This Tuesday, 12th January, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace will play their twenty-first game of the Premier League season at Villa Park.
The teams last played in August last year and Crystal Palace won the game 2 – 1. Before that they played in January and that game ended in a goalless draw. Crystal Palace has won three out of the last five encounters while the last time that Villa beat Crystal Palace was in December 2014.
It looks as if Crystal Palace is set to extend their record as they are favourites to win the match; the bookmakers at Winner Sports have given the team odds of 29/20 to win while the odds on Aston Villa are 2/1 and a draw has been set at 21/10. In the correct score market the shortest odds of 5/1 are on a 1 – 1 draw followed by 6/1 on a 1 – 0 victory for Crystal Palace.
Aston Villa is currently twentieth in the Premier League with 8 points having won 1 game, drawn 5 and lost 14. They are seven points below Sunderland.
Crystal Palace is seventh in the league with 31 points having won 9 games, drawn 4 and lost 7. They are one point below West Ham.
