Aston Villa supporters put their faith in manager D. Smith to deliver victory against Crystal Palace

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42682 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Premier League table so far. Here's the Aston Villa - Crystal Palace latest:

Insights:
  • Aston Villa has the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Aston Villa and Crystal Palace should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Aston Villa form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Aston Villa, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League, are 2-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Villa are confident in defense, having played 314 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Aston Villa are returning here after visiting West Bromwich Albion in a Premier League game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Anwar El Ghazi (2) and Bertrand Traoré scored the goal(s). Before that, Villa drew at home versus Burnley.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Villa handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, two draws and two defeats.

There will be little rest for Aston Villa after this match as they are travelling to Chelsea for a Premier League game in only two days.

The Villa manager D. Smith has got the team scoring with 12 from 6 home games in the league. Villa have conceded 11 from these games.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Crystal Palace playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

The manager R. Hodgson was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Selhurst Park. Crystal suffered a 0-7 loss to Liverpool (placed 1st). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus West Ham United that ended 1-1.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Liverpool was particularly ugly (0-7). The humiliation is still top of mind.

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 three wins, two draws and one defeat. From a total of six matches.

After this away game Crystal return home for a Premier League game against Leicester City. That game is only two sleeps after this.

Crystal Palace are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Crystal have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Villa, two draws and four wins for Crystal Palace. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
7 goals
Aston VillaO. Watkins
O. Watkins
6 goals
VillaJ. Grealish
J. Grealish
5 goals

Aston Villa missing players

Crystal Palace missing players

Aston Villa Crystal Palace
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 0 Played P 3 7 14
7 2 0 Won W 0 3 5
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
4 3 0 Lost L 2 3 6
24 12 0 Scored S 1 11 19
13 11 0 Conceded C 7 11 25
92% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 86%
67% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 50%
17% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 43% 36%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 21%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 57%
58% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
17% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 43% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.3 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
16 18.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 11.1 9.9
5.6 6.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 4.1 3.8
36% 32% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 38% 36%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aston Villa has the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League
  • Crystal Palace have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Crystal Palace haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 14 9 4 1 36 19 7 7 0 0 20 7 7 2 4 1 16 12 17 31
2 Leicester City 14 9 0 5 26 17 7 3 0 4 9 10 7 6 0 1 17 7 9 27
3 Manchester United 13 8 2 3 28 21 7 2 2 3 9 12 6 6 0 0 19 9 7 26
4 Everton 14 8 2 4 25 19 7 4 1 2 15 11 7 4 1 2 10 8 6 26
5 Tottenham Hotspur 14 7 4 3 25 14 7 3 2 2 10 8 7 4 2 1 15 6 11 25
6 Southampton 14 7 3 4 25 19 7 4 0 3 13 9 7 3 3 1 12 10 6 24
7 Manchester City 13 6 5 2 19 12 6 3 2 1 12 7 7 3 3 1 7 5 7 23
8 Chelsea 13 6 4 3 26 14 6 3 2 1 14 7 7 3 2 2 12 7 12 22
9 Aston Villa 12 7 1 4 24 13 6 2 1 3 12 11 6 5 0 1 12 2 11 22
10 West Ham United 13 6 3 4 21 16 7 3 2 2 10 8 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 21
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 6 2 5 13 17 7 3 2 2 8 7 6 3 0 3 5 10 -4 20
12 Newcastle United 13 5 3 5 17 22 7 3 1 3 9 13 6 2 2 2 8 9 -5 18
13 Crystal Palace 14 5 3 6 19 25 7 2 2 3 8 14 7 3 1 3 11 11 -6 18
14 Leeds United 14 5 2 7 24 30 7 2 2 3 12 13 7 3 0 4 12 17 -6 17
15 Arsenal 14 4 2 8 12 18 7 2 1 4 6 10 7 2 1 4 6 8 -6 14
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 14 2 6 6 16 22 7 0 4 3 7 11 7 2 2 3 9 11 -6 12
17 Fulham 14 2 4 8 13 23 7 1 2 4 6 12 7 1 2 4 7 11 -10 10
18 Burnley 12 2 4 6 6 18 5 1 1 3 2 6 7 1 3 3 4 12 -12 10
19 West Bromwich Albion 14 1 4 9 10 29 7 1 2 4 5 15 7 0 2 5 5 14 -19 7
20 Sheffield United 14 0 2 12 8 25 7 0 1 6 4 11 7 0 1 6 4 14 -17 2

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.