Crystal Palace v Wolves predictions and free football tips: Look to new boy Jose

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Crystal Palace v Wolves in the Premier League on Saturday.

Where to watch

Sky Sports Premier League, 3pm Saturday

Best bet

W Jose to score at any time
1pt 5-2 Betfair, Paddy Power

Team news

Crystal Palace
Jean-Philippe Mateta is available to make his debut but Jeffrey Schlupp, Mamadou Sakho and Nathan Ferguson are sidelined and James Tomkins is a doubt.

Wolves
New signing Willian Jose could be involved but Raul Jimenez, Jonny and Marcal are long-term absentees. Rayan Ait-Nouri is being assessed.

Match preview

A dearth of goals has held back Crystal Palace and Wolves in the Premier League this season but both sides have made January signings to improve their attacks.

Palace have played more expansive football under Roy Hodgson this term but with only 24 goals in 20 matches, they added Mainz forward Jean-Philippe Mateta to their ranks earlier this month.

And the Frenchman, who bagged ten goals in 17 games for Mainz before leaving this term, could be available for his debut this weekend.

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But while Mateta will have to compete with Wilfried Zaha, Michy Batshuayi, Christian Benteke and Jordan Ayew for a starting spot, new Wolves signing Willian Jose could straight slot into the line-up this weekend.

The Brazilian striker joined Wolves on loan from Real Sociedad this month and was given 20 minutes against Chelsea in midweek.

And with Raul Jimenez still sidelined and Fabio Silva lacking the experience needed to shoulder the goalscoring burden, Jose could be an excellent addition to Wolves' system.

Jose has reached double figures in each of his last four seasons in La Liga, netting 11 times last term, and although he had fallen out of favour in Basque country, he netted a brace only this month against Cordoba in the Copa del Rey.

Neither side make great appeal in the match-result markets with the Eagles having won only one of their previous nine league fixtures and Wolves winless in seven league games - their longest run without a victory under Nuno's stewardship.

And so a goalscorer bet could be the way to go and Jose looks good value at 5-2 to score against Palace, who have conceded at least three times in each of their past four league losses.