Palace is 2-2-2 away in their last 6 and Aston Villa is 6-0-0 in their last 6 at home. In those 6 wins, Villa has outscored their opposition 14-2. Palace has 6 goals for and 6 goals against in their last 6 away. That was with Zaha. Now he is gone and Palace is a work in progress against better clubs when it comes to breaking them down.
This season, Palace’s wins have come against low table players Sheffield United and Wolves and against Champions League Plymouth Argyle. Villa has only lost to Newcastle and Liverpool. Their wins have been decisive and with lots of goals (an average of 2.66 goals per game).
Three of the major prediction services choose Villa for this one (one of them by two goals). The best play here is Villa by far.