Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Goal Ismaïla Sarr

Both sides are feeling each other out in the opening few minutes of this one, exchanging moments of possession.

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.

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.

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.