Ace Football previews the Premier League game between Aston Villa and Crystal Palace who meet up this coming Sunday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
As the early season favourites, Aston Villa will look to justify their title credentials this coming Sunday when they take on Crystal Palace for a round 3 match in the Premier League.
Aston Villa will be feeling the pressure of securing a first win of the season in the Premier League after collecting a modest one point in the first couple of rounds.
Team form: Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
Aston Villa Form
A draw is the best Aston Villa can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 2-0 defeat against Manchester United. A0-0 draw with Newcastle followed before they were defeated 1-0 by Brentford. Aston Villa have been in potent form at Villa Park, winning no less than five of the past six Premier League matches here. They remained without defeat, as they drew once, hammered in 11 goals while letting in three.
Crystal Palace Form
Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their previous three matches, winning 1-0 against Fredrikstad, before recording a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest. Another draw followed then, this time 0-0 against Fredrikstad. Crystal Palace only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Premier League. In these six matches they drew three and lost two as well as being outscored by 13 goals to seven.
Betting facts for Aston Villa and Crystal Palace
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Aston Villa and Crystal Palace. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- Aston Villa have won 8 of the last 9 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 9 of the last 10 Aston Villa matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Aston Villa matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 4 Aston Villa matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Aston Villa have won 4 of the last 5 home matches in the Premier League while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In the last 4 Crystal Palace away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Crystal Palace matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Crystal Palace away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Crystal Palace matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Crystal Palace matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
Players in form: Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
It is the beginning of a new Premier League campaign, and both Aston Villa and Crystal Palace will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.
Betting markets: Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
Full-time result
Aston Villa claimed a modest eight wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing one. Crystal Palace won two of their last 10 games away, drew six and lost two of the games in this run. Aston Villa are on an amazing streak of now 19 games at home in a row without defeat. Crystal Palace are on a great streak of 8 matches without losing. Aston Villa have not lost to Crystal Palace in 8 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Aston Villa scored first in seven of their last ten home games. Crystal Palace got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Aston Villa have failed to score in 3 consecutive games. Aston Villa managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Crystal Palace have scored in 3 consecutive meetings with Aston Villa when playing at away ground.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Aston Villa, who scored an average of 1.4 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Crystal Palace’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches.