Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa prediction and betting tips on April 26, 2025
Game Prediction
Crystal Palace and Aston Villa will compete in the FA Cup semi-final on April 26, 2025. Each of the opponents believes that it deserves success at Wembley.
Our prediction for the match Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa
The representatives of the capital began a new attempt to replace Hodgson just over a year ago. Glasner appeared in England for the first time in his career at the height of the previous cycle – still, he managed to close the top 10, achieving a number of bright victories in the spring. The club from Birmingham showed itself well in 2 directions in 2023/2024. It held out in the Conference League until the spring play-offs, with virtually zero European experience. And, that is the most important, it also won Tottenham in a tough race for 4th place in the Premier League.
The higher mentioned result opened the way for the team to make the actual debut in the Champions League. There, the English club performed with dignity – only PSG managed to stop it in the quarter-finals, simply scoring 1 goal more (1-3 and 3-2). Logically, such a load affected the performance at the inner arena. The team, having updated the squad, is trying to improve the game there too. Having defeated Newcastle, it lost to Manchester City, conceding in the 90th+ minute of the meeting, this week. Speaking about the club from the capital of England, it showed an even greater contrast in the Premier League. It failed until winter, but has sharply improved since December. The team lost the courage only in April, having conceded 5 in both struggle, with Manchester City and Newcastle. Nevertheless, the meeting with Bournemouth brought a goalless draw. On Wednesday, the team shared points with Arsenal, having made the final 2-2 result.
It is possible that Oliver and his team have concentrated all their efforts on the cup competition. There, however, they were lucky with the draw: only after overcoming Stockport, Doncaster and Millwall, in the quarter-finals, the team played with the first representative of the Premier League, Fulham. And it crushed the neighbour – 3-0! Emery had a difficult start, when it was necessary to knock out other London clubs, West Ham and Tottenham. Still, then his players were clear favourites in the disputes with Cardiff and Preston, and took confident victories without conceding a single goal.
Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa: key statistics and trends
- Crystal Palace has lost twice in 4 previous matches.
- On average, Crystal Palace scores 1.26 goals and concedes 1.38 goals per meeting.
- 56% of Crystal Palace’s meetings have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per struggle is 2.65.
- Aston Villa has won 10 of 12 previous confrontations.
- On average, Aston Villa scores 1.59 goals and concedes 1.44 goals per match.
- 68% of Aston Villa’s battles have brought “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per game is 3.03.
Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa: possible starting line-ups
Crystal Palace (possible line-up): Henderson – Guehi, Lacroix, Lerma – Mitchell, Eze, Sarr, Kamada, Wharton, Munoz – Mateta.
Aston Villa (possible line-up): Martinez – Digne, Pau Torres, Konsa, Cash – Onana, Kamara, McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers – Rashford.
Previous head-to-head matches: Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa
The representatives of the capital of England have won 3 of 4 previous matches. The only other time, there was a draw in the Premier League.
Free prediction for the match Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa
The Birmingham’s players are stronger and are used to playing on a tight schedule, achieving success in top matches. As a result, it is reasonable to bet on their victory (odd: 2.18).