Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace Predictions

• Aston Villa have failed to score this season (D1, L1).
• Crystal Palace have scored just two goals in their last four games (W1, D3).
• Under 2.5 goals has landed in all four league games involving these sides.

Goals at a premium at Villa Park

Aston Villa take on Crystal Palace in a 7pm Premier League kick off on Sunday in a fixture where goals could be in short supply.

Villa played out a bore draw with Newcastle in the opening round of fixtures and then slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Brentford last time out.

Palace have had a busier start to the new campaign as they managed to overcome Liverpool in the Community Shield and have since had to balance their league games with a Conference League double-header against Norway’s Fredrikstad, winning that tie 1-0 on aggregate.

Both attacks struggling to get firing

Clashes between these two sides are generally high-scoring – each of the last six meetings across all competitions have produced at least three goals – but this fixture may buck that trend. The standout bet for this game looks to be backing under 2.5 goals, as both slides have struggled to find any rhythm in attack but both have also been fairly solid at the other end.

Villa were hindered by Ezri Konsa’s sending off in their 0-0 draw with Newcastle but they didn’t offer much in attack when they did have their full complement on the pitch. Unai Emery’s side failed to record a single attempt in the first half and had just three attempts in total over the course of the game.

The Villans were better at Brentford, despite losing, but they still drew a blank in a clash against a team many are expecting to struggle this season.

Palace sold Eberechi Eze to Arsenal this summer and are still adjusting to life without their star attacker. The Eagles dominated both legs in their Conference League qualifier with Fredriskstad but still only won the tie 1-0 on aggregate, and in three games without Eze they’ve scored just two goals – but have only conceded one themselves.

Spoils could be shared

Anyone hoping for fireworks on Sunday night in the final game of this round of Premier League fixtures could be left disappointed and a 0-0 draw is the correct score pick.

Villa are yet to score and they’ve now gone three games without scoring in a run stretching back to a 2-0 defeat to Manchester United at the end of last season, while Palace haven’t scored an away goal yet after goalless draws at Chelsea and Fredriskstad so a bore draw could be on the end result.

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