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Crystal Palace vs Middlesbrough
- Projected score
- 1 - 1
- Alternative score
- 2 - 1
- Featured pick
- Goals: Over 1.5 @ 1.21
Match analysis
Middlesbrough have not been involved in a single game below two total goals in their last five, the run behind Superior's Over 1.5 pick for their League Cup trip to Crystal Palace on 8 September at 1.21, rated 61 percent by the model. Crystal Palace's own defence has shipped three or more goals in three of those same five matches.
Middlesbrough have not been involved in a low-scoring game all run
Every one of Middlesbrough's last five matches produced at least two total goals, including back-to-back 3-1 wins and a 2-1 victory most recently. Crystal Palace's own goals-against column reads 4, 2, 3 and 3 across four of their last five, evidence their defence has been open at exactly the rate this total needs.
Crystal Palace's one win still came with goals at both ends
Palace's only win in this run was a 3-1, still a four-goal game, and combined with Middlesbrough's 2.0 goals a game on the road, the two sides project to 2.8 goals between them. The model's own goals market backs that up, rating this Over close to eight in ten.
Neither side has a qualifying low-scoring game to point to
Over 1.5 loses only at zero or one total goal, a total neither side has produced once in this run: Palace's tightest result was a 0-2 defeat and Middlesbrough's was a 1-1 draw, both still clearing this line. The honest risk is that recent form is the only guide a cup tie between these two provides, and one uncharacteristically quiet night from either attack is what it would take to break the pattern.
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Match History
Head to Head
Recent Form
Head to Head
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2026 | Crystal Palace | 1 - 4 | Manchester City |
| August 22, 2026 | Everton | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace |
| August 15, 2026 | SC Freiburg | 3 - 0 | Crystal Palace |
| July 31, 2026 | Crystal Palace | 3 - 1 | Al Ula |
Head to Head
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2, 2026 | Burnley | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough |
| August 29, 2026 | Middlesbrough | 3 - 1 | West Brom |
| August 25, 2026 | Doncaster | 1 - 3 | Middlesbrough |
| August 22, 2026 | Blackburn | 2 - 1 | Middlesbrough |
| August 15, 2026 | Middlesbrough | 2 - 1 | Lincoln |