On Sun May 15th, Aston Villa will play host to Crystal Palace in a clash of the Premier League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 12th placed Aston Villa, recorded a 1-2 loss against Liverpool. Douglas Luiz struck first for Aston Villa in the 3rd minute, but Joël Matip got the equalizer for Liverpool in the 6th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 65th minute on a goal by Sadio Mané. Aston Villa is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Crystal Palace is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Watford. Wilfried Zaha scored the first goal for Crystal Palace in the 31st minute on a penalty, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Watford was frustrated by Crystal Palace’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Crystal Palace ended the match with the shutout victory. Crystal Palace should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Selhurst Park, Aston Villa was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 25000 dissapointed spectators. Matt Targett struck first for Aston Villa in the 15th minute, then John McGinn added another in the 86th minute on a feed from Anwar El Ghazi.
Wilfried Zaha has been the most prolific scorer on Crystal Palace in the last 5 matches with two goals. Both Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings have been the hottest scorers for Aston Villa in the last five each having scored 2 goals
Steven Gerrard’s squad will be without Kortney Hause and Jacob Ramsey, while Crystal Palace will be without Nathan Ferguson.