Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace prediction | 5 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Aston Villa
Ranking: #23 overall, #11 in England

83.1 → 82.7 (-0.4 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-2 10 May Burnley (A) 81.6 -0.7
4-2 15 May Liverpool (H) 82.0 +0.4
0-3 20 May Freiburg (A) 82.7 +0.7
1-2 24 May Man City (A) 83.5 +0.8
4-0 23 Aug Brighton (A) 82.7 -0.8
Crystal Palace
Ranking: #15 overall, #8 in England

85.7 → 84.7 (-1.0 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-2 17 May Brentford (A) 84.9 +0.1
1-2 24 May Arsenal (H) 84.3 -0.6
1-0 27 May Rayo (H) 84.9 +0.6
2-0 22 Aug Everton (A) 85.5 +0.6
1-4 28 Aug Man City (H) 84.7 -0.8

Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace: by the numbers

Aston Villa trail Crystal Palace by 8 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 3 in England.

Over their last 10 matches Aston Villa have moved -0.4 rating points, against -1.0 for Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace lost 0.5 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 7 Jan 2026.

The best xGtoday rating Aston Villa have ever held is 85.2, first set on 16 May 2025.

Crystal Palace first climbed to #9 in our European rankings on 18 Oct 2025.