Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Villa Park
Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Crystal Palace today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
Watkins gets his head on a lovely ball into the box, but could not keep his header down. It was a more than decent opportunity for the Villa striker to draw his side level.
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
Devenny plays a cross into the box, but Martinez is there to easily gather. It was not a good cross from the Palace man, who needed to place it farther away from the keeper.
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
Some good build-up play allows for Bailey to pick out Rogers, who completely mistimes his hit. The ball goes out of play for a Crystal Palace goal-kick.
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
Villa have carried the possession since the goal, and have gotten into the game. The one thing missing now from them are some chances, as they have yet to test Henderson in the Palace goal.
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
The ball is played to Bailey, but after going on a run, he is stopped quite easily by Mitchell, who steps in and dispossesses the Jamaican.
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
Both sides are feeling each other out in the opening few minutes of this one, exchanging moments of possession.
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
We are off at Villa Park. Will the hosts get back to winning ways, or will Palace grab a second league win of the campaign. We should be in for a great 90 minutes.
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
The players and officials are walking to midfield for the usual pre-game pleasantries. That means we are just moments away from kick off. Sit back and enjoy this one folks, as Aston Villa and Crystal Palace will kick off in just a moment.
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
This is the second time in just under a month that Aston Villa and Crystal Palace square off, having also done so in the EFL Cup at the end of October. The match, also held at Villa Park, ended 2-1 in the visitors' favour, with Eberechi Eze, who is currently out injured, and Kamada scoring the goals. A Duran goal was not enough for Villa, whose losing streak commenced with that result. As for their Premier League meetings last season, both sides won their respective home games; 3-1 for Villa, and 5-0 for Palace. This has strangely been the case in five of the last six Premier League seasons in which the sides faced each other, where the home side came out on top. The last time the away team grabbed a result was in the 2021/22 campaign, where Villa prevailed 2-1 away, while the reverse fixture finished 1-1.
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