Crystal Palace 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2022
Result
Crystal Palace 3-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Crystal Palace 3-1 Aston Villa: match report
Crystal Palace defeated Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 August 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from Wilfried Zaha (7'), Wilfried Zaha (58') and Jean-Philippe Mateta (71'). Aston Villa scored through Ollie Watkins (5').
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 15th on 1 point from 2 and Aston Villa 9th on 3 points from 2. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Aston Villa 7th with 61.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Eberechi Eze of Crystal Palace (7.9), level with Wilfried Zaha (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Crystal Palace wins, 2 draws and 5 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 7'Goal · Wilfried Zaha
- 36'Yellow card · John McGinn
- 39'Yellow card · Wilfried Zaha
- 58'Missed penalty · Wilfried Zaha
- 58'Goal · Wilfried Zaha
- 71'Goal · Jean-Philippe Mateta
- 75'Yellow card · Jeffrey Schlupp
Head-to-head
Team news
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Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)
Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guéhi, Tyrick Mitchell, Jeffrey Schlupp, Cheick Doucouré, Eberechi Eze, Jordan Ayew, Odsonne Édouard, Wilfried Zaha
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Jacob Ramsey, Leon Bailey, Ollie Watkins, Emiliano Buendía