A bottom-half Premier League clash takes place at Selhurst Park on Wednesday night as Crystal Palace play host to Bournemouth.
While the Eagles currently sit 12th in the top-flight standings with 16 points from 14 matches, the Cherries are three points and four places further back in 16th spot.
Nevertheless, the Eagles avoided a third consecutive defeat when they rescued a point in a 1-1 draw at West Ham United last weekend, with Odsonne Edouard scoring his seventh goal of the season to cancel out an early opener from Mohammed Kudus.
Sitting mid-table and nine points clear of the bottom three, Roy Hodgson's side currently have no fears of a possible relegation scrap, but that could soon change if they fail to grind out positive results in the coming weeks, with Wednesday's clash against Bournemouth followed by a challenging run of six fixtures against teams all currently above the Eagles in the table.
Palace are preparing for a return to Selhurst Park where they have won only four of their 18 matches in 2023, claiming maximum points in just one of their first six home league games this season. The Eagles have also come out in top in just one of their previous 15 top-flight fixtures played on a Wednesday, which does not bode well ahead of their latest encounter with Andoni Iraola's side.
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