Aston Villa welcome Crystal Palace back to Villa Park on Saturday – having tasted defeat against the Eagles in the Carabao Cup last month.
Goals from Eberechi Eze and Daichi Kamada fired us into the Carabao Cup quarter-final on Wednesday 30th October, in a game many expected Crystal Palace to lose given how strong Aston Villa are nowadays under Unai Emery.
However, that defeat actually kickstarted a run of four consecutive losses for the Villans, something Emery has never experienced across 1,026 games in management, until now.
As a result, the Spaniard is hell-bent on ending this barren run with a victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday, with sources close to Aston Villa now sharing what the 53-year-old has been up to.
What Unai Emery has been doing to ensure Aston Villa defeat Crystal Palace
A story from The Athletic now states that Emery has been working “harder than ever” during the international break to arrest Aston Villa’s winless run.
Aston Villa sources explain that the man from Hondarribia has specifically looked to rectify finer details in matches, as he aims to take out his frustrations on Crystal Palace in the Midlands this Saturday.
That could either spell bad news for Oliver Glasner and his side, who may bump into a highly motivated Aston Villa team looking to get their 2024/25 campaign on track.
However, it could also result in Aston Villa entering this Premier League clash almost too desperate to win, potentially pushing too high in search of a goal and leaving space in behind for us to exploit on the counter-attack.
Oliver Glasner could have Eberechi Eze back
At this moment in time, there have been few updates on our injured stars, such as Eddie Nketiah, Jefferson Lerma, Matheus Franca, Adam Wharton and Chadi Riad.
There was – however – an update on Eze, who is still nursing the hamstring injury he suffered early on in that Carabao Cup win over Aston Villa.
The Daily Mail claim that Eze could return for Crystal Palace on Saturday, with medical staff feeling optimistic about how his rehabilitation is going.However, Glasner must be careful not to rush the England international back – a repeat of what Roy Hodgson did to Michael Olise away at Brighton last season would be utterly disastrous.
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