Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa Predictions

• Aston Villa have won ten of their last 12 matches
• Crystal Palace have just one victory in their last six outings
• Eight of the last ten head-to-heads have seen both teams score

Villans fancied

Aston Villa have not won the FA Cup since 1957 but they have a golden opportunity to reach the final this year as they face Crystal Palace in the last four.

The Villans have won ten of their last 12 games and the only times in that run that they have failed to come out on top was away to Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City.

Unai Emery’s side have already seen off two Premier League opponents to reach the last four, West Ham and Tottenham, and should be able to make it three when they take on Palace.

Palace lack depth of opponents

The Eagles had an impressive run from Christmas until the start of this month but their form has tailed off a touch recently, they now have just one win from their last six games and that was a derby success over Brighton in which the form book went out of the window.

Perhaps the biggest concern for Oliver Glasner’s side has been their recent capitulations against Manchester City and Newcastle in which they conceded ten times in two matches.

Palace have never won this competition and have had a fairly easy run through this year’s tournament, getting the better of lower league opposition in the shape of Stockport, Doncaster and Millwall before beating Fulham in the quarter-finals.

One positive for fans of the Eagles is that they have already met Villa three times this season and have won two of those games.

However Villa have taken their form to new levels in recent weeks, bolstered by the January acquisitions of Marco Asensio and Marcus Rashford.

The Lions now have a much deeper squad than their opponents and that could well be the difference between these two teams.

Rashford may have his say again

Both managers have compiled impressive resumes at their clubs but Unai Emery has cemented his position as an expert in cup competitions, winning the Europa League four times as well as doing the cup double twice with PSG.

This pair have both excelled from set piece situations this term and that could be crucial in this one. Aston Villa are fancied to come out on top of what should be a competitive affair.

Both teams have scored in eight of the last ten meetings between these two teams and a repeat of that is fancied, take a 2-1 victory for the Villans.

Marcus Rashford has already netted twice in the FA Cup for Emery’s men and will be on penalty duties so looks a strong candidate to score once more.