Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace Prediction

This Wednesday’s Carabao Cup sees Crystal Palace make the trip up to face Aston Villa at Villa Park. This result could have serious implications as a loss in this match sees that side knocked out of the tournament, missing out on a chance of silverware.

Key Stats

• Aston Villa haven’t lost in their last 11 matches
• Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last 6 home matches
• Crystal Palace and Aston Villa have not drawn in their last 4 meetings with each other

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Aston Villa come into this game in good form, fourth in the Premier League and top of the table in the new UEFA Champions League format. Palace on the other hand have only just grabbed their first win of the season, beating Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend to pick up their first three points in nine games.

Crystal Palace’s Jean Phillipe Mateta has scored twice in two Carabao Cup matches, making him the top scorer for his team in this competition. Probably better coming off the bench but Aston Villa’s Jhon Duran will most likely be given a start to rest the legs of star striker Ollie Watkins. Duran found himself on the scoresheet in the third round game against Wycombe Wanderers. He could find himself scoring again in this one as well.

Aston Villa Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Emiliano Martínez; Lucas Digne, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Matty Cash; Jacob Ramsey, Youri Tielemans, Omadou Onana, Leon Bailey; Morgan Rodgers; Jhon Durán

Aston Villa will be hoping to continue their fantastic form that they have shown in both the UEFA Champions League and the Premier League into another competition in the Carabao Cup. The Midlands based side are currently sat in fourth place, level with Arsenal but only behind due to goal difference. Five wins, one loss and three draws means that Aston Villa are sitting on 18 points and hopefully for their fans that will bode well for them in this Wednesday’s match against Crystal Palace.

The Villans earned their place in the fourth round by beating League One side Wycombe Wanderers 1-2 back in September, an easy game the opinion of loads of fans. This time round and they have a much tougher opponent on paper. Colombian Jhon Durán scored in that game and has gone onto score seven goals in 13 games across all competitions. He could very well get on the scoresheet once more give that Unai Emery might choose to rest Ollie Watkins for some of the more crucial games that Villa have coming up like Tottenham and Liverpool in the next two Premier League games, on top of a UEFA Champions League match versus Club Brugge.

Crystal Palace Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Dean Henderson; Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Guéhi (c), Maxence Lacroix; Tyrick Mitchell, Will Hughes, Adam Wharton, Daniel Muñoz; Eberechi Eze, Daichi Kamada; Jean-Phillipe Mateta

Crystal Palace have not had a good start to the Premier League season. They have only just managed their first win across the opening nine games of the campaign. One win, five losses and three draws has left them with six points and in 17th, just outside the relegation zone. Oliver Glasner will be hoping that the run of bad form is now over and remains a Premier League thing. A clean slate for the Carabao Cup is the perfect thing for Palace as of right now.

The Eagles had to play inside the second round before their opponents had even kicked a football in this year’s edition of the Carabao Cup. They saw of Championship side Norwich 4-0 at home in that second round before going onto beat another Championship side in Queens Park Rangers, the former stomping ground of Palace star Eberechi Eze. Crystal Palace beat them 1-2 and now face fellow Prem side Aston Villa. Striker Jean Phillipe-Mateta has grabbed two goals from the two Carabao Cup matches he’s played in and he could grab another in this one on Wednesday.

Head To Head Stats: Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace

There have been 47 matches where these two teams have faced each other throughout history.

Villa come into this match holding an advantage over Palace as they have come out victors on 19 occasions, five more times than Crystal Palace’s 14 wins in this fixture. A draw has happened 14 times out of the 47 games, leaving Aston Villa with a 40.4% win percentage.

The last five faceoffs have been split in the equally. Both Aston Villa and Crystal Palace have won two games each with there being a draw as well. There is no doubt that either side doesn’t want to be on the losing end again so there could be a very back and forth game on Wednesday night.

19th May 2024 – Crystal Palace 5-0 Aston Villa – Premier League

16th September 2023 – Aston Villa 3-1 Crystal Palace – Premier League

4th March 2023 – Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace – Premier League

20th August 2022 – Crystal Palace 3-1 Aston Villa – Premier League

15th May 2022 – Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace – Premier League

Betting Tips For Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace

Despite being almost a table difference between to two sides domestically, Crystal Palace have conceded the same amount of goals as Villa. They have just been unfortunate that they don’t have much of a goalscoring threat as of now. Whether it is Durán or Watkins that starts, the Palace defence will have a hard time trying to keep either one of them out.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Aston Villa To Win as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 10/11 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £19.09 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace

Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace

Palace did just beat Spurs in the Premier League last weekend but that doesn't mean that they have fixed all their problems. They still have a lot of injuries as well as coming up against Aston Villa, a team that is in great form at the moment. We can see Villa just edging it out with a slightly weakened starting lineup.