In English FA Cup we see often surprises in 1/16 and 1/8 finals looking throughout history, and it's always a specific thing in England. Lower clubs damage those bigger with some supper motivation. In other top football countries, it doesn't happen so much. But still, this game doesn't seem to bring surprises as I believe the home coach is determined to win the trophy in this competition.

Crystal Palace are safe in the middle table of Premier League so there is a space to use the good team tonight when hosts have a great chance to enter the 1/4 finals of FA Cup. Since coach Patrick Vieira joined the Palace, the team obviously improved. Results can be considered decent, but the performances are usually good on the pitch and that's what matters also. The game of Palace looks fluent and with the organized scheme and also they come to this match with a good atmosphere after earning 4 points in the previous 2 Premiership matches. Vieira obviously looks like a great solution for the team. Stoke City is the team from the middle table in Championship, and also as hosts, they do not have to worry about relegation or other imperatives at the moment. But anyway, they are far from their good moment as they failed to win in the previous 4 league matches, losing the most recent matches against Bournemouth and Luton. Ask anyone, it's not easy to return to a good mood after losing two games in a row. However, Abdallah Sima, Mario Vrancic, and Harry Souttar will miss the match due to injury, still no new changes in the team news since the last match. Stoke are also without an away victory in the FA Cup since January 2016, losing 3 and drawing 1 of their last 4 fixtures on the road in this particular tournament.

Home coach Patrick Vieira has a winning mentality and he knows this is his best chance of winning something at a club of Palace's size. I expect a near full-strength 11 from hosts, but with both teams having nothing much to play for in our respective leagues this game should receive full attention and I'm expecting a tough game where hosts will prevail at the end. Eagles have won their last two matches over Stoke, including a 2-1 win at Selhurst Park in 2017, but the two sides have didn't met since 2018, following Stoke's relegation to Championship back then. Anyway, there are enough reasons to back hosts here. Predicting 3-1 Palace to win this one.

在英格兰足总杯中，纵观历史，我们经常会在 1/16 和 1/8 决赛中看到惊喜，而这在英格兰始终是一件特别的事情。较低的俱乐部会以一些超级动力破坏那些较大的俱乐部。在其他顶级足球国家，这种情况并没有发生太多。不过，这场比赛似乎并没有带来什么惊喜，因为我相信主教练有决心在这场比赛中赢得奖杯。

水晶宫在英超中游很安全，所以今晚当东道主有很大的机会进入足总杯的 1/4 决赛时，就有机会使用这支优秀的球队。自从主帅帕特里克·维埃拉加盟皇宫后，球队有了明显的进步。结果可以被认为是不错的，但在球场上的表现通常很好，这也很重要。皇宫的比赛看起来流畅，有组织，在之前的2场英超比赛中获得4分后，他们带着良好的气氛来到了这场比赛。对于球队来说，维埃拉显然是一个很好的解决方案。斯托克城是英冠中游的球队，而且作为东道主，他们现在不必担心降级或其他当务之急。但不管怎样，他们离他们的好时光还很远，因为他们在之前的4场联赛中都未能取胜，最近的比赛输给了伯恩茅斯和卢顿。问任何人，连输两局后要恢复好心情并不容易。不过，阿卜杜拉·西马、马里奥·弗朗西奇和哈里·苏塔尔将因伤缺席比赛，自上一场比赛以来，球队消息仍无新变化。自 2016 年 1 月以来，斯托克城在足总杯上也没有客场胜利，在这场特殊的比赛中，他们最近 4 场客场比赛输了 3 场，平了 1 场。

主教练帕特里克·维埃拉（Patrick Vieira）有一种胜利的心态，他知道这是他在皇宫这样规模的俱乐部赢得一些东西的最佳机会。我希望东道主能打出近乎全员的 11 分，但本场比赛两支球队在各自的联赛中都没什么可打的应该得到充分的关注，我期待一场艰难的比赛，东道主将在最后获胜。水晶宫队在过去两场比赛中都战胜了斯托克城，其中包括 2017 年在塞尔赫斯特公园球场以 2-1 获胜，但自 2018 年斯托克城降级到英冠之后，双方就再也没有交手过。无论如何，有足够的理由支持这里的主机。预测 3-1 水晶宫取胜。