Read our prediction for Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions. Use our betting tips for the match between Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace and you can increase your winnings!
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace Prediction & Betting tips
Aston Villa and Crystal Palace meet at Villa Park, in a match for the 15th round of the Premier League. In the last 3 years there has only been a record of 2 direct confrontations between these two teams: one on 12‑07‑2020, which ended in a victory for Aston Villa by (2‑0), and a more recent one on 31‑08‑2019 , which ended in a Crystal Palace victory by (1‑0). The home / away condition deserves particular attention, since despite this being a match between 9th and 13th in the league table, it is actually a clash between the 14th-ranked in home games and the 11th-ranked away team.
Aston Villa:
After 7 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, the home team is currently in 9th position, with 22 points won. In their last match, they beat West Bromwich Albion away by (0‑3), after having drawn (0‑0) at home in the previous match, against Burnley. Curiously, this is a team that has achieved more positive results abroad than in their stadium, since they won 15 points as a visitor and only 7 in their stadium. In their last 6 home games for the championship, Aston Villa won 2, drew 1 and lost 3, thus conquering 7 points out of 18 possible.
For this competition, he hasn’t won in his stadium for 4 games. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 12 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Aston Villa comes into this match after a 0x3 win over West Bromwich Albion, thus registering their third consecutive match without losing in the Premier League: the team’s goals were scored by Anwar El Ghazi (2) and Bertrand Traoré. In this match against Crystal Palace, coach Dean Smith will play 4-3-3, with Anwar El Ghazi, Bertrand Traoré and Ollie Watkins being the forwards of the home team: the latter player is the team’s top scorer, with six goals. For this game the local coach cannot count on Trézéguet, Ezi Konsa and Wesley, all with physical problems.
Crystal Palace :
After 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, the visiting team is currently in 13th position, with 18 points won. In their last match, they lost to Liverpool at home by (0‑7), after having drawn away in the previous match, in a match against West Ham United, by (1‑1). This is a team that tends to achieve more positive results on the road than at home, as they won 10 points away and 8 at home, with 11 goals scored and 11 suffered as away, against 8 goals scored and 14 suffered at home. For the championship, Crystal Palace won 10 points out of a possible 21, after 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in the last 7 away games. Their defense has not been very strong, since they have conceded at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 14 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 7 times and never managed to come back. In the last 9 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (76′ ‑ 90 ‘).
Crystal Palace comes to this match after a tough 0x7 defeat against Liverpool, adding the third consecutive match without a win in this competition. Against a team at the top of the leaderboard, coach Roy Hodgson will play in the usual 4-4-2, using a more defensive strategy and betting on successive counterattacks. Wilfried Zaha is Crystal Palace’s top scorer, with 7 goals scored. Outside of this game are Connor Wickham, Martin Kelly, Wayne Hennessey, Nathan Ferguson and Mamadou Sakho, all with physical problems.
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace head to head matches
12.07.20 PL Aston Villa Crystal Palace 2 : 0
31.08.19 PL Crystal Palace Aston Villa 1 : 0
12.01.16 PL Aston Villa Crystal Palace 1 : 0
22.08.15 PL Crystal Palace Aston Villa 2 : 1
01.01.15 PL Aston Villa Crystal Palace 0 : 0