Andy Brassell's Weekend Football Tips Including Crystal Palace Vs Brighton
Before the domestic leagues enter the third international break of the season, European football expert Andy Brassell is sharing his three best selections for this weekend's action.
As always, Andy will provide a fourth selection exclusively for Gambling.com account holders, using the latest odds from Grosvenor.
Andy has been a writer and broadcaster on European football for 20 years and features on TalkSPORT, On The Continent, The Guardian, Sky Sports and TNT Sports.
Andy Brassell's Tip 1: Crystal Palace Vs Brighton: Sunday, 2pm
English football’s most misunderstood rivalry, the A23 derby, is always one to relish and this edition is even more so, with both having started the season well.
After a couple of recent (and narrow) away defeats, Palace are in a slightly unflattering ninth place but that doesn’t really tell the whole story.
They have won twice since being edged out 1-0 at Arsenal and are only three points off second-placed Manchester City.
2024/25 Meetings Between Palace And Brighton:
Date | Fixture | ||
15/12/24 | C Palace | 2-1 | Brighton |
5/4/25 | Brighton | 1-3 | C Palace |
Fabian Hurzeler’s Seagulls are a point and a place worse off, but crucially they have looked far less dangerous on the road this season.
They have lost three from five in the Premier League and have work to do if they are to end Palace’s unbeaten home record on Sunday.
Andy's Panel Selection 1: Crystal Palace Vs Brighton: Palace To Win - 23/20 With Grosvenor
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Andy Brassell's Weekend Tips:
- Selection 1: Crystal Palace Vs Brighton: Palace To Win - 23/20 With Grosvenor
- Selection 2: Roma Vs Udinese: Under 2.5 Total Goals - 4/5 With Grosvenor
- Selection 3: Lyon Vs PSG: Lyon - Draw/No Bet - 39/20 With Grosvenor
Andy Brassell's Tip 2: Roma Vs Udinese: Sunday, 5pm
Sometimes the sight test just has its limits. The table shows Roma in a very decent fourth place and just a point from the summit.
If Paulo Dybala had made - rather than missed - a late penalty at Milan last weekend, we would be talking about the joint leaders of Serie A.
However, it has all felt a little underwhelming so far under Gian Piero Gasperini, even if they are solid.
Total Goals In Roma's Serie A Games This Season:
Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Opp | BOL | PIS | TOR | LAZ | VER | FIO | INT | SAS | PAR | MIL |
Goals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Ten goals in 10 league games so far makes it clear where their problems lie, and now they are without the injured Dybala’s creative spark.
Add an improving Udinese, with their ex-Roma star Nicolo Zaniolo starting to find form and ready to bite back at a club that he left acrimoniously, this could be much tougher for the men from the capital.
Andy's Panel Selection 2: Roma Vs Udinese: Under 2.5 Total Goals - 4/5 With Grosvenor
Andy Brassell's Tip 3: Lyon Vs PSG: Sunday, 7.45pm
One of the blue riband fixtures of the Ligue 1 calendar, this match-up has taken a beating in recent years, much like many of Paris Saint-Germain’s supposed domestic rivalries, for obvious reasons.
Lyon have won one of their last 10 encounters with them, and cut two-thirds of their wage bill in the summer.
However, they have been much grittier and more productive than expected under Paulo Fonseca.
Last Five Meetings Between Lyon And PSG:
Date | Comp | Fixture | ||
3/9/23 | Ligue 1 | Lyon | 0-1 | PSG |
21/4/24 | Ligue 1 | PSG | 4-1 | Lyon |
25/5/24 | French Cup | Lyon | 1-2 | PSG |
15/12/24 | Ligue 1 | PSG | 3-1 | Lyon |
23/2/25 | Ligue 1 | Lyon | 2-3 | PSG |
Crucially, they could be catching PSG at the right time, with Achraf Hakimi, Nuno Mendes and Ousmane Dembele all missing after picking up injuries in the midweek Champions League loss to Bayern Munich.
It is too much to call Lyon favourites, but they will rarely have a better chance of getting a result against the ogres of the French game.
Andy's Panel Selection 3: Lyon Vs PSG: Lyon - Draw/No Bet - 39/20 With Grosvenor
Andy's weekend treble pays out at around 21/2 with Grosvenor.
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