Crystal Palace will be hopeful that this is the weekend which sees a disastrous Premier League campaign turned around.
It has been far from a dream start to the 2024/25 season at Selhurst Park.
Despite the Eagles’ lofty European ambitions pre-season, the opening 11 games have been a brutal whack back to reality.
Oliver Glasner has failed to reignite the magic which saw Crystal Palace go seven unbeaten at the end of last season.
Now, sitting 18th in the Premier League, pressure is surely on at Copers Cope, despite Eagles chiefs still backing Glasner.
| Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
| 18 |  Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 7 |
A tough run awaits Glasner between now and Christmas – with the Eagles manager wanting nothing more than points.
How Oliver Glasner feels about Crystal Palace form
After Crystal Palace lost to Fulham last time out in the league, Glasner has seen Crystal Palace’s relegation chances shoot up to around 17 per cent.
However, according to new reports, the Austrian is not letting it get to him.
London World has reported that Glasner’s confidence is the one reason nobody at Selhurst Park is panicking.
The report touches on Crystal Palace’s injury problems but continues that Glasner has spent the entire international break at the training ground exuding confidence in order to lift the players.
Glasner has remained very calm about the situation, believing that data backs up the belief that eventually, things will fall into place.
What data is saying about Crystal Palace’s season
While sitting in the relegation zone, the Eagles’ performances this season have actually been deserving of far more than the seven points acquired.
Using UnderStat’s expected points table (xPTS), we can see Crystal Palace’s xPTS tally should actually be 15.70 – enough to place Glasner’s Eagles comfortably 15th in the table.
| # | Team | xPTS |
| 14th | West Ham | 17.11 |
| 15th | Crystal Palace | 15.70 |
| 16th | Everton | 13.23 |
So after several closely fought contests this season, the Eagles can count themselves unfortunate for how multiple games have gone.
However, it is clear that Crystal Palace are better than a relegation side, so what better time to set that record straight than against a potentially weak Aston Villa?
The only way is up for the Eagles, and we expect that to be the direction of travel.
