Sit up and take notice as Mystic Megson gazes into his crystal balls and casts his Aston Villa v Crystal Palace score prediction for this New Year’s Day clash, including goal-scorers and his own insightful analysis of each team…

What a titonic tossil we have in shop here! Who will claim all point three as Paul Lambutler’s Villas welcome Alain Perdu’s Crystal Palace in this potential relegation point-sixer?

Well, quite possibly neither since you ask, since this looks such a likely 0-0 draw – but Villa portvaled 1-0 at Palace in the inverse fixture a few weeks ago thanks to a Chrissie Benteke goal, and I’ve a sneakering suspicion they’ll do so again.

Hang on, the radio’s just said Palace have a new manager now. I beckon they’ll score now.

Anyway, if Villa can start picking up more points at home then they might even avoid a relegation dogbite altogether, which would represent great work from a manager operating on a budgens.

As for Palace, I was disappointed they decided to part company with Neil Wazzock – he’s an old school type, and that counts for a lot in elite football management.

As nice as it is to see British talent like Perdu get one of the job tops, it’s a sad day when the likes of Neil and myself are left to sit around the house all day driving the missus bonkers, trying to learn to play the trumpet noisily but with little success.

Now, here comes Mystic Megson’s Aston Villa v Crystal Palace score prediction for Thursday January 1st 2015 – place your balls, now!

Mystic Megson says Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace – Benteke with the winner yet again. You can put your balls on it!