And it is Luka Milivojevic who is over the ball...

He tries to go under the Aston Villa wall, and tom Heaton has to react quickly to put it behind for a corner which the visitors just about clear.

Frederic Guilbert joins Neil Taylor in the book for chopping down Jeffrey Schlupp, and it's direct free-kick for Palace in Luka Milivojevic range...

Aston Villa's Neil Taylor is the second player to be shown yellow by referee Kevin Friend after a foul on Wilfred Zaha.

Remember that Zaha was a touch fortunate to avoid a booking for a challenge on Taylor a little earlier on...

A good, competitive, match at Selhurst Park so far.

Villa had the better of the first 15 minutes, but it's been almost exclusively Palace pressure since then.

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More Crystal Palace pressure... and another very good chance goes begging.

This time, James McArthur fires a delivery across the very face of the Aston Villa goal-line, beating Tom Heaton, but it needed a decisive touch and Jordan Ayew can't quite get there.

That should be 1-0 to Crystal Palace!

Jeffrey Schlupp puts a low ball into the Villa box on a plate for James McArthur, but his shot flashes over Tom Heaton's goal from close range.

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20 mins

Crystal Palace 0-0 Aston Villa

Wilfried Zaha goes in to nip the ball off Neil Taylor, but in doing so sticks his studs onto the toes of the Aston Villa player. Zaha, who has had an otherwise quiet start, avoids a booking.

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Douglas Luiz goes in the book for bringing down Cheikhou Kouyate as the Palace man looked to make an enterprising run into the Villa half. Referee Kevin Friend not impressed.

Luka Milivojevic concedes a fairly needless free-kick for a foul on John McGinn.

It's slightly further out than Villa's previous set-piece, so Jota opts to float one in... but he can't find his intended target.

Crystal Palace shout for a penalty, but nothing is given by the officials as Douglas Luiz barges his upper body into Jordan Ayew.

Palace finding their way into the game now.

Nice, positive start for the visitors.

They win a free-kick just outside the Palace box as James McArthur brings down Trezeguet.

Doulgas Luiz fancies it... but he puts too much underneath the ball and it goes well over Vicente Guaita's crossbar.

Straight from the kick-off, an early sight of goal for Wesley - but his effort is comfortable for Vicente Guaita.

Aston Villa get us under way.

The two teams are on their way out at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace are in their traditional red and blue stripes, while Aston Villa are in their light blue away kit.

Kevin Friend is the referee.

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Some interesting quotes from Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish ahead of this one.

In an interview, he's said that winger Wilfried Zaha "deserves" to play for a "top club".

Palace rejected bids from Arsenal and Everton in the summer transfer window as they value the 26-year-old at around £80m.

Zaha is under contract with the Eagles until 2023, so they're not exactly in a rush to sell him - certainly not without sourcing a replacement first.

• Read more from Steve Parish here

Mark Lawrenson
Ex-Liverpool defender and BBC football expert

The thing with Roy Hodgson's teams is that if they are not scoring they are still good defensively.

Aston Villa beat Everton last Friday but if I were to do a maths report on their season so far it would be six out of 10. There is room for improvement.

Prediction: 1-1

• Lawro's full predictions v actor and comedian Stephen Fry

Chris Wise
Match of the Day commentator at Selhurst Park

The question: Against whom did Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester United suffer their last Premier League home defeat? The answer: Crystal Palace.

It is a remarkable statistic. And if Palace could marry up that superb away form with some consistency at home, they'd be a top-eight side.

The trouble is that a trip to Selhurst Park is not anywhere near as tricky as it used to be, highlighted again by Colchester's victory on penalties in the Carabao Cup in the capital this week. That's the puzzle Roy Hodgson is working hard to solve.

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Aston Villa's first points of the season against Everton last week were huge. They'd been a little unfortunate to have been left empty handed from their opening two matches.

Dean Smith's newly-assembled side could prove to be an interesting outfit once they have fully settled.

We're not even out of August yet, but at about 17:00 BST, more than 10% of the 2019-20 Premier League season will be complete for Palace and Villa.

Both claimed their first league victories of the new term last time out, but I'm not sure if there's an obvious favourite to win today's tie...

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Crystal Palace are unchanged from the side that stunned Manchester United last weekend. It means Joel Ward, Patrick van Aanholt and Jeffrey Schlupp have all recovered from knocks. Scott Dann (hand) doesn't make the squad.

Gary Cahill, who started his senior career at Aston Villa, makes his home league debut for the Eagles, having turned in a man of the match performance at Old Trafford.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Van Aanholt, Kelly, Cahill, Milivojevic, Kouyate, Ayew, Zaha, Schlupp, McArthur.

Subs: Hennessey, Meyer, Townsend, Sakho, Benteke, McCarthy, Camarasa.

Dean Smith also names a side unchanged from their 2-0 victory over Everton last Friday.

It means a 100th Premier League appearance for goalkeeper Tom Heaton, who, along with team-mate Tyrone Mings, was named in Gareth Southgate's England squad earlier this week.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton, Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Taylor, Jota, Luiz, McGinn, Grealish, Trezeguet, Wesley.

Subs: Steer, Lansbury, Hourihane, Konsa, El Ghazi, El Mohamady, Davis.

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We'll have full coverage of the game from 14:50 BST, but first, here's a look at how the two teams line up...