Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th January 2026

Crystal Palace enjoy home advantage, when visitors Aston Villa swing by on Wednesday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

While Aston Villa are now third in the Premier League table after collecting 42 points in 20 rounds, Crystal Palace trail them on 27 points. This leaves them as number 14 in the table after 20 rounds played.

With 4 defeats from their last 6 games, the mood around the Crystal Palace camp could probably be a lot better. They need to up their game or prepare for more disappointment, when facing Aston Villa on their home ground.

Crystal Palace have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly eight goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.8 goals per game, in which they conceded 14 goals, or 1.4 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Aston Villa show off splendid stats in their last ten matches, where they hit the target 2.4 times on average per game. They scored 24 goals and conceded 14, an average of 1.4 a game. They held on for a clean sheet in two of these.

Crystal Palace left Aston Villa begging for mercy when they clattered them 3-0 and 4-1 in their most recent meetings.

Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa Prediction

Crystal Palace Form

A draw is the best Crystal Palace can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 0-1 defeat against Tottenham. A1-1 draw with Fulham followed before they were defeated 2-0 by Newcastle. Crystal Palace only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Selhurst Park in the Premier League. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded seven goals.

Aston Villa Form

Two victories are what Aston Villa have to show from their past three matches, as they first beat Chelsea 1-2. This was followed by a 4-1 defeat against Arsenal, before winning again 3-1 against Nottingham Forest. Aston Villa claimed a remarkable four wins from six away matches in the Premier League, as well as no draw but two defeats. They also banged in 12 goals, whilst conceding 13.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Crystal Palace renew Aston Villa their acquaintance.

Crystal Palace fought their way to two wins and seven points from their last six games against teams inside the top six. They were on target six times in these matches, but also let in seven goals. Crystal Palace claimed seven wins, six draws as well as seven defeats in the Premier League this season. Aston Villa have a record of 13 wins, three draws and four defeats in the Premier League.

Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa Squads

Crystal Palace Squad

The 51-year-old coach of the home team, Oliver Glasner, will select the lineup against Aston Villa from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Dean Henderson (0/20), Remi Matthews (0/0), Walter Benitez (0/0), Borna Sosa (0/3), Chadi Riad (0/0), Chris Richards (0/17), Daniel Munoz (3/14), George King (0/0), Jaydee Canvot (0/7), Joel Drakes-Thomas (0/2), Kaden Rodney (0/1), Marc Guehi (2/19), Maxence Lacroix (0/20), Nathaniel Clyne (0/7), Tyrick Mitchell (1/20), Adam Wharton (0/18), Brennan Johnson (2/17), Caleb Kporha (0/0), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/0), Christantus Uche (0/10), Daichi Kamada (0/14), Dean Benamar (0/0), Jefferson Lerma (0/18), Justin Devenny (1/16), Naouirou Ahamada (0/0), Rio Cardines (0/0), Romain Esse (0/4), Will Hughes (0/17), Edward Nketiah (2/12), Ismaila Sarr (3/12), Jean-Philippe Mateta (8/20), Yeremy Pino (1/18).

Aston Villa Squad

Below is the full team squad of Aston Villa. The manager Emery will pick his starting XI against Crystal Palace from these players:

Emiliano Martinez (0/16), Marco Bizot (0/4), Rhys Oakley (0/0), Ronnie Hollingshead (0/0), Ezri Konsa (0/19), Ian Maatsen (0/14), Lamare Bogarde (0/15), Lino Sousa (0/0), Lucas Digne (0/19), Matty Cash (3/19), Pau Torres (0/12), Tyrone Mings (0/7), Victor Lindelof (0/9), Yeimar Mosquera (0/0), Amadou Onana (2/14), Boubacar Kamara (1/17), Emiliano Buendia (4/18), Harvey Elliott (0/4), John McGinn (3/20), Ross Barkley (1/7), Youri Tielemans (0/14), Alysson Edward (0/0), Andres Garcia (0/2), Donyell Malen (4/20), Evann Guessand (0/12), Jadon Sancho (0/10), Morgan Rogers (7/20), Ollie Watkins (7/20).

Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa Team News

At the time of writing, Crystal Palace have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Aston Villa this coming Wednesday. Crystal Palace have to alter their line-up, as both Will Hughes, Ismaila Sarr and Christantus Uche get a day in the shade.

Crystal Palace are unable to field Cheick Oumar Doucoure this coming Wednesday against Aston Villa, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa Lineups

Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa H2H

Crystal Palace completely outclassed Aston Villa, clattering them 3-0 and 4-1 in their two previous matches. Crystal Palace had a decent reading on Aston Villa lately, with a 5-2-3 advantage. They are going into this match with very fond memories of their latest meeting, in which Crystal Palace hammered their way to a 3-0 win. The bookmakers have the hosts to win this match at best price odds of 2/1.

Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Crystal Palace welcome Aston Villa as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet eight times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 10/11 with the bookies on Wednesday.

Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Jean-Philippe Mateta will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Aston Villa hope Ollie Watkins can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of four Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

Crystal Palace won two of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Selhurst Park. They drew four and lost four as well, while Aston Villa won seven of their last 10 games away. They drew zero and lost three. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in recent matches. While Crystal Palace managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the games at Selhurst Park, Aston Villa kept their hosts from scoring in one of their last 10 away games.

Over 3.5 goals happened six times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Crystal Palace managed an average of 2.3 goals, with Aston Villa averaging 1.3 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Crystal Palace, who scored an average of 1.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of the last ten games for Aston Villa, who managed to hit the net 2.2 times on average in these games.