Classic home win, away team steals the points or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams Crystal Palace and Aston Villa clash at Selhurst Park.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League.
Crystal Palace are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Aston Villa are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Crystal Palace form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Crystal Palace are 5-5-7 (wins-draw-losses). The Palace manager R. Hodgson might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Palace are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Southampton. The attacker Christian Benteke was "man of the match" for Palace with a rating of 8.35/10. Benteke scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times. The penalty miss from Luka Milivojević in the defeat against Southampton was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Sheffield United and winning 2-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Palace, as the Premier League home game vs Arsenal is only three days away.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Palace here at Selhurst Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (16 from 17 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Crystal Palace defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Aston Villa form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Aston Villa have produced an overall stat of 8-3-6 so far.
Emiliano Martínez (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.01. Martínez stopped the opponent with five saves.
A loss against Manchester United was the result prior to that, in a home game.The schedule is very tough for Villa now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Tottenham Hotspur is waiting in only three days.
The visiting Villa have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 17 games. It's not easy to score on Villa as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Aston Villa - Crystal Palace 3-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Palace victories, one draw and five Aston Villa wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() O. Watkins 14 goals | ![]() W. Zaha 10 goals | ![]() C. Benteke Liolo 8 goals |
Crystal Palace missing players
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| Crystal Palace | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 37 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 22 | 49 |
| 59 | 27 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 41 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 89% |
| 80% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 65% | 69% |
| 49% | 35% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 54% |
| 29% | 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | 20% |
| 17% | 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| 49% | 41% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 41% | 46% |
| 23% | 35% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 47% | 43% |
| 37% | 35% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8.9 | 7.8 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.5 | 13.7 |
| 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 31% | 33% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 27% | 28% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 35 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 72 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 46 | 80 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 70 | 42 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 28 | 70 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 21 | 66 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 22 | 64 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 20 | 60 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 45 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 58 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 35 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 61 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 56 |
| 8 | Everton | 35 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 56 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 55 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 35 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 53 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 0 | 50 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 41 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 49 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 47 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -12 | 45 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 35 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 59 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 32 | -22 | 41 |
| 14 | Southampton | 35 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 62 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 40 | -18 | 40 |
| 15 | Burnley | 35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 27 | -14 | 39 |
| 16 | Newcastle United | 35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -18 | 39 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 35 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -5 | 37 |
| 18 | Fulham | 35 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 47 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -22 | 27 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 35 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 68 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 34 | -36 | 26 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 35 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 62 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 35 | -44 | 17 |
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