At A Glance
Aston Villa will look to maintain their strong home form when Crystal Palace arrive at Villa Park on Saturday.
Unai Emery’s team have won their previous eight Premier League matches on home turf, dating back to their last meeting with the Eagles in March, which ended 1-0 to the hosts.
Villa have started the league campaign with two wins and two defeats following a 3-0 loss against Liverpool last time out.
Crystal Palace are one point better off after picking up two wins, a draw and a loss from their first four matches.
The Londoners overcame Wolves 3-2 last time out, with Odsonne Édouard bagging a brace to take his tally to four for the season.
Palace have picked up four of their points on the road, beating Sheffield United and drawing at Brentford.
Standout Stats
Aston Villa have lost just one of their 11 Premier League home games against Crystal Palace (W6, D4).
Palace have only scored five goals in those matches, never scoring more than once.
Aston Villa have won nine consecutive home games in all competitions for the first time since a run of 11 from October 1989 to January 1990.
Roy Hodgson's side could go unbeaten in their opening three away league games for the first time since 2003-04, when they were in the second tier.
In 2023, only Manchester City and Arsenal have accrued more Premier League points than Aston Villa's 49.
Each of Crystal Palace's last 11 goals in all competitions were scored in the second half, including all nine in 2023/24.
Douglas Luiz can become the first Villa player to score in four consecutive Premier League home matches since Gareth Barry in 2006.
Eberechi Eze has completed 13 dribbles and created seven chances from set plays in this season's Premier League, more than any other player.
Ollie Watkins has scored in two of the past three meetings with Crystal Palace.
The Eagles last remained unbeaten in their first three Premier League away matches in 1994-95.
The Last Meeting
Aston Villa earned a narrow 1-0 triumph over 10-man Crystal Palace at Villa Park in March.
Joachim Andersen turned the ball past his own goalkeeper after 27 minutes to settle a tight affair.
Cheick Doucoure was dismissed just after the hour mark for the visitors having received two yellow cards in the space of five minutes, with Villa going on to pick up the three points.
Team News
Álex Moreno has returned to training ahead of the game, with Jacob Ramsey and Bertrand Traoré also close to returning although this weekend comes too soon.
Diego Carlos misses out against the Eagles having hobbled off against Liverpool prior to the international break, as does Tim Iroegbunam.
England international Marc Guehi, James Tomkins and Jefferson Lerma will all miss out for Palace.
Michael Olise and Matheus Franca have also been ruled out of the game.
The Boss
“I really respect him a lot, Roy Hodgson, and Crystal Palace. They are very competitive, a very organised team. I think the coach has not only experience but the capacity to show an organised team. They are a team that’s very difficult to win against because they are very competitive away and at home. My expectation is that tomorrow will be a difficult match, but I want to be positive. I want to try to be strong with our supporters.”
Unai Emery
