Soccer betting preview: Crystal Palace welcomes Aston Villa in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

This looks to be another absorbing battle at Selhurst Park in the Premier League. Crystal Palace is in 16th place and receive Aston Villa in 9th spot. Learn more about the fixture here!

This could be an appealing match with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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Crystal Palace form and stats

Crystal Palace's first Premier League home game here at Selhurst Park ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 8 draws and 4 defeats from 19 matches.

Crystal Palace shared the glory with Liverpool in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Andersen, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Andersen won 4 of 4 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Arsenal with the scoreline 0-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Palace have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Crystal Palace are traveling soon after this match as the Carabao Cup match at Oxford United awaits in three days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Crystal Palace at home in the league. 0 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Aston Villa form and stats

Aston Villa have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 7 victories, 1 draw and 11 defeats from 19 fixtures.

Aston Villa are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Everton (placed 18th). Buendía came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Everton last time out, making the manager Gerrard feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player McGinn was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.35/10. McGinn hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 41 successful passes (of 47 total).

Prior to that match, the Villa manager Gerrard faced defeat when travelling to AFC Bournemouth and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Aston Villa in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Aston Villa, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Aston Villa now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Carabao Cup game at Bolton Wanderers is waiting in only three days.

Aston Villa have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Crystal Palace-Aston Villa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Crystal Palace three wins, Aston Villa five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
1 goals
Aston VillaE. Buendía
E. Buendía
1 goals
Aston VillaD. Ings
D. Ings
1 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Aston Villa missing players

Crystal Palace Aston Villa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
2.5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5
4.5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 6.5
2.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 10.5
2.5 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 2.5
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
 
17 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5 10
3 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.5
Crystal Palace Last season Aston Villa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 7   Won W   7 13
15 8   Drew D   1 6
12 4   Lost L   11 19
50 27   Scored S   23 52
46 17   Conceded C   25 54
89% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
74% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 79%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 58%
26% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 29%
11% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 13%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 53%
32% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 29%
29% 21%   Failed to Score F T   26% 21%
 
4.6 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.2
4.8 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.8
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.1
1 0   Red cards R C   0 2
 
10.8 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.3 12.2
3.8 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.2
34% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 33%
 
11.9 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13.4 12.6
3.9 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 4

  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 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 6
2 Arsenal 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
3 Brentford 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 4
4 Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 4
5 Newcastle United 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
6 Leeds United 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
7 Chelsea 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
9 Aston Villa 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
10 Nottingham Forest 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
11 AFC Bournemouth 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 3
12 Liverpool 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
13 Fulham 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
15 Leicester City 2 0 1 1 4 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 1
16 Crystal Palace 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
17 Southampton 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 1
18 Everton 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
19 West Ham United 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
20 Manchester United 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 0
Last season 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 38 29 6 3 99 26 19 15 2 2 58 15 19 14 4 1 41 11 73 93
2 Liverpool 38 28 8 2 94 26 19 15 4 0 49 9 19 13 4 2 45 17 68 92
3 Chelsea 38 21 11 6 76 33 19 9 7 3 37 22 19 12 4 3 39 11 43 74
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 22 5 11 69 40 19 13 1 5 38 19 19 9 4 6 31 21 29 71
5 Arsenal 38 22 3 13 61 48 19 13 2 4 35 17 19 9 1 9 26 31 13 69
6 Manchester United 38 16 10 12 57 57 19 10 5 4 32 22 19 6 5 8 25 35 0 58
7 West Ham United 38 16 8 14 60 51 19 9 5 5 33 26 19 7 3 9 27 25 9 56
8 Leicester City 38 14 10 14 62 59 19 10 4 5 34 23 19 4 6 9 28 36 3 52
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 12 15 11 42 44 19 5 7 7 19 23 19 7 8 4 23 21 -2 51
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 15 6 17 38 43 19 7 3 9 20 25 19 8 3 8 18 18 -5 51
11 Newcastle United 38 13 10 15 44 62 19 8 6 5 26 27 19 5 4 10 18 35 -18 49
12 Crystal Palace 38 11 15 12 50 46 19 7 8 4 27 17 19 4 7 8 23 29 4 48
13 Brentford 38 13 7 18 48 56 19 7 3 9 22 21 19 6 4 9 26 35 -8 46
14 Aston Villa 38 13 6 19 52 54 19 6 5 8 29 29 19 7 1 11 23 25 -2 45
15 Southampton 38 9 13 16 43 67 19 6 7 6 23 24 19 3 6 10 20 43 -24 40
16 Everton 38 11 6 21 43 66 19 9 2 8 27 25 19 2 4 13 16 41 -23 39
17 Leeds United 38 9 11 18 42 79 19 4 6 9 19 38 19 5 5 9 23 41 -37 38
18 Burnley 38 7 14 17 34 53 19 5 6 8 18 25 19 2 8 9 16 28 -19 35
19 Watford 38 6 5 27 34 77 19 2 2 15 17 46 19 4 3 12 17 31 -43 23
20 Norwich City 38 5 7 26 23 84 19 3 3 13 12 43 19 2 4 13 11 41 -61 22

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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.