It looks like fifth place will get you into the Champions League next season and that is the most interesting race at the top now the title is pretty much done and dusted. Half of the Premier League will feel they have a chance of making it and Aston Villa are definitely one of those sides in the hunt.

Crystal Palace have won five of their last six Premier League home games against Aston Villa (L1), beating them 5-0 in this exact fixture last term

Matchday 27 of the Premier League takes us to Selhurst Park where Oliver Glasner's Crystal Palace are set to lock horns against Aston Villa.

Crystal Palace have won five of their past six Premier League home games against Aston Villa and beat them 5-0 at Selhurst Park last season. The reverse fixture in November finished 2-2 – Villa have beaten the Eagles at least once in the past seven top-flight campaigns in which they have met.

Jean-Philippe Mateta (ninth) and Ollie Watkins (eighth) square off in a contest between two of the top scorers in the Premier League when Crystal Palace hosts Aston Villa on February 25, 2025 at

Crystal Palace host Aston Villa in midweek Premier League action but Unai Emery could be without a key man. Aston Villa manager Unai Emery is sweating over the fitness of key man Morgan Rogers ahead of midweek action against Crystal Palace and Friday night's FA Cup visit of Cardiff City.