Walsall vs Crystal Palace: Crystal Palace begin their 2021-22 footballing season with a friendly fixture against Walsall FC on Saturday.
LIVE LINK to watch Walsall vs Crystal Palace:
https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/club/introducing-palace-tv-live-pre-season-match-broadcasts-and-more/2021-07-17/
Match Details:
Teams: Walsall vs Crystal Palace
Date: Saturday 17th July, 2021
Time: 05:30 PM IST
Venue: Bescot Stadium
M A T C H D A Y.
Ready to kick off a new era under Patrick Vieira 💪
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MATCH PREVIEW:
Crystal Palace kick start their new campaign against Walsall FC on Saturday as they look to get back into rhythm ahead of the new season.
Palace is yet to play any pre-season games and aim to start on a positive note ahead of their opening match against Chelsea.
Patrick Viera will take charge for the 1st time as he looks to begin on the correct note.
They play Ipswich, Charlton and Reading in their next warm-up matches with a chance to settle their playing combinations.
On the other hand, Walsall played their pre-season opener against Leamington and lost 3-1.
Walsall finished a poor 19th place in the EFL League 2 and need to get into good shape if they want to avoid another bad season.
Matthew Taylor has a daunting task ahead with another tough season which he needs to start well.
Palace met Walsall last in the 2014 League Cup where they won the contest comfortably 3-0.
Gayle scored a hat-trick which dumped Walsall out of the knockout competition.
Form Table
Walsall: LLWLD
Crystal Palace: WLWLL
Predicted Line-up
Walsall:
Jackson, Simcox, Taylor, Shaw, Angafor, Cristofaro, Maher, Derry, Savari, Onabirekhanlen and Sawyers.
Crystal Palace:
Guaita, Mitchell, Cahill, Tomkins, Ward, McCarthy, Riedewald, Kouyaté, Zaha, Ayew and Townsend.
Prediction: Walsall 0-2 Crystal Palace
Palace should win this one comfortably even though we may see a bit of rustiness in their play.
Their squad strength and experience should take them through.
