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Aston Villa v Crystal Palace

BBC
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Match facts

Head-to-head

  • Aston Villa’s only defeat in 12 Premier League home matches against Crystal Palace came on Boxing Day 2013 (W7, D4). Villa have kept six clean sheets and never conceded more than once in any of those meetings.

  • However, Palace won this fixture 5-0 at Selhurst Park on the final day of last season and triumphed 2-1 at Villa Park in the League Cup fourth round last month.

Aston Villa

  • Unai Emery has suffered four consecutive defeats in all competitions for the first time in his 1,026 games as a manager.

  • Villa can lose five matches in a row for the first time since October to November 2021, which led to Dean Smith being sacked.

  • They could equal their longest Premier League losing streak of three games under Emery, set in February 2023.

  • However, Villa are unbeaten in all seven Premier League fixtures this season against teams currently in the bottom half of the table (W4, D3).

  • Their only clean sheet in 16 league matches came in a 0-0 home draw against Manchester United last month.

  • Ollie Watkins has gone five club games without a goal and only scored once in his past eight appearances for Villa.

  • Midfielder Boubacar Kamara celebrates his 25th birthday on the day of this fixture.

Crystal Palace

  • The Eagles can remain winless after six Premier League away games of a season for the second time. It took them nine attempts to earn a first away victory in 2017-18.

  • Palace’s tally of seven points from 11 matches is their third lowest at this stage of a Premier League season. They had four points in both 2013 and 2017.

  • Oliver Glasner’s side have led for just 104 minutes in the league this season; only West Ham United have fared worse.

  • Their solitary victory in the last 14 league fixtures without Eberechi Eze was by 3-0 at home to Burnley in February (D5, L8).

  • Jean-Philippe Mateta has 16 goals in 24 Premier League appearances under Glasner, including a hat-trick against Aston Villa on the final day of last season. Only two of those goals were scored in away games.