Gameweek 14 preview · Sat 5 Dec, 15:00 · Not on UK TV
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Aston Villa sit 10th on 12 points (form WDWWD); Crystal Palace are 18th on 7 (DWLLL). Kick-off is 15:00 UK time on Sat 5 Dec, and not shown live on UK television.
The numbers
Aston Villa have scored 10 goals and conceded 13 in 9 games, from chances worth 10.9 expected goals, with 2 clean sheets. Crystal Palace have scored 9 goals and conceded 21 in 9 games, from chances worth 11.2 expected goals, with 1 clean sheet.
On the game's difficulty scale this is a 2 for AVL and a 3 for CRY (out of 5).
The FPL angle
Aston Villa's leading FPL assets are N.Jackson (43 pts, 26.2%, £7.0m), Manzambi (38 pts, 7.2%, £6.1m) and McGinn (34 pts, 3.3%, £5.4m). The market's pick this week is N.Jackson, bought by 362,087 managers since the last deadline. Buendía is on penalties.
Crystal Palace's leading FPL assets are Kamada (34 pts, 0.6%, £5.0m), Mitchell (32 pts, 4.9%, £4.5m) and Wharton (27 pts, 0.6%, £5.4m). The market's pick this week is Hughes, bought by 8,505 managers since the last deadline. Mateta is on penalties.
Availability
- Cash (AVL) — Suspended until 21 Nov
- Wan-Bissaka (AVL) — Hamstring injury - Expected back 21 Nov
- Ruggeri (AVL) — Hamstring injury - Expected back 2 Jan
- Onana (AVL) — Knee injury - Unknown return date
- Mateta (CRY) — Suspended until 2 Dec
- Sarr (CRY) — Groin injury - Expected back 8 Nov
- Strand Larsen (CRY) — Ankle injury - 75% chance of playing
- Tomiyasu (CRY) — Calf injury - Expected back 8 Nov
- Chadi Riad (CRY) — Knee injury - Unknown return date
Last season
Aston Villa 0–3 Crystal Palace (GW3) and Crystal Palace 0–0 Aston Villa (GW21).
Watching it
Saturday 3pm kick-offs aren't shown live in the UK. For other countries, the My Team fixtures tab lists every rights holder.