In this week 13 match on Nov 27th, Crystal Palace hosts Aston Villa in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Crystal Palace is fresh off their 3-3 draw against Burnley. Christian Benteke scored the first goal for Crystal Palace in the 8th minute, then Ben Mee tied it up for Burnley in the 19th minute . Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Aston Villa recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Brighton & Hove Albion. Ollie Watkins scored the first goal for Aston Villa in the 84th minute, then Tyrone Mings added another in the 88th minute In the end, Brighton & Hove Albion couldn’t muster any offence and Aston Villa ran away with the shutout win. Aston Villa looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Ollie Watkins has been the most prolific scorer on Aston Villa in the last five matches with 2 goals. Crystal Palace is glad to have Christian Benteke in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals
James McArthur, Eberechi Eze and Nathan Ferguson are unavailable to play for Patrick Vieira’s team, while Trezeguet, Douglas Luiz and Bertrand Traoré are unavailable to play for Aston Villa.