Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace

26 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Bertrand Traoré 5’
  • Kortney Hause 66’
  • Anwar El Ghazi 76’

Match summary

Aston Villa won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Crystal Palace. Aston Villa led 1-0 at half-time.

Bertrand Traoré put Aston Villa ahead in the 5th minute, Kortney Hause made it 2-0 with a header in the 66th minute, and Anwar El Ghazi made it 3-0 in the 76th minute, set up by Ollie Watkins.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 5.17 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.85 from 13. Aston Villa had a player sent off.

Match stats

Aston Villa Crystal Palace
21 Shots 13
10 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 4
1 Red Cards 0
4.58 xG 0.85
4.58 Non-penalty xG 0.85
9 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Aston Villa Crystal Palace
Kick-off
Bertrand Traoré1-0 (Aston Villa)
5’
Half-time1-0
Kortney Hause2-0 (Aston Villa)
66’
Anwar El Ghazi
Assist: Ollie Watkins3-0 (Aston Villa)
76’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa
  • Tyrone Mings
Crystal Palace
  • Joel Ward
  • Luka Milivojevic
  • Eberechi Eze
  • Wilfried Zaha

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 5.17 0.85 5’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), 1-0 5’ 66’ Kortney Hause (Aston Villa), 2-0 66’ 76’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), 3-0 76’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 5.17 0.85 5’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), 1-0 Traoré 5’ 66’ Kortney Hause (Aston Villa), 2-0 Hause 66’ 76’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), 3-0 El Ghazi 76’
Aston Villa 5.17 xGCrystal Palace 0.85 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Aston Villa attacking 
66’ Kortney Hause (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.86 xG, goal 22’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.70 xG, saved 5’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 66’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.48 xG, hit the woodwork 87’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 1’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 88’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.33 xG, hit the woodwork 41’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 20’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 74’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 60’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 76’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 41’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 5’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 22’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 59’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+2’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 17’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 49’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 82’ Scott Dann (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 31’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 49’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 35’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 42’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 64’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+3’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 78’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+1’ Joel Ward (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 66’ Kortney Hause (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.86 xG, goal 22’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.70 xG, saved 5’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 66’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.48 xG, hit the woodwork 87’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 1’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 88’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.33 xG, hit the woodwork 41’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 20’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 74’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 60’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 76’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 41’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 5’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 22’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+2’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 59’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 17’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 49’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 82’ Scott Dann (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 31’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 49’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 35’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 50’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 64’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 42’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+3’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 78’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+1’ Joel Ward (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Emiliano Martinez GK900 0.000.000
Matthew Cash DEF900 0.000.172
Kortney Hause DEF9011 0.860.000
Tyrone Mings DEF440 0.000.000
Matt Targett DEF900 0.000.000
Douglas Luiz MID900 0.000.000
John McGinn MID900 0.000.000
Bertrand Traoré MID4813 0.760.433
Jack Grealish MID902 0.401.126
Anwar El Ghazi MID9015 1.200.582
Ollie Watkins FWD90110 1.940.473
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo Sub420 0.000.000
Ahmed Elmohamady Sub10 0.000.000
Jacob Ramsey Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 53% Avg odds 1.82
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.83
Crystal Palace win 22% Avg odds 4.32

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa LLWDW
Crystal Palace LWDDL

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Previous and next meeting

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.