Villarreal are once again contending for Europe this season and despite two
losses in a row in the league, this is still a very good team that can kill teams on the counter and has a very dangerous strike partnership in Carlos Bacca and Cédric Bakambu.
Not exact matches
If they avoid defeat they will equal their Premier
League record of five home matches
in a
row without a
loss, set
in January - March 2007.
A
loss would be quite damning after finally getting those two Premier
League wins
in a
row.
And just like the achievement of the invincibles
in winning the
league without a single
loss, no club
in the modern era has even managed three
in a
row.
Palace fell to a 1 - 0
loss out at Spurs earlier
in the season and that is the third
league game
in a
row that that has happened to them.