It’s not quite last-chance saloon territory for Aston Villa but, seven points adrift of safety and with only four matches remaining, a victory over Crystal Palace is surely a must this afternoon if they want to keep their slim chances of avoiding relegation alive.
Kick-off at Villa Park is at 14:15 BST.
Both managers originally made one change apiece from the sides they sent out in Gameweek 34+ but an injury to Kortney Hause (ยฃ4.4m) in the warm-up has seen Ahmed Elmohamady (ยฃ4.1m) replace him.
Dean Smith has also recalled Conor Hourihane (ยฃ5.7m) to the Villa midfield, with Anwar El Ghazi (ยฃ5.3m) dropping to the bench.
That should see Jack Grealish (ยฃ6.0m) move to a more advanced position down the left of the hosts’ attack.
Keinan Davis (ยฃ4.3m) is only among the substitutes, as is the fit-again Matt Targett (ยฃ4.3m).
Pepe Reina (ยฃ4.2m) recovers from a hamstring strain to start.
Roy Hodgson’s one alteration is an enforced one.
Gary Cahill (ยฃ4.4m) looks set to miss the rest of the season with a hamstring injury, so Mamadou Sakho (ยฃ5.0m) gets the nod to replace him at centre-half.
Budget FPL defender Martin Kelly (ยฃ4.1m) is back on the bench after recovering from a calf problem.
It’s fair to say interest is limited in this one from a Fantasy perspective.
Grealish is the only player in either starting XI who has a double-digit ownership in Fantasy Premier League.
‘Ghost teams’ will account for some of that ownership and, if we instead look at the top 10,000 in FPL, not a single player from either Villa or Palace is owned by more than 3%.
Grealish’s ownership within this elite group is only at 2.13%.
Nine of Palace’s ten clean sheets this season have come against sides in the bottom half.
The Villans have scored just twice in their last eight Premier League matches.
Aston Villa XI: Reina, Elmohamady, Konsa, Mings, Taylor, McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Hourihane, Trezeguet, Samatta, Grealish.
Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Dann, Sakho, van Aanholt, Zaha, Kouyate, Milivojevic, McArthur, Ayew, Benteke.
