Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace

Ollie Watkins and Aston Villa will take the pitch against Wilfried Zaha and Crystal Palace today.

While the hosts have a good record against Palace at home, having lost only one out of ten games, Palace is looking to complete its second Premier League double ...

[Premier League](https://nnn.ng/tag/premier-league/) match between Aston Villa and Crystal Palace will take place at Villa Park on Saturday. [](https://nnn.ng/hausa/#=saharahausa) [](https://nnn.ng/i/#=best link shortners) [United States](https://nnn.ng/tag/united-states/) and [India](https://nnn.ng/tag/india/).

Aston Villa and Crystal Palace have announced their starting lineups ahead of this afternoon's Premier League fixture at Villa Park.

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Crystal Palace are taking on Aston Villa in the Premier League - follow all the action from Villa Park below! Refresh this page periodically for all the ...

“As a football club we have four good centre-backs, and when you look at Tonks [James Tomkins] or Chris [Richards], every time that they played, they did really well for the team, and this is what I want as a manager: to have those kinds of options. “We just need to keep working hard and to keep pushing, and we just need that little bit of luck. We only lost once, but we didn’t win any games, so outside of those numbers, it’s about the performances of the team in and out of possession. I expect more from some players in the squad to perform at a better level. Jean-Philippe Mateta dutifully added a third late on and the Eagles could not be caught. Regarding the remained of the campaign, Ayew feels his side want: “To finish as high as possible. we should have won that game, but were unlucky – it’s part of the game. Looking ahead to Saturday, Ayew continued: “We’ve been playing really well in the last three games. If you win the next two it looks quite good, so I think we need to stay positive and be positive. “We know which kind of team we are going to face. “They have had mixed results but you can see their players, the way they play under the new manager is positive, so I expect a tough game. He swipes at the volley and it’s blocked behind for a corner.

Aston Villa host Crystal Palace at Villa Park on Saturday, looking to pick up back-to-back Premier League wins. Unai Emery's team scored twice in the second ...

Aston Villa welcome Crystal Palace to Villa Park as both midtable teams will earmark this as a game they should win to boost their top 10 hopes.

Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace. Aston Villa lead and it’s a really unfortunate own goal from Joachim Andersen. Wilfried Zaha has the ball in the net after a lovely pass forward and he rounded Emiliano Martinez before slotting home… Awful news for Palace. This will be very open in the second half. Great news for Villa.

TIM NASH AT VILLA PARK: Two minutes of madness from Cheik Doucouré effectively sentenced Crystal Palace to another winless outing as Aston Villa ...

But Andersen got there first, sliding the ball past helpless goalkeeper Vicente Guaita. Bailey was a 70th-minute substitute, replacing Jacob Ramsey. But that was as close as Palace came to an equaliser as Villa saw the match in some comfort. Villa returned to the attack and should have doubled their lead on the stroke of time added on at the end of the first half. A Palace player had the ball in the net for the second time in the game – and this time it gave Villa the lead in the 27th minute. By then, Joachim Andersen had put through his own net to give Villa a deserved lead in the 27th minute in a game of few chances.

Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha could return after missing four games with a hamstring injury. Sam Johnstone and Nathan Ferguson are both still recovering from ...

- Since the start of last season, Crystal Palace have won just 10% of their Premier League games that Wilfried Zaha hasn't played (one win in 10 matches), compared to 31% when he has featured (16 out of 52). - The Eagles are the only team in the division yet to score a first-half goal in 2023. - Palace have failed to have a single shot on target in a Premier League-high three games this season. - They have drawn five of their last six league fixtures, and are yet to score more than one goal in a league match this calendar year. - Crystal Palace are on the longest current winless run in the Premier League, failing to win any of their eight games in 2023 (D5, L3). - Crystal Palace have scored multiple goals in only one of their 26 matches away to Aston Villa - that was in a 4-3 defeat in the FA Cup third round in 1962.

Aston Villa welcome Crystal Palace to Villa Park as both midtable teams will earmark this as a game they should win.

BIRMINGHAM, March 4 (Reuters) - A Joachim Andersen own goal proved the difference as Aston Villa secured a 1-0 home win over Crystal Palace in a dire ...

"We ground out the three points. [Calum Chambers](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/176266/Calum-Chambers) minutes after a heavy challenge on [Boubacar Kamara](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/250936/Boubacar-Kamara), who went off injured. Palace are on the longest winless run of any team in the league. [Matty Cash](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/234698/Matty-Cash) whipped in a low cross across the face of goal and Palace defender Andersen inadvertently put the ball into his own net. [John McGinn](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/162843/John-McGinn) said. [Joachim Andersen](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/196081/Joachim-Andersen) own goal handed [Aston Villa](/football/team?id=362) a 1-0 home win over [Crystal Palace](/football/team?id=384) in a dire [Premier League](/football/league/_/name/ENG.1) clash on Saturday, after the visitors' midfielder Cheick Doucoure was sent off.

Denmark defender Andersen turned a Matty Cash cross into his own net after 27 minutes and there was little sign of a fightback from Patrick Vieira's side even ...

Patrick Vieira's side finished the match with 10 men as Cheick Doucoure was dismissed after receiving two yellow cards in the space of five minutes. Meanwhile, Villa seek a third straight win when they travel to the London Stadium to face West Ham United the following day. Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace

Report and free highlights as Aston Villa secured a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Villa Park; Joachim Andersens first-half own goal was the difference ...

We did it against Liverpool and always at home we find the strength to compete at the level we can do. "Of course, we can analyse the match and the first half, and second half were very different. "Our idea was to win with a clean sheet - we did it. Up next for Crystal Palace is a Premier League home match against Manchester City next Saturday at 5.30pm, live on Sky Sports. To keep everybody confident, it was an important victory. VAR ruled the goal out for a tight offside call, but Zaha showed his worth to Palace and the threat he carries. But we had a couple of tough games and at times we defended and played quite well. Zaha returned from a hamstring injury for Crystal Palace at Aston Villa after missing Vieira's side's last four games with Palace failing to get a win in his absence. He got a goal early on which was disallowed for a tight offside, but I did think he went slightly too early. On a tricky run of fixtures coming up: "Of course getting a result is important. Wilfried Zaha made his return to the Crystal Palace starting XI after missing four games with a hamstring injury. It's important for us to bounce back and start winning games.

Crystal Palace under Patrick Vieira's leadership have proven to be difficult to beat but could still be in danger of getting pulled into a relegation fight if ...

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