Aston Villa have lost just one of their 12 Premier League home games against Crystal Palace (W7 D4), never conceding more than once in any of these 12 meetings (6 goals conceded in total).
Following their 5-0 win against Aston Villa on the final day of last season’s Premier League, Crystal Palace are looking to win consecutive league meetings with the Villans for the first time since a run of three between 2005 and 2014.
The away side has won just three of the 24 Premier League meetings between Aston Villa and Crystal Palace (D6 L15), with the Eagles’ only victory at Villa Park coming in December 2013 (1-0).
Aston Villa have lost both of their last two Premier League games and could lose three in a row in the competition for just the second time under manager Unai Emery, also doing so in February 2023.
Crystal Palace have registered just seven points from their opening 11 league games this season (W1 D4 L6), only picking up fewer points at this stage of a Premier League campaign in 2013-14 (4) and 2017-18 (4).
Only Brighton (4) have conceded more goals via fast breaks in the Premier League this season than Aston Villa (3), who conceded two such goals last time out to Liverpool, a joint game-high in the top-flight in 2024-25.
Crystal Palace have the worst differential of any team between their expected goals and actual goals scored in the Premier League this season (-6.0, 14.0 xG, 8 scored), as well as having the worst conversion rate (5.1%). In Oliver Glasner’s 13 games in charge last season, the Eagles ranked top in the competition for both metrics (+7.9 xG performance, 17.5% conversion rate).
After 1,026 games as a manager, Aston Villa’s Unai Emery has lost four consecutive games in all competitions for the first time, a run that started with a League Cup defeat to Crystal Palace last month. The Spaniard could lose each of his first three managerial meetings with Oliver Glasner, something he last did against a specific manager in March 2018 (Zinedine Zidane).
Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez has the fourth lowest save percentage in the Premier League this season (60.5%, minimum 2 games) while only Alphonse Areola (-3.6) and José Sá (-2.9) have conceded more goals than expected according to Opta’s expected goals on target model than the current Yashin Trophy holder (-2.2).
Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored more Premier League goals (4) and recorded his joint-most assists (2) in the competition against Aston Villa than any other opponent; the Frenchman was directly involved in four of the Eagles’ five goals in their 5-0 win over the Villans on the final day of last season (3 goals, 1assist).
