May 15th features a match where Aston Villa plays host to Crystal Palace in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Aston Villa is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Liverpool. Douglas Luiz scored the first goal for Aston Villa in the 3rd minute, then Joël Matip tied it up for Liverpool in the 6th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 65th minute on a goal by Sadio Mané to cap off a wild match. Aston Villa is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Crystal Palace is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Watford. Wilfried Zaha struck first for Crystal Palace in the 31st minute on a penalty shot, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Watford was frustrated by Crystal Palace’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Crystal Palace ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Crystal Palace should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Selhurst Park, Aston Villa won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 25000 dissapointed fans. Matt Targett struck first for Aston Villa in the 15th minute on a feed from Ashley Young, then John McGinn added another in the 86th minute.
Crystal Palace’s most prolific scorer has been Wilfried Zaha. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Aston Villa is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings each having 2 goals in their last five
Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa squad will be without Kortney Hause and Jacob Ramsey, while Patrick Vieira’s Crystal Palace squad will be without Nathan Ferguson.