On Saturday Mar 4th, in week 26, Aston Villa hosts Crystal Palace at Villa Park in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Aston Villa recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Everton. Ollie Watkins struck first for Aston Villa in the 63rd minute on a penalty shot, then Emiliano Buendía added another in the 81st minute In the end, Everton was frustrated by Aston Villa’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Aston Villa ended the match with the shutout victory. Aston Villa is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Crystal Palace recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Liverpool. Neither Crystal Palace nor Liverpool could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Crystal Palace looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
On Aug 20th, Crystal Palace hosted Aston Villa at the Selhurst Park in their last match together. Crystal Palace won by a score of 3 to 1. Ollie Watkins struck first for Aston Villa in the 5th minute, then in the 7th minute, Odsonne Édouard sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Wilfried Zaha Finally they completed the comback victory in the 58th minute on a goal by Wilfried Zaha to cap off a wild match.
Crystal Palace hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Jeffrey Schlupp and James Tomkins, and they each have 1 goal. Aston Villa is glad to have Ollie Watkins in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals
Unai Emery Etxegoien’s Aston Villa squad will be without Bertrand Traoré, Jed Steer and Diego Carlos, while Patrick Vieira’s squad will be without Nathan Ferguson and Sam Johnstone.