Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa: Preview, Prediction & Betting Tips

Aston Villa make the trip down to South London to take on Crystal Palace in the last weekend of Premier League football with both sides looking to end their seasons' on a high note.

Date: 19/05/2024

Kick off time: 16:00

Location: Selhurst Park

Aston Villa have been in a bad patch of form where in comparison Crystal Palace are in the form of their lives, with both sides looking to go out on a winning note this season.

Crystal Palace currently sit 12th in the Premier League after 37 games. The Eagles have 12 wins, ten draws and 15 losses, leaving them on 46 points, just two points from a top half finish.

The Eagles have been better in front of goal recently, scoring 52 goals in 37 games, an average of 1.41 goals a game. Palace have also been consistent at the other end of the pitch, conceding 58 goals and keeping nine clean sheets.

Aston Villa, on the other hand, currently sit fourth in the Premier League. In 37 games, Villa have 20 wins, eight draws and nine losses which leaves them on 68 points. Unai Emery's men qualified for the Champions League on Tuesday night due to Manchester City defeating fifth-place Tottenham 2-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Villa have been even more impressive in front of goal as they’ve scored 76 goals in 37 games which is an average of 2.05 goals a game. Villa have also been good defensively, conceding 56 goals and keeping eight clean sheets.

Crystal Palace and Aston Villa have met 52 times in their histories, with the first meeting coming back in the 1913 FA Cup. Aston Villa have the better record in the fixture with 23 wins in comparison to Crystal Palace’s 14 wins. In fact there have been more draws at 15 than wins for Palace.

The last five games in this fixture have seen three wins for Aston Villa, one draw and one win for Palace. This fixture usually sees both sides on the scoresheet, with four of the last five games seeing both sides score.

Crystal Palace Team News

Oliver Glasner has Sam Johnstone, Cheick Doucoure, Rob Holding and Matheus Franca all out for the rest of the season. However, Jefferson Lerma and Will Hughes can return this weekend. Naouirou Ahamada is still suspended from his red card against Wolves.

Aston Villa Team News

Unai Emery has Boubacar Kamara, Emiliano Buendia, Tyrone Mings, Jacob Ramsey and Morgan Rogers all out until the end of the season. Nicolo Zaniolo and Youri Tielemans can return this weekend.

In their last five games in all competitions, Crystal Palace have four wins and one draw.

The visit from West Ham saw Michael Olise, Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta all score along with an own goal from Emerson Palmieri to give The Eagles the 4 - 0 lead at the half hour mark. Michail Antonio did score before halftime but Mateta scored again to restore the four goal cushion. An own goal from Dean Henderson saw West Ham score two but Palace held on for the 5 - 2 win.

Palace picked up another big win against Newcastle. Mateta scored twice in the second half to give The Eagles the 2 - 0 win, with Newcastle having just two shots on target.

The next time out for Palace was against Fulham where this time they fell behind early in the second half through a goal from Rodrigo Muniz. However, with just three minutes of normal time left, Jeffrey Schlupp found the back of the net to rescue a 1 - 1 draw for The Eagles.

Crystal Palace picked up their first ever league double over Manchester United following their win over them. A brace from Olise and goals from Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell gave Palace the 4 - 0 win over United who had just two shots on target.

The last time out for Crystal Palace was against Wolves. Olise opened the scoring and Mateta doubled the lead just two minutes later. Matheus Cunha did get Wolves on the scoresheet just after the hour but a goal from Eze wrapped up a 3 - 1 win for ten-man Palace, who had Ahamada sent off with ten minutes to go.

In their last six games in all competitions, Aston Villa have one win, two draws and three losses.

A penalty from Dominic Solanke gave Bournemouth the lead against Villa but Rogers made it level before halftime. Moussa Diaby and Leon Bailey then added their own goals to give Villa the 3 - 1 win.

An own goal from Marc Cucurella gave Aston Villa the early lead in the fourth minute against Chelsea and Rogers doubled the lead before halftime. Noni Madueke and Conor Gallagher both scored in the second half to rescue a 2 - 2 draw for Chelsea despite some late VAR drama.

In the first leg of the Europa Conference League Semi Final Ayoub El Kaabi scored twice within the first 30 minutes but goals from Ollie Watkins and Moussa Diaby made it level early in the second half. However, El Kaabi then completed his hat-trick and was joined on the scoresheet by Santiago Hezze in the 4 - 2 win for Olympiacos.

Back in the Premier League, Villa were handed another loss. Villa had just two shots with one on target as Joao Pedro scored the only goal of the game in the 87th minute to give Brighton the 1 - 0 win.

The second leg of the Europa Conference League Semi Finals saw Aston Villa in Greece to take on Olympiacos. A brace from El Kaabi gave Olympiacos the 2 - 0 win as Villa crashed out of Europe.

Aston Villa played Liverpool on Monday night and recorded a sensational 3-3 draw as Jhon Duran's 85th and 88th minute goals saw them comeback from 3-1 down to snatch a point in what will be Jurgen Klopp's last-ever Premier League away game as Liverpool boss.

Crystal Palace have been in great form recently with Villa slumping towards the end of the season, making both sides likely to pick up a point. Mateta is also in good scoring form for The Eagles. Crystal Palace 2 - 2 Aston Villa

Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa will not be shown on TV in the U.K. but can be followed online on BBC Sport or Sky Sports.

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