Recap
At „Anfield”, Aston Villa fell after 22 minutes by 2-0 and finished the match with 3-0 defeat, as a result of which its winning streak ended. It was their first defeat after 4 consecutive wins for the “lions”, while next Thursday they are hosted by Legia in Warsaw. Under the helm of Unai Emery, they added some quality players like Pau Torres (Villarreal), Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), and Tielemans (Leicester), and the only absences today are Diego Carlos (4/0), Traoré (1/0), and Mings (1/0). After qualifying to the 1/16 finals of the EFL Cup, Crystal Palace won 3-2 against Wolves in the league and climbed to 7th place. They continue to rack up points and find scoring solutions with “big man” Roy Hodgson on the bench. So far, they are affected by the departure of top scorer Zaha, while today due to international duty injuries, out of the squad are key players Marc Guehi (4/0) and Jefferson Lerma (4/0).
Any team that visits Villa Park has “suffered” since Unai Emery took charge of the Lions. It’s characteristic that the Spanish coach has 8 consecutive home victories in the Premier League and is going full for the 9th, and Crystal Palace always has a difficult task to leave unscathed in recent years, winning only 1 point in the last 5 games.