Crystal Palace have taken 10 of their 16 in total here at their home arena. What will happen against Aston Villa?
- Crystal Palace have not yet lost a game at home.
- Aston Villa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Crystal Palace form and stats
2-4-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Crystal Palace so far this season.
The home team returns to Selhurst Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Burnley (placed 18th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita was crucial in the match against Burnley last time out, making six saves. Christian Benteke, an attacker, was the declared top performer for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 8.45 (out of 10). Benteke scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that, Crystal Palace had a home game versus Wolverhampton Wanderers which ended with a victory 2-0.The manager P. Vieira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Leeds United in only three days.
A decent goal production from Palace in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Palace are not conceding a lot of goals here at Selhurst Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Aston Villa form and stats
Aston Villa have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-0-5 (6 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Aston Villa are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Aston Villa had fun at their own home (Selhurst Park) last time out, beating Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0. Ollie Watkins and Tyrone Mings scored. Matt Targett, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.11. Targett hit three key passes and won 9 of 12 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at Southampton before that.After this away game Villa return home for a Premier League game against Manchester City. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Villa when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. For Villa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Palace five wins, one draw and Aston Villa four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Benteke Liolo 4 goals |  W. Zaha 4 goals |  C. Gallagher 4 goals |
Crystal Palace missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Crystal Palace | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 83% |
| 58% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 67% | 58% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 33% |
| 25% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 17% |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 12.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.3 | 11.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 39% | 39% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 38% |
| 11.9 | 7.7 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.7 | 16.8 | 13.9 |
| 4.5 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
- Aston Villa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Aston Villa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
- Aston Villa have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Crystal Palace have not yet lost a game at home.
- Crystal Palace have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 29 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 26 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 24 | 25 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 8 | Manchester United | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Everton | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Southampton | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Brentford | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Watford | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | Burnley | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Norwich City | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -20 | 8 |
| 20 | Newcastle United | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -12 | 6 |
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