Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace - Carabao Cup: TV channel, prediction, team news and lineups

Crystal Palace are winless in seven visits to Villa Park, claiming victory in only two of their 25 outings there since 1967, so can the Claret and Blue Army make home advantage count in this EFL Cup tie?

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Aston Villa are five-times League Cup winners, most-recently hoisting this trophy aloft in 1996, but they've only gone beyond this stage once in 12 seasons, beaten finalists in 2020, so can Unai Emery move one-step closer to ending their trophy draught?

In the previous round, the Villans battled to a 2-1 victory over Wycombe Wanderers, with Emi Buendía heading home the opener at Adams Park, before Jhon Durán converted a penalty. Given the fact that Villa are back in the Champions League after four decades away, impressively winning three out of three in Europe thus far, the EFL Cup may well be low-down on their list of priorities, so will a much-changed Villa side progress to the last eight?

Crystal Palace meantime will make the 120 mile journey north up the M40 full of confidence having, belatedly claimed their first victory of the campaign on Sunday. Jean-Philippe Mateta was the only scorer as the Eagles defeated Tottenham 1-0 at Selhurst, a vital victory for Oliver Glasner's team, seeing them climb out of the drop zone, with a crucial trip to fellow-strugglers Wolves to come on Saturday.

In this competition meantime, Palace smashed Norwich 4-0, before overcoming London rivals QPR 2-1 in the previous round, with Eddie Nketiah and Eberechi Eze the scorers at Loftus Road. Amazingly, despite being Premier League mainstays, Palace have not progressed beyond this round of the League Cup since 2011/12, back when they were a Championship outfit, so victory at Villa Park would be a major achievement for the visiting side.

Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace Head-to-Head Record

• Matches Played: 53

• Aston Villa Wins: 23. Draws: 15. Crystal Palace Wins: 15.

Aston Villa Team News

Unai Emery heavily rotated at Wycombe in round three, with goalkeeper Joe Gauci, defenders Kosta Nedeljković, Lamare Bogarde and Sil Swinkels as well as 18 year old winger Kadan Young all starting. Here, Tyone Mings will be hoping to feature for the first time since the opening day of last season, 445 days ago, due to a cruciate ligament tear, having been back on the bench for the last three fixtures. Jaden Philogene could also return, having served his one-match suspension during Saturday's 1-1 draw with Bournemouth.

Aston Villa predicted lineup vs Crystal Palace: (4-3-3): Olsen; Nedeljković, Bogarde, Mings, Maatsen; Kamara, Barkley, Buendía; Philogene, Young, Durán.

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Jhon Durán will start for only the third time this season, netting during his two previous starts against Wycombe and Bologna on target seven times for Villa overall.

Crystal Palace Team News

There's likely to be a Palace debut for goalkeeper Matt Turner, who's made twice as many international appearances (ten) than club outings (five) in 2024. Out-field, Oliver Glasner has named strong sides in the EFL Cup so far, likely to continue this trend. Chadi Riad, Cheick Doucouré and Matheus França are injured, but Nathaniel Clyne, Will Hughes, Jeffrey Schlupp and Daichi Kamada could all come into the side that beat Spurs on Sunday.

Crystal Palace predicted lineup vs Aston Villa: (4-2-3-1): Turner; Clyne, Guéhi, Lacroix; Muñoz, Hughes, Lerma, Schlupp; Eze, Kamada, Nketiah.

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Eddie Nketiah's only goal for Palace, so far, came in the Carabao Cup, taking his tally to 12 in the competition, averaging a goal every 85 minutes in this tournament,

Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace Prediction

It's hard to predict a scoreline until the two teamsheets are publish, but we're forecasting a narrow Villa victory, largely due to the fact they have home advantage. As alluded to, we're expecting Palace to name a strong side, but Emery has plenty of squad depth, certainly enough to get his team over the line and into the quarter-final draw: Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace.

Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace FAQs - Carabao Cup

How to watch Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace Carabao Cup game on TV channel?

Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace Carabao Cup game will be available on the following TV channels;

• UK: Sky Sports+

• USA: Paramount+

• Canada: DAZN Canada

How to watch Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace Carabao Cup game on live streaming?

Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace Carabao Cup game will be available on the following streaming services;

• UK: Sky Sports+

• USA: Paramount+

• Canada: DAZN Canada

What is the date and kick-off time for Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup?

Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace takes place on Wednesday 30 October 2024, with kick off at 19:45 (GMT), 15:45 (ET) & 12:45 (PDT).