Comments and predictions for Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa: Overwhelm the home team
The match between Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa in the FA Cup takes place at 0:15 on April 27. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa team information
Crystal Palace welcome back Chris Richards after his red card suspension in the draw with Bournemouth, and they have just two injuries left in Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure (both knee), while Ben Chilwell is ill but not expected to start.
Richards is likely to return to the starting lineup in defense. Coach Glasner could bring on Will Hughes to replace Jefferson Lerma to refresh the midfield, alongside Adam Wharton.
The use of Justin Devenny and Eddie Nketiah against Arsenal partly shows that Glasner is prioritizing the FA Cup, and he will certainly bring Mateta and Ismaila Sarr back into the starting lineup to join Eze to create an attacking trident.
Aston Villa have a nearly fully fit squad for this semi-final. The only absentee is Axel Disasi – the player with a “cup tie” – but this does not greatly affect Emery’s plans.
It is worth noting that Ollie Watkins was surprisingly left out of the starting line-up against Man City, just a week after he scored in the 33rd second against Newcastle – a goal that helped him equal the record for most goals scored for Villa in the Premier League with Gabriel Agbonlahor.
Watkins is almost certain to return to lead the line for this game, along with John McGinn – one of three players left over from Villa's last appearance at Wembley in the 2019 Championship play-off final, alongside Tyrone Mings and Kortney Hause.
Latest expected lineup Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa
Crystal Palace:
Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Mateta
Aston Villa:
Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Rogers, McGinn, Rashford; Watkins
Latest Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa football review
Crystal Palace have been to the FA Cup final twice, losing both times to Manchester United. The first was in 1990 after a replay, and the second in 2016 when they lost in extra time. However, the third time could be the change of fortune for the capital club, having overcome Stockport County, Doncaster Rovers, Millwall and most recently Fulham in 3-0 victories to reach Wembley.
If Crystal Palace’s FA Cup semi-final history is anything to go by, there’s reason to be optimistic. They’ve alternated wins and losses in their last five appearances in this competition – most recently a defeat to Chelsea in 2022 – suggesting a win could be on the cards if that trend continues.
Despite a four-game winless run, Palace held their nerve in a 2-2 draw with Arsenal on Wednesday, and before that a heroic goalless draw with Bournemouth down to 10 men.
Thanks to stunning strikes from Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta against Arsenal, Crystal Palace have scored two or more goals in eight of their last ten away games, and manager Oliver Glasner – a Europa League winner in 2021-22 – is no stranger to cup success.
On the other side of the front line, Aston Villa coach Unai Emery is also a "trophy hunter" who has achieved many successes in Spain and France, especially four Europa League titles. Now, he is aiming for his first title in England to add to his huge collection.
Next season's Champions League will not be at Villa Park due to PSG's influence, but Aston Villa overcame Preston North End, Tottenham, West Ham and Cardiff to reach the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in 10 years.
A 2-1 win over Liverpool in the 2015 semi-final gave them hope, but they were then thrashed 4-0 by Arsenal in the final. Villa have not won the FA Cup since 1957 – a long time for a team that has won the competition seven times.
After destroying Newcastle 4-1 last weekend, Aston Villa lost 1-2 to Manchester City in the final seconds of the midweek match, thereby falling two points behind in the race for the Premier League top 4. That prevented them from focusing all their efforts on the FA Cup, as all the goals are still ahead.
However, Villa’s impressive scoring form, which has seen them score in 17 consecutive games in all competitions, is giving them a boost on both fronts, and they are also hungry for revenge, having been knocked out of the League Cup by Crystal Palace and beaten 4-1 at Selhurst Park in February – memories that will add to the tension of the Wembley clash.
Latest Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Crystal Palace vs Aston Villaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Crystal Palace 1-2 Aston Villa
- WhoScore:Crystal Palace 0-2 Aston Villa
- Our newspaper predicts:Crystal Palace 1-2 Aston Villa
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