Crystal Palace FC vs. Aston Villa FC 5/16/21 - Premier League Picks & Predictions

Crystal Palace hosts Aston Villa on Sunday in an English Premier League matchday 36 fixture. Crystal Palace is 13th in the top-flight English league table at 11-8-16 on 41 points with a goal difference of -22. Crystal Palace  was defeated by Southampton 3-1 in its most recent outing on Tuesday. Crystal Palace is safe for another season in the English Premier League 14 points above the drop zone.

Crystal Palace has one win and four losses over its last five matches in the English Premier League and during that span has scored five goals and allowed 11. Wilfried Zaha is the leading goal scorer for Crystal Palace with 10, while Christian Benteke has scored eight. Eberechi Eze is the leader in assists with five.

Aston Villa is 11th in the top-flight English league table at 14-7-14 on 49 points with a goal difference of +8. Aston Villa fought to a 0-0 draw with Everton on Thursday. Aston Villa is just one point behind 10th place Leeds United. Aston Villa has not earned three points since defeating Everton 2-1 and could be overtaken by Wolverhamption, if the Villianers do not take points on Sunday and going forward over the final three matches.

Aston Villa has one win, two draws and two losses over its last five matches in the English Premier League and during that span has scored six goals and allowed eight. The leading goal scorer for Aston Villa is Ollie Watkins with 13 and Anwar El Ghazi has scored eight. Jack Grealish is the leader in assists with 10.