Aston Villa and Crystal Palace still have work to do to make sure they are not dragged into a relegation battle come the end of the season, as they prepare to meet in the West Midlands on Saturday.
Both sides have been struggling to find any consistency in their performances of late and draw specialists Palace might well come away from Villa Park with another point to add to their collection.
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips
- Draw @ 11/5
- #PickYourPunt - Cheick Doucoure carded & under 4.5 Aston Villa team corners @ 5/1
Aston Villa are the favourites in the match result market to claim all three points in this one at 21/20. Palace are 11/4 to secure their first win in the Premier League since December 31, while the draw is on offer at 11/5.
Team news
Villa boss Unai Emery is dealing with a host of injury concerns with attacking midfielder Philippe Coutinho likely to be out until after the international break with a thigh injury.
Diego Carlos has been out on the sidelines with an Achilles injury and the weekend's game will come too soon for the defender and the same applies for Villa's Robin Olsen.
As for the visitors, Palace could be boosted by the return of forward Wilfried Zaha as he has recovered from a hamstring injury.
The Ivory Coast international missed all four February games in the Premier League for the Eagles and after returning to training, should feature at Villa Park in some capacity.
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Draw @ 11/5
Patrick Vieira's Palace have seemingly become the draw specialist of the Premier League in recent weeks and it would be little surprise to see another stalemate this weekend.
The Eagles have drawn five of their last six league games which has seen them move up into 12th place in the table.
This fixture ended in a 1-1 draw at Villa Park last season and a similar result might well be on the cards on Saturday between two evenly-matched teams, with a repeat 1-1 draw priced at 11/2 in the Correct Score market.
#PickYourPunt - Cheick Doucoure carded & under 4.5 Aston Villa team corners @ 5/1
Cheick Doucoure has regularly been in hot water with referees in the Premier League this season and only two players have received more yellow cards than the Palace midfielder.
Having already received eight yellow cards in the league this term, Doucoure's combative style might well land him with another booking at Villa Park on Saturday.
Added to a Doucoure booking as part of our #PickYourPunt selection, Villa have been somewhat shy in the corner department this season and under 4.5 team corners for the hosts could be the way to go.
Villa are down in 17th place in the amount of corners in the Premier League with 96, compared to frontrunners in the stats Manchester City with 163.
At an average of four corners a game, Villa could fall under 4.5 corners once again this weekend.
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