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Both Crystal Palace and Aston Villa are on the hunt for successive wins when they face off at Selhurst Park on Tuesday evening.
Palace, who occupy 13th, saw off Fulham 2-0 at Craven Cottage on Saturday before Villa got a morale-boosting 2-1 comeback win over Chelsea to take them eighth, just two points off the top four.
The Eagles have performed better away from their home ground this season, having won their last five games in all competitions on their travels, while they have picked up just two Premier League wins in South London this season.
Ready to go tomorrow.
Find out what the manager had to say ahead of Aston Villa at home ⤵️#CPFC
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) February 24, 2025
That said, Villa do not exactly boast the best away record this season, either. They have picked up only 14 points in 12 away matches this season, compared to 28 in 15 games at Villa Park.
Despitr struggling to match last season’s form, they remain well in the mix for a second successive Champions League qualification and a win in South London would bolster their chances and stretch their unbeaten run to five games.
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa team news
Palace are still without the injured trio of Joel Ward, Cheick Doucoure and Chadi Riad but Oliver Glasner does not have any fresh issues to deal with.
Jean-Philippe Mateta will hope to continue his outstanding form this season after scoring 14 times as he starts alongside Eberechi Eze, while Adam Wharton may start on the bench as Glasner continues to manage the midfielder’s injury recovery.
Villa are without Ross Barkley, Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana, with Pau Torres also set to miss out despite stepping up his recovery from a broken metatarsal.
Morgan Rogers and Tyrone Mings will both be assessed ahead of kick-off after suffering knocks against Chelsea.
Marco Asensio and Marcus Rashford could both start after the latter set up the former for two goals in the win over the Blues.
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— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) February 23, 2025
Predicted line-ups
Crystal Palace: Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Hughes, Lerma, Mitchell; Sarr, Mateta, Eze
Aston Villa: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Disasi, Digne; McGinn, Tielemans; Rogers, Asensio, Rashford; Watkins
The stats
- In the last 10 Crystal Palace matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 8 Crystal Palace matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Crystal Palace home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Crystal Palace home matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Crystal Palace have won 5 of the last 7 matches and the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Aston Villa have lost 6 of the last 8 away matches in the Premier League while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 8 of the last 10 Aston Villa away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Aston Villa away matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Aston Villa have lost 5 of the last 7 away matches in the Premier League and the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Aston Villa matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
How to watch Crystal Palace v Aston Villa – TV channel, stream
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa is available to watch on TNT Sports, with kick-off at 7:30pm and coverage starting at 6:30pm.
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa prediction
Palace have scored in 17 of their last 16, while Villa have kept only one clean sheet in their last 16, so it would be a surprise not to see the Eagles get their names the scoresheet.
Villa have a habit of getting points from losing positions though and an entertaining draw could be on the cards in South London.
Crystal Palace 2-2 Aston Villa
