I keep waiting for Wolves to pick themselves up under manager Nuno, because there is no logical explanation to their poor run in the 2020/21 campaign. Their squad has only become stronger, on paper; there are no financial issues to deal with; their gameplay and style was so efficient in the previous seasons and had them close to Champions League zone at times. With half of the way gone now in 2020/21 EPL season, Wolves keep beating around the 2nd half of the table, showing great problems at the offensive end. The backline hasn't been that solid either.

I am not insisting, that the game vs. Crystal Palace is necessarily going to be the turning point of this campaign for Wolves, but there are enough reasons to remain optimistic about their chances. The absence of leading striker Raul Jimenez has hit the team hard and now comes the new signing Willian Jose from Real Sociedad. He is a comparable player to Jimenez in terms of style and stature, so he could hit the run ground running straight away and adapt smoothly to EPL. There are no other squad concerns for visitors ahead of the Saturday game. They will look to pick up on the 0-0 midweek draw against Chelsea, where Tuchel's new team had barely created a scoring chance all game, despite having close to 80% of the ball.

Crystal Palace is one of the oddest teams in the competition for their inconsistency and occasional "black-outs". I do not rate their highly respected manager 73 year old Roy Hodgson and constantly feel, that he has little control over the dressing room and some of his bigger stars like Wilfried Zaha or Jordan Ayew. We all know how difficult some of the African footballers are in terms of management, so as a result Crystal Palace mix bright displays with absolutely dreadful ones. And recent performances do suggest, that Palace is going through another period of "denial". They've conceded 7 goals in the last 2 rounds, including 3 vs. West-Ham in midweek, where the opponent was superior throughout. There's only 1 win for Palace through the course of last 5 EPL rounds - against bottom of the league Sheffield.

With Palace injury list traditionally packed and their form leaving many questions, I feel, that the more disciplined and "manageable" team like Wolves is going to be closer to 3 points in this encounter.

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我一直在等待野狼队在主教练努诺的带领下东山再起，因为他们在2020/21赛季表现不佳，没有任何合理的解释。他们的阵容只是在纸面上变得更加强大;不需要处理财务问题;他们的玩法和风格在前几个赛季是如此高效，有时他们接近欧冠区域。在2020/21赛季已经过去了一半的时间，狼队在下半场依然保持不败，在进攻端表现出了很大的问题。后防线也没有那么稳固。

我并不是说，对水晶宫的比赛一定会成为狼队竞选的转折点，但有足够的理由对他们的机会保持乐观。主力前锋劳尔·希门尼斯的缺席给球队带来了沉重的打击，现在又来了来自皇家社会的新签下的威廉·何塞。他在风格和地位上可以和希门尼斯相媲美，所以他可以直接跑到跑道上，顺利地适应英超。在周六的比赛之前，没有其他球队担心客队。他们将在周中0-0战平切尔西的比赛中寻找机会，在那场比赛中，图切尔的新球队几乎没有创造一个进球机会，尽管他们有接近80%的控球率。

水晶宫是比赛中最奇怪的队伍之一，因为他们的前后不一致和偶尔的“停电”。我不看好他们备受尊敬的主教练，73岁的罗伊·霍奇森，他总是觉得，他对更衣室和他的一些大明星，如威尔弗里德·扎哈或乔丹·阿尤的控制很少。我们都知道一些非洲足球运动员在管理方面是多么困难，因此水晶宫将明亮的场面与绝对糟糕的场面混合在一起。最近的表演确实表明，这座宫殿正在经历另一段“否认”时期。在过去的两轮比赛中他们已经丢了7个球，包括周中对西汉姆的3个球，对手在比赛中一直都很出色。在过去的5轮英超联赛中，宫殿队只赢过1场，对手是联赛垫底的谢菲尔德队。

由于宫里的伤停补缺和他们的状态留下了很多问题，我觉得像狼这样更有纪律和“可管理”的球队会在这场比赛中接近3分。