Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 August 2015
Result
Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 22 August 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston Villa: match report
Crystal Palace won against Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 August 2015. The half-time score was 0-0.
S. Dann opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from S. Dann (71') and Bakary Sako (87'). Aston Villa scored through an own goal by Pape Souaré (77').
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 8th on 3 points from 2 and Aston Villa 11th on 3 points from 2. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Aston Villa 20th with 19.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Scott Dann of Crystal Palace (8.1), ahead of Bakary Sako (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Crystal Palace wins, 2 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Joel Ward
- 50'Yellow card · Yohan Cabaye
- 55'Yellow card · Rudy Gestede
- 71'Goal · S. Dann
- 77'Own goal · Pape Souaré
- 84'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
- 86'Yellow card · L. Bacuna
- 87'Goal · Bakary Sako
- 90'Yellow card · J. Puncheon
Head-to-head
Team news
Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Pape Souaré, James McArthur, Yohan Cabaye, Wilfried Zaha, Jason Puncheon, Bakary Sako, Glenn Murray
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-1-2)
Brad Guzan, Leandro Bacuna, Micah Richards, Ciaran Clark, J. Amavi, Idrissa Gueye, Carlos Sánchez, Ashley Westwood, Jack Grealish, Rudy Gestede, Gabriel Agbonlahor