Crystal Palace v Aston Villa

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Crystal Palace's recent revival in the Premier League continued under manager Oliver Glasner on Saturday afternoon when The Eagles registered a 2-0 win against London rivals Fulham at Craven Cottage, and Palace will now return to Selhurst Park for Tuesday night's encounter against Aston Villa in confident mood.

Aston Villa also collected all three points over the weekend in the English top flight when The Villans disposed of Chelsea in a 2-1 win at Villa Park to lift Unai Emery's side up into seventh place in the table and the west midlands club now find themselves just a point behind fifth placed Bournemouth and a European spot.

Crystal Palace's recent upturn in form and fortunes have seen the London club slip to just two defeats within their last nine games overall in the Premier League, both of which were handed out to The Eagles on home soil at Selhurst Park with losses incurred against Brentford and Everton respectively.

However, Oliver Glasner's side have also managed to pick up five wins within this nine-game sequence which includes victories against the likes of Southampton, Leicester City, West Ham, Manchester United and Fulham, so confidence will still be high amongst the Palace camp for Tuesday night's encounter.

Results at Selhurst Park though have remained in decline as Crystal Palace have collected just two wins from their last 13 home games overall, but goals look set to feature as seven out of Palace's last 10 home games have resulted in both teams scoring.

Aston Villa returned to winning ways on Saturday with an impressive 2-1 home win against European rivals Chelsea at Villa Park after a slightly worrying period of five league games without a win in the English top flight which consisted of four draws and just one defeat.

Despite falling foul of a 2-0 loss in the recent west midlands clash away from home at Wolves, Aston Villa have nevertheless picked up points in stalemates with Arsenal, West Ham, Ipswich Town and Liverpool respectively, all of which also resulted in score-draws with both teams scoring.

The bigger picture shows the visitors have slipped to just one defeat within their previous nine games overall in the Premier League but it should be noted that the west midlands club have managed to pick up only three wins within this period which came in the form of wins against Leicester City and Everton.

Once again though, the goals market looks highly appealing where Aston Villa are concerned as 19 out of Aston Villa's 27 league matches to date in the top flight have resulted with both teams scoring.

Crystal Palace v Aston Villa Verdict

No fewer than seven out of the last nine encounters between these two sides have seen both teams hitting the back of the net.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS Yes @ 1.75

Other side bets worth considering:

Draw @ 3.60

Correct Score: 2-2 @ 15.00