Aston Villa have collected a total of 27 yellow cards this season. With the West Midlands outfit sitting joint eighth in the bookings table, their average of 2.55 cards per game sits against their opponents, averaging 3.55 cards per game by comparison.

Crystal Palace have collected a total of 25 yellow cards this season – the fifth joint lowest in this season’s Premier League and before they visit Villa Park on Saturday, their average card count sits at 2.36 per game.

Before the weekend, John McGinn averaged 1.82 fouls per Premier League game – the highest current average of the Aston Villa squad and has also been fouled in eight of his first 11 appearances of the season.

Not only that, but in each of those eight games where McGinn has been fouled, he has been fouled at least twice, which means he has a hit rate of 72.7% when it comes to winning more than one free kick for his team.

Although Ollie Watkins may not be hitting his usual goalscoring heights, it certainly has not been for the want of trying. This is reflected by the number of shots he is attempting per Premier League appearance.

His 11 appearances for the season have generated a total of five goals, but in terms of this bet builder, it is the 1.18 shots on target that he is averaging that is of interest. If he does not find the net on Saturday, his previous numbers suggest he will at least have an opportunity to do so.

Dean Henderson has been an ever-present between the sticks for Crystal Palace this season. With 38 saves and an average of 3.45 per Premier League outing, the former Nottingham Forest stopper has been rather busy.

In eight of those 11 appearances, Johnstone has been required to make three or more saves in the game. The benchmark set in this leg means the current hit rate for the season is 72.7%.

Staying on the topic of ever presents but this time switching to Youri Tielemans of Aston Villa. The Belgian midfielder has been involved in plenty of midfield battles already this season, reflected by an average of 1.73 fouls conceded per game.

However, the ability to draw fouls is of greater interest before the visit of Palace on Saturday. With the former Leicester midfielder having earned an average of 1.82, picking up just a single at Villa Park should not be too much of a tall order.

Daniel Munoz’s disciplinary record may be a source of frustration for manager Oliver Glasner, but it could also serve as a point of profit for this bet builder. Not only has the Colombian already picked up four yellow cards this season, but he has also given away an average of 1.73 fouls per game.

In the eight games that Munoz has given away at least one foul this season, five of those have seen him concede at least two free kicks or more and for the season so far; he has met the necessary threshold 45.4% of the time – the high point being the five fouls conceded at home to Spurs.