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Crystal Palace v Aston Villa : FA Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 25th Apr, 23:00 BST, Wembley Stadium, London

Aston Villa are away on Friday night, as manager Unai Emery takes his side to visit Crystal Palace and Oliver Glasner at the Wembley Stadium in the FA Cup. All of the key statistics for the tie, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers across 17 markets are covered in this betting preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make a well informed, intelligent bet.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead are predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that C Palace and A Villa will score a minimum of a couple of between them during 90 minutes. This is based on form stats for each side, as well as past records of their head-to-head clashes. We give it a probability of 74%. The bookmakers have it at 1.30.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 43% chance of A Villa coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
C Palace
31%
11/5
19%
-
Draw
26%
12/5
3%
-
A Villa
43%
6/5
14%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2-
A Villa 1-0
10%
7/1
16%
-
A Villa 2-1
9%
17/2
5%
-
C Palace 1-0
8%
17/2-
A Villa 2-0
7%
10/1
15%
-
C Palace 2-1
7%
10/1
10%
-
Draw 0-0
7%
9/1
9%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1
15%
-
C Palace 2-0
5%
14/1
15%
-
A Villa 3-1
4%
18/1
10%
-
A Villa 3-0
4%
20/1
19%
-
C Palace 3-1
3%
25/1
24%
-
A Villa 3-2
3%
28/1
12%
-
C Palace 3-2
2%
33/1
17%
-
C Palace 3-0
2%
33/1
31%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
1/1
5%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
4/5
6%
-
Home 1st Goal
46%
13/10
10%
-
Away 1st Goal
50%
8/11
5%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
9/1
9%
-
BTTS - Yes
54%
3/4
5%
-
BTTS - No
46%
1/1
5%
-
BTTS - Home Win
15%
5/1
20%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2
4%
-
BTTS - Away Win
20%
7/2
5%
-
Home/draw
57%
4/6
11%
-
Away/draw
69%
4/11
6%
-
Home/away
74%
3/10
2%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
3/10
4%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
12/5
9%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
12/5
13%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
3/10
4%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
6/1
17%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/10
2%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
14/1
15%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/33
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/16
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/1
9%
-
Home DNB
49%
6/5
20%
-
Away DNB
61%
8/13
11%
-
C Palace win to nil
16%
9/2
10%
-
A Villa win to nil
23%
11/4
17%
-
C Palace / C Palace
16%
4/1
15%
-
C Palace / A Villa
3%
25/1-
C Palace / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / C Palace
12%
6/1
8%
-
Draw / A Villa
15%
9/2
8%
-
Draw / Draw
16%
4/1-
A Villa / C Palace
3%
28/1
12%
-
A Villa / A Villa
22%
11/4
13%
-
A Villa / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win form
C Palace
20 games
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AC Palace0 - 5Newcastle
AC Palace2 - 5Man City
HC Palace2 - 1Brighton
AC Palace1 - 1Southampton
AC Palace3 - 0Fulham
HC Palace1 - 0Ipswich
HC Palace3 - 1Millwall
HC Palace4 - 1A Villa
AC Palace2 - 0Fulham
HC Palace1 - 2Everton
AC Palace2 - 0Doncaster
AC Palace2 - 0Man Utd
HC Palace1 - 2Brentford
AC Palace2 - 0West Ham
AC Palace2 - 0Leicester
HC Palace1 - 0Stockport
HC Palace1 - 1Chelsea
HC Palace2 - 1Southampton
AC Palace0 - 0Bournemouth
HC Palace1 - 5Arsenal
A Villa
20 games
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HA Villa3 - 2PSG
AA Villa3 - 0Southampton
AA Villa1 - 3PSG
HA Villa2 - 1Nottm Forest
AA Villa3 - 0Brighton
AA Villa3 - 0Preston
HA Villa3 - 0Brugge
AA Villa1 - 0Brentford
AA Villa3 - 1Brugge
HA Villa2 - 0Cardiff
AA Villa1 - 4C Palace
HA Villa2 - 1Chelsea
HA Villa2 - 2Liverpool
HA Villa1 - 1Ipswich
HA Villa2 - 1Spurs
AA Villa0 - 2Wolves
HA Villa4 - 2Celtic
HA Villa1 - 1West Ham
AA Villa0 - 1Monaco
AA Villa2 - 2Arsenal
Goal Statistics

Aston Villa have been reliable in front of goal of late, finding the net in 8 consecutive FA Cup outings. Their PG of 1.5 against Crystal Palace on Friday suggests that run is likely to continue.

C Palace A Villa
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that C Palace will score no more than 1 goal
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that A Villa will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away games
20 home / away games
1.6
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings past 20 games
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C Palace
PG (predicted goals)
A Villa
1.2
1.5
Attack rating
CRY
AVL
6%
better
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Games scored18
18
Failed to score2
2
Scored first12
12
Goals scored33
39
Avg. goals scored1.7
2
Avg. shots per game9
11
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for17
18
Avg. XG for1.7
1.8
KickOff rating
+6%
Defence rating
7%
better
CRY
AVL
view stats
Games conceded11
14
Clean sheets9
6
Conceded first7
8
Goals conceded25
24
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against15%
13%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+7%

The line-ups for the FA Cup match between C Palace v A Villa will show here when available.

C Palace FA Cup squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4211
C RichardsD MuñozC RichardsC Richards
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Richards DEF41
1
-
M Guéhi DEF4
-
D Muñoz DEF42
1
-
J Lerma MID4
-
J Devenny MID41
-
M Turner GLK3
-
N Clyne DEF3
1
-
M Lacroix DEF3
1
-
D Kamada MID31
-
A Wharton MID3
1
-
E Eze MID321
-
M França MID3
-
J Mateta FWD3
-
I Sarr FWD31
-
E Nketiah FWD32
-
B Chilwell  DEF2
-
T Mitchell DEF21
-
W Hughes MID21
-
R Esse MID2
-
D Henderson GLK1
-
C. Kporha DEF1
-
C Riad DEF1
-
A Villa FA Cup squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4221
E KonsaJ RamseyL DigneM Rogers
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Konsa DEF4
-
Y Tielemans MID4
-
J Ramsey MID42
-
M Rogers MID421
1
-
E Martínez GLK3
-
A García DEF3
-
I Maatsen DEF3
-
L Digne DEF32
-
J McGinn MID3
-
B Kamara MID3
-
M Asensio FWD32
-
M Rashford FWD321
-
O Watkins FWD32
-
L Bailey FWD31
-
M Cash DEF2
-
T Mings DEF2
-
A Onana MID21
-
L Bogarde MID2
-
D Malen FWD21
-
R Olsen GLK1
-
R Barkley MID1
-
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