Aston Villa 0-3 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 31 August 2025
Result
Aston Villa 0-3 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Sunday 31 August 2025, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Aston Villa 0-3 Crystal Palace: match report
Aston Villa were beaten by Crystal Palace 0-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 31 August 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Jean-Philippe Mateta opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Aston Villa did not score. Crystal Palace scored through Jean-Philippe Mateta (21', penalty), Marc Guéhi (68') and Ismaïla Sarr (78').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 19th on 1 point from 2 and Crystal Palace 16th on 2 points from 2. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Crystal Palace 15th with 45.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marc Guéhi of Crystal Palace (7.9), ahead of Dean Henderson (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 4 for Crystal Palace.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Matty Cash
- 20'Yellow card · Marco Bizot
- 21'Penalty goal · Jean-Philippe Mateta
- 22'Yellow card · Jean-Philippe Mateta
- 52'Yellow card · Will Hughes
- 68'Goal · Marc Guéhi
- 78'Goal · Ismaïla Sarr
- 87'Yellow card · Ismaïla Sarr
Head-to-head
Team news
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Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marco Bizot, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ian Maatsen, John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Donyell Malen, Morgan Rogers, Evann Guessand, Ollie Watkins
Crystal Palace line-up (3-4-2-1)
Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guéhi, Daniel Muñoz, Adam Wharton, Will Hughes, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaïla Sarr, Daichi Kamada, Jean-Philippe Mateta