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Aston Villa Vs Crystal Palace Preview, Prediction, Team News And Confirmed Lineups

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Aston Villa Crystal Palace preview

Here’s our Aston Villa Vs Crystal Palace preview, prediction, team news and confirmed lineups ahead of Wednesday’s Carabao Cup clash at Villa Park.

Aston Villa Vs Crystal Palace Preview

Aston Villa

Sitting pretty at the top of this year’s Champions League table, Villa have made a great start to the season.

Unai Emery’s team are also fourth in the Premier League and performing well. However, they let slip a lead against Bournemouth at the weekend and had to settle for a point thanks to Evanilson’s 96th-minute equaliser for the Cherries.

Villa haven’t made it past the fourth round of the Carabao Cup since they were beaten finalists in 2020, but are unbeaten in 11 across all competitions.

Aston Villa Vs Crystal Palace Confirmed Lineups

Aston Villa: Gauci; Nedeljkovic, Mings, Carlos, Maatsen; Kamara, McGinn; Bailey, Buendia, Philogene; Duran

Crystal Palace: Turner; Guehi, Chalobah, Lacroix; Munoz, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell; Nketiah, Eze; Mateta

Aston Villa Vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Palace have the advantage of not fighting on as many fronts compared to Villa. The hosts have excelled in Europe and will need to rotate more to keep their squad fresh.

But Villa’s second-string have delivered for them so far, while Palace have mostly struggled regardless of who plays.

For that reason, we think a Villa win is most likely, though it all depends on how strong both managers go.

Prediction: Aston Villa 2-0 Crystal Palace