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Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa: Preview, team news, prediction for Premier League match
Two clubs coming off victories over the weekend meet in midweek action as Crystal Palace welcome Aston Villa to Selhurst Park.
Palace are 13th in the Premier League after three victories in their last five league matches, the most recent of which was a 2-0 win at Fulham on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Villa are eighth and very much in the Champions League race, and they defeated Chelsea 2-1 in their most recent outing.
Here's what you need to know about Crystal Palace and Aston Villa ahead of their match.
Crystal Palace vs. Aston Villa: Head-to-head and recent statistics
- All-time meetings: 55
- Crystal Palace wins: 16
- Draws: 16
- Aston Villa wins: 23
Aston Villa are ahead in the all-time meetings between these sides, winning 23 of 55 total matches.
However, Palace have won five of the last six league meetings at Selhurst Park.
Crystal Palace vs. Aston Villa: Team news
(Sources: Injuries, suspensions)
Crystal Palace
- Injured: Doucoure, Riad, Ward
- Suspended: None
Aston Villa
- Injured: Torres, Barkley, Kamara, Onana, Mings, Rogers
- Suspended: None
Crystal Palace vs. Aston Villa: What the managers are saying
Oliver Glasner, Crystal Palace
(via Crystal Palace)
"They're a great team. They had new players come in over winter, all internationals; [Marcus] Rashford, [Marco] Asensio, Donyell Malen and [Andres] Garcia. So it's a high-quality team. They are struggling with injuries a little bit in their defence.
"But they are always able to score a goal, they are challenging for the Champions League positions again, and they are in the round of 16 in the Champions League, qualifying directly.
"It's a team with huge quality, with a clear structure of play, and then it's important what we want to do in and out of possession. We already showed, that when we played them twice earlier this year, we showed that we have skills that make it tough to play against us."
Unai Emery, Aston Villa
(via Aston Villa)
“They are performing very well. They started in the beginning not getting good results, but progressively they were getting better.
“We played against them two times here at Villa Park and it was very tough matches. We lost, we drew, but they performed very well.
“They are performing overall very well in the league, maybe even better away, getting a lot of points.
“At home, maybe they lost some matches, but they deserved more, because we analysed, we watched it, and they were performing like when we played against them and they could win those matches, they lost the last matches at home, against Everton, against Brentford.
“Tactically, it is difficult to stop them, because their structure is so, so strong, their structure tactically, offensively.
“Defensively as well, they have individually strong players getting a lot of duels and winning duels. The goalkeeper as well is playing fantastic.
Crystal Palace vs. Aston Villa: Prediction
Recent history has tilted towards Palace in this fixture, but Villa are better overall. However, their form isn't very impressive at the moment, and this feels like a draw is the most likely outcome.
Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-1 Aston Villa
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