Aston Villa prepare to entertain Crystal Palace at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 13 wins out of 18 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Villa Park was less than a year ago, in December 2003, with Aston Villa running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Wed 03 Dec | Aston Villa | 3-0 | Crystal Palace | LC |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 14 Mar | Aston Villa | 3 - 1 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 08 Nov | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Tue 04 Apr | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Wed 30 Nov | Crystal Palace | 4 - 1 | Aston Villa | LC |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 27 Aug | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Crystal Palace | PREM |
| 1992/1993 | Wed 10 Feb | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Aston Villa have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Villans in those games, with 5 conceded.
In complete contrast to Aston Villa, Crystal Palace are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Eagles have hit 8 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Aston Villa's 9 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Crystal Palace find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 6 games have yielded only 1 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its good news for Aston Villa fans, because, with them being in such great nick at home, I just cannot see any further than an emphatic home win for the Villans. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aston Villa | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Crystal Palace | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |