Crystal Palace 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk result, stats and report

Aston Villa host a Crystal Palace side that has shipped ten goals in their last three Premier League matches. Someone has to stop the rot. It won't be easy at Villa Park.

Crystal Palace arrive at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday having lost three of their last five Premier League matches and conceded ten goals in the process. Chelsea smell blood.

Crystal Palace have conceded eleven goals in five Premier League matches and Hull City have not won in that same window. Something has to give on Sunday, but neither side is giving you much reason for confidence.

Crystal Palace are set to sack Pierre Sage after just 16 games, with Thomas Frank the leading candidate to replace him following a 3-1 defeat by Liverpool that left the club bottom of the Premier League. The real story is a defensive crisis built by selling Guéhi and Lacroix, not by Sage's tactics.

Crystal Palace are preparing to sack Pierre Sage after just five months, with the club bottom of the Premier League and conceding goals at the league's worst rate. Thomas Frank is the leading candidate to replace him, with Sean Dyche also attracting internal support.

Tottenham are formally complaining to Pro Ref after VAR upheld the decision not to even caution Leeds' Jayden Bogle for an Achilles-first tackle on Mathys Tel, a week after Crystal Palace's Mateta was sent off for a similar challenge against the same side.