Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-08-30 18:00.
[p]Aston Villa and Crystal Palace will both be playing in Europe this season, but after two rounds of Premier League action, neither side have a win on the board. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Villa’s start to the season couldn’t have gone much worse, as they’re still yet to even score a goal after two league games this term (D1, L1). Last weekend’s 1-0 defeat away to Brentford frustrated boss Unai Emery, but he’ll hope to see his side bounce back at Villa Park where they’re unbeaten in 19 Premier League games (W11, D8). The last side to win away to Villa in any competition was actually Crystal Palace way back in October 2024, and a repeat result would mark the first time since 2012/13 that Aston Villa have opened a Premier League campaign without a win in their first three games. [/p]
[p]After a summer of legal battles to dictate which European competition FA Cup winners Crystal Palace will play in, a 1-0 aggregate win over Norwegian side Fredrikstad in midweek confirms they’ll be in the league phase of the Conference League. The Eagles drew 0-0 in Norway on Thursday to book their spot in the main draw of a major European competition for the first time ever, and perhaps owing to having half an eye on those qualifiers, their league form hasn’t been great so far (D2), with their two stalemates meaning Oliver Glasner’s men have now drawn six of their last eight league games (W2).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Crystal Palace have had the recent edge in this fixture, winning four of the last five H2Hs (D1), but Villa are unbeaten in the last eight top-flight meetings they’ve hosted (W5, D3).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Villa haven’t conceded after the 65th minute in any of their last eight home league games. [/p]
[p]Villa have conceded more than once in just one of their 13 historical home Premier League H2Hs. [/p]
[p]Nine of Crystal Palace’s last 12 Premier League games saw under 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p]No Premier League side have won fewer corners than Crystal Palace this season (three). [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Villa could look to captain John McGinn for inspiration given his side have won on 14 of his last 15 scoring appearances, a run which started with the decisive goal in a 2-1 victory away to Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta scored for Palace the last time these sides met in the league, a goal which contributed to ten of his last 11 league strikes arriving after half-time. [/p]
[p]Boubacar Kamara limped off for Aston Villa in last weekend’s defeat to Brentford, while Palace’s Daichi Kamada is yet to play a single minute of Premier League football this season. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]After the demands of a midweek trip to Norway for Palace, and without much strength-in-depth, we’re backing Villa to win here. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Chris Wilson[/i][/p]