Conference League: Crystal Palace – KuPS 18/12/2025

Betting on goals

These two sides sit in precarious positions entering the last group game of the competition. Palace are in 9th, 1 point outside the automatic seeded places and will want to make the top eight to ensure they avoid an extra two matches to add to a congested EPL season. The Finnish KuPS are 25th, 1 point out of a chance to make it into the last 24 and be included in the very matches Palace are hoping to avoid!

This makes it a particularly interesting tie. Crystal Palace’s form in this competition has been bizarre with 2 decent wins away to Kyiv and home to AZ (plus an expected one against Shelborne). Set those against a home loss to Cypriots AEK Larnaca and away in France against Strasbourg. KuPS have been better than their position and points suggest with only one loss in 5 games. However they have faced some very mediocre opposition in those five games. In fact, only the Swiss Side Lausanne-Sport, really stand out  who they managed to hold to a 0-0 draw at home. Other than that most games have been against other Eastern European teams of similar quality.

Palace are a level above all of those they have played so far. I can’t see a packed Selhurst Park letting Palace get away with another home defeat, and their recent Premier League form has been strong. I think they are going to run over the Fins here. There is virtually no value in any of the markets I would suggest betting on like Palace to score first, or to win. What I can’t see happening is the Fins getting a goal so that makes the 1.82 at 20Bet on Both teams to score No the best bet I can I find