The Eagles welcome Steven Gerrard and his Aston Villa team to Selhurst Park this weekend amid a National Rail strike that will make it extremely difficult for fans to make it to South London, but make it they will.
DATE
20th August 2022
VENUE
Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
KICK OFF
3pm
PREVIOUS MEETING
Villa last made the trip to South London in November 2021 and returned to the Midlands with all three points. They took the lead through Matt Target (15) before doubling their lead thanks to John McGinn (86). The Palace consolation was scored by Marc Guehi (94).
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – John McGinn (8.8)
OFFICIALS
- Referee: Andy Madley
- Assistants: Derek Eaton, Steve Meredith
- Fourth official: Thomas Bramall
- VAR: John Brooks
- Assistant VAR: Nick Hopton
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Nathan Ferguson, Jack Butland, James McArthur and James Tomkins are all ruled out through injury
VILLA – Kortney Hause and Diego Carlos miss out because of injury while Philippe Coutinho is a doubt
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – none
YELLOW CARDS (2+) – Danny Ings (2)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 15/05/22 Villa 1-1 Palace
- 27/11/21 Palace 1-2 Villa
- 16/05/21 Palace 3-2 Villa
- 26/12/20 Villa 3-0 Palace
- 12/07/20 Villa 2-0 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 15/08/22 Liverpool 1-1 Palace
- 05/08/22 Palace 0-2 Arsenal
- 30/07/22 Palace 4-2 Montpellier
- 23/07/22 QPR 0-3 Palace
- 22/07/22 Palace 1-1 Leeds
Last FIVE results for Villa;
- 13/08/22 Villa 2-1 Everton
- 06/08/22 Bournemouth 2-0 Villa
- 30/07/22 Rennes 1-2 Villa
- 23/07/22 Manchester United 2-2 Villa
- 20/07/22 Brisbane Roar 0-1 Villa
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Villa are 9th in the Premier League with 3 points from 2 games while Palace are 16th with 1 point.
RECORD AGAINST VILLA
- Played 49
- Won 13
- Drawn 15
- Lost 21
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Joachim Andersen 7.39
- Joel Ward 7.25
- John McGinn 7.03
- Emiliano Martinez 6.97
ONE TO WATCH
BOUBACAR KAMARA
FORMER CLUBS – Marseille
The young French international arrived at Villa Park in the summer after his contract at Marseille expired. He has slotted into the Villa midfield seamlessly having started both Premier League games so far this season.
KEY CLASH
JOACHIM ANDERSON v DANNY INGS
There will be plenty of eyes on the Danish defender this weekend following his brilliant performance at Anfield on Monday night, but probably for different reasons after the events of that game. He will be up against a completely different type of striker in the shape of former England man Danny Ings.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- Palace have only picked up 4 points in their past 5 league matches against Villa
- Following a 2-1 away win at Palace last season, Villa are looking to win consecutive away league matches against the Eagles for the first time
- Since their return to the Premier League in 2013, 9 of Palace’s 10 league goals against Villa have been scored in the final 20 minutes of games
- Villa have won 6 of their 14 Premier League away games under Steven Gerrard (43%), compared to just 5 of their 15 home games (33%). Gerrard has the best away win rate of any permanent Villa manager in the Premier League
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Wilfried Zaha (1 – 8th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Eberechi Eze (1 – 6th in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (130 – 18th in PL)
- TACKLES – Jeffrey Schlupp (9 – 3rd in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (175 – 13th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (5 – 11th in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (4 – 15th in PL)
DID YOU KNOW?
Archie Hunter became the first player to score in every round of the FA Cup in 1887. Villa went on to lift the cup that season with Hunter scoring one of the goals in the final against West Bromwich Albion
PREDICTION
Patrick Vieira will be keen for the Eagles to follow up the excellent point against Liverpool with a first victory of the season. Villa took their first three points off Everton at the weekend and will be a tough proposition but we are going for a narrow home win.
FINAL SCORE: 2-1 to Palace
BETTING ODDS
- Home – 6/4
- Draw – 21/10
- Away – 15/8
- Both teams to score – 20/23
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