Crystal Palace welcome Aston Villa to Selhurst Park for a midweek Premier League fixture with both teams looking to build on good performances in recent weeks. Both teams have similar qualities to trouble each other and could be set for a closely fought contest.
Palace are constantly improving as the season progresses and are unbeaten in nine of their last 11 matches across all competitions. They have been a bit inconsistent lately, with three wins in their last five Premier League matches, including a 2-0 victory at Fulham last Saturday.
One area that still needs improvement for Crystal Palace is their home form, picking up just one win from their last seven Premier League matches at Selhurst Park. Oliver Glasner’s men have played out three draws in that run but were beaten 2-1 by Everton in their previous home fixture.
Aston Villa are coming off a 2-1 victory over Chelsea in their previous Premier league fixture. That result ended a five-match winless run for Unai Emery’s men, who had been held to four draws in that run.
The Villans will be keen to build on that result but head to Selhurst Park with just one win in their last eight Premier League away matches, suffering five defeats in that run. However, among their recent results on the road is a 1-0 victory at Everton and a 1-1 draw with Arsenal.
How the bookies view it: Evenly matched rivals
There is little to separate both teams among the bookies, a win for Crystal Palace is priced at 6/4 with BoyleSports, who are also offering odds of 7/4 for an Aston Villa victory. A draw is set at odds of 9/4.
Head to head: Closely fought encounters
Aston Villa have a 15-13 edge with 10 draws from 38 previous matches against Crystal Palace. Both teams have earned three wins each and two draws in the last eight meetings and played out a 2-2 scoreline in the reverse fixture back in November.
Players to watch: Prolific attacks to shine
Jean-Philippe Mateta is the leading scorer for Crystal Palace with 11 Premier League goals and will be the one to watch on Tuesday. The striker should have support from Eberechi Eze and both men can help the Eagles produce over 0.5 goals at 2/9 with BoyleSports.
As always, Aston Villa will look to Ollie Watkins to provide the spark in attack having scored 12 Premier League goals. Morgan Rogers, Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio should aso feature in attack and can help the visitors produce over 0.5 goals at 1/4 with BoyleSports.
Probable line-ups
Aston Villa will be without Boubacar Kamara, Ross Barkley, Amadou Onana and Pau Torres, who are all sidelined with injury. Watkins should lead the line once again while Axel Disasi is set to continue at the back.
Joel Ward, Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure are all sidelined with injury and will miss Tuesday’s clash. Adam Wharton could be ready to start after coming on as a substitute last time out. Eze should start in midfield while Mateta is expected to lead the line once again.
Aston Villa: Martinez, Digne, Mings, Disasi, Garcia, McGinn, Tielemans, Rashford, Asensio, Rogers, Watkins
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Guehi, Lacroix, Richards, Mitchell, Lerma, Wharton, Munoz, Eze, Sarr, Mateta
Anything else catch the eye?
Three of the last four matches between Crystal Palace and Aston Villa have produced over 3.5 goals, which is priced at 12/10 with BoyleSports. Over 2.5 goals is valued at 4/5 with BoyleSports, who are also offering odds of 4/6 on both teams to score.
Crystal Palace have scored first in the last four matches against Aston Villa and a similar outcome is priced at 20/21 with BoyleSports. Four of the last seven meetings have produced halftime draws and a repeat is valued at 21/20 with BoyleSports.
This English Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Aston Villa will be played on Feb 25, 2025 and kick off at 20:30. Check below for our tipsters best Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
