Data, trends, results, player info, head-2-head, selected XIs and a lot else: Here's all you must know about Aston Villa - Crystal Palace!
- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crystal Palace have the most points from losing position (15) in Premier League
Both participants have had ample time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face match!
Aston Villa form and stats
Aston Villa have collected 17 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-2-5. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Aston Villa, their manager Etxegoien and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Villa are returning here after visiting Everton and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Watkins and Buendía scored the goal(s). At last, a league victory after three matches without. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Watkins, having bagged a goal in five games in a row. Midfield player McGinn got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, the max score being 10. McGinn served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Arsenal that was lost 2-4.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Aston Villa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 6 and lost 3.
The Aston Villa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Aston Villa defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Crystal Palace form and stats
There's been little loot from Crystal Palace's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Premier League. Crystal Palace only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws. With three draws in a row for Palace the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Crystal Palace delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Liverpool (placed 7th) in their previous fixture. Olise got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Olise hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
Before that, Palace travelled to Brentford and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Crystal Palace are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 5 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Palace have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Aston Villa and Crystal Palace have played each other before this season: Crystal Palace - Aston Villa 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Aston Villa four wins, two draws and Crystal Palace four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Watkins 8 goals |   W. Zaha 6 goals |  E. Buendía 4 goals |
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| Aston Villa | Crystal Palace | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 30 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 38 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 83% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 71% |
| 54% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 42% |
| 33% | 42% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 12% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 54% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 50% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 25% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 42% |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.1 | 11.9 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.5 | 10.7 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 33% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 21% | 24% |
| 12.1 | 11.8 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 14 | 13.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aston Villa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Crystal Palace have scored away.
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Crystal Palace have the most points from losing position (15) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 29 | 57 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 39 | 55 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 49 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 42 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| 6 | Fulham | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 39 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 36 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 35 |
| 9 | Brentford | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 35 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 31 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 27 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 29 | -24 | 25 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 24 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 23 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 22 |
| 18 | Everton | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 21 |
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 32 | -26 | 21 |
| 20 | Southampton | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -22 | 18 |
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