Aston Villa, Recent Form

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Unai Emery will have some work to do building up his players after their 3-0 away thrashing at the hands of Liverpool.  They achieved 36% possession in that match and had 9 strikes at goal, with 3 hitting the target, up against Liverpool's tally of 17 efforts at goal, 4 of which were on target.  

Emery will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, having managed to score 11 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 11 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way.   Their goal scoring streak at home now stands at 15 games in a row, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.  

They've had a good run of home form recently, with 8 straight wins in a row and are on an unbeaten run of 8 games.  

Crystal Palace, Recent Form

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Crystal Palace will be happy to take away 3 points from their last match, with an important 3-2 home win against Wolverhampton Wanderers.  Their share of possession in that meeting was 43%, while racking up 16 shots along the way, 11 of which were on target. Wolverhampton Wanderers had 12 shots on goal with 4 on target.  

It's fair to say that manager Roy Hodgson will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 8 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 7 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points.  They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.  

Palace will take some comfort from having only lost 1 of their last 6 games, but having managed just 2 wins shows there's room for improvement.  

Odsonne Édouard will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 4 goals in the last 6 league games for Crystal Palace.