Sinclair favourite in the betting to be first goalscorer

High flying Swansea host lowly Crystal Palace in the lunch time Championship kick-off on Saturday and the home side are odds on to record another win at the Liberty Stadium. Victor Chandler offer Swansea at odds of 4/7, while Crystal Palace are an industry best priced 6/1 to record an likely away win in Dougie Freedman's first match in charge, with the draw coming in at an industry best of 3/1.

Brendan Rodger's Swansea are sitting in fourth in the Championship at the moment, level on points with bitter rivals Cardiff in second. Their game for much of the season has been based on not conceding goals and earning wins, much like Rodger's mentor Jose Mourinho did at Chelsea. They boast a hugely impressive record at home, like Mourinho, and are second in the table in terms of home results with eight wins, three draws and only two losses.

In 26 matches they have scored 31 and conceded 25, which highlights how so many of their games are won by tight margins. They have kept nine clean sheets at home and another clean sheet on Saturday is well backed at 3/4 with VictorChandler.com, while only three games at the Liberty Stadium have witnessed over 2.5 goals. Swansea rely heavily on former Chelsea starlet Scott Sinclair for goals and he has notched nine already and is odds on 18/5 favourite with VC bet to score first on Saturday. Furthermore, they have lost three of their last five matches but importantly won the two of those matches that were at home.

Crystal Palace meanwhile are languishing in 22nd place and having scored only 26 goals this season they may struggle to get past a mean Swansea defence. Under 1.5 goals in the match can be backed at odds of 12/5 which is worth a look and the 1-0 scoreline to Swansea is currently at industry best priced odds of 6/1 with VCBet, with the 2-0 at 5/1. Following the appointment of Dougie Freedman as Palace manager last week, there will be a hope that he can reverse their flagging fortunes but he has his work cut out as Swansea won 3-0 the last time these sides met at Selhurst Park in October.

In fact Palace have the worst away record in the league with a solitary win and have only one clean sheet all season. They have failed to win in their last seven away from Selhurst Park and are in their last six matches they have lost three - all away from home. Former Premier League man Darren Ambrose continues to pop up with goals from midfield and can be backed to score anytime at odds of 23/10 as he looks to add to his tally of four.

All the signs appear to point to a home win this weekend and Swansea will be confident they can continue their push for promotion to the Premier League. A scorecast of Scott Sinclair to score first and Swansea to win 1-0 can be backed at odds of 33/1 with VCBet and that could be well worth a look.

Swansea v Crystal Palace Form

Check the season's statistics for both Swansea and Crystal Palace plus the odds ahead of Saturday's match.

Swansea Stats | Crystal Palace Stats

Swansea v Crystal Palace Tips

Tip #1: Under 1.5 goals in the match @ 12/5 with VictorChandler.com
Tip #2: Scorecast of Scott Sinclair to score first and Swansea to win 1-0 @ 33/1 with VictorChandler.com
Tip #3: Swansea to win 1-0 @ 6/1 with VictorChandler.com

Swansea v Crystal Palace Odds

Match Betting

4/7 Swansea
3/1 Draw
6/1 Crystal Palace

Correct Score Odds

6/1 Swansea 1-0
13/2 Swansea 2-1
5/1 Swansea 2-0
9/1 Draw 0-0
6/1 Draw 1-1
14/1 Draw 2-2
11/1 Crystal Palace 1-0
20/1 Crystal Palace 2-1
33/1 Crystal Palace 2-0

First Goalscorer Odds

18/5 Scott Sinclair
19/4 Luke Moore
11/2 Jermaine Easter
11/2 Craig Beattie
6/1 Stephen Dobbie
7/1 Steffen Iversen
8/1 David Cotterill
9/1 Darren Pratley
9/1 No Goalscorer
10/1 Cedric Van Der Gun
10/1 Darren Ambrose

Odds supplied by VictorChandler.com, with many other markets on this Championship match, including live betting in-running.

Posted: Thursday, 13th January 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: english championship, swansea, crystal palace, scott sinclair, victor chandler,

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