Aston Villa will be looking to extend a Premier League streak to eight seasons when they face Crystal Palace on Tuesday night.
Unai Emery takes his squad to the capital looking to build on Saturday's comeback 2-1 victory over Chelsea in the West Midlands.
However, Villa remain in eighth place in the Premier League table having played a game more than their rivals for Champions League qualification.
Furthermore, they were ending a five-game winless run in England's top flight when seeing off Chelsea, highlighting their recent inconsistencies.
Nevertheless, Villa will make the trip to Selhurst Park with the opportunity to show their consistency in this particular fixture.
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What Palace, Villa streak can be extended?
In each of the last seven Premier League campaigns where both clubs have participated, Villa have always recorded a win over Palace.
That streak is at risk after Palace earned a 2-2 draw at Villa Park in November, Villa twice coming from behind to earn a share of the spoils.
Not since 2013-14 have Villa failed to overcome the Eagles, losing on both occasions during that season with Palace posting back-to-back 1-0 victories.
On a further bleak note for Villa, Palace are currently on their longest unbeaten run against them in all competitions since the mid-nineties, having gone three games without defeat.
From Villa's perspective, though, they can also achieve a peculiar feat on Tuesday. For the first time since April 2007, they could go four successive Premier League games where they have conceded the first goal but still avoided defeat.
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A favourable fixture for Palace
Palace possess one of the worst home records in the entire division this season, winning just twice and earning just 11 points from their 13 matches at Selhurst Park.
That said, Palace have prevail in five of their last six home encounters with Villa, the solitary defeat coming in November 2021 when being edged out by a 2-1 scoreline.
Furthermore, Palace are also unbeaten in their last four midweek evening matches in the Premier League matches, keeping clean sheets in each of those contests.
Oliver Glasner's side will move to within six points of their eighth-placed opponents if they can get a fifth win in seven games on the board.
Darren Plant
