Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace

12 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Trézéguet 45+4’, 59’

Match summary

Aston Villa beat Crystal Palace 2-0. Aston Villa led 1-0 at half-time.

Trézéguet put Aston Villa ahead in first-half stoppage time and Trézéguet made it 2-0 in the 59th minute, set up by Conor Hourihane.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 1.70 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.98 from 9. Crystal Palace had a player sent off.

Match stats

Aston Villa Crystal Palace
12 Shots 9
9 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 1
1.70 xG 0.97
1.70 Non-penalty xG 0.97
4 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Aston Villa Crystal Palace
Kick-off
Trézéguet1-0 (Aston Villa)
45+4’
Half-time1-0
Trézéguet
Assist: Conor Hourihane
2-0 (Aston Villa)
59’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Aston Villa
  • Tyrone Mings
  • Douglas Luiz
Crystal Palace
  • Christian Benteke
  • Mamadou Sakho
  • Luka Milivojevic
  • Wilfried Zaha
  • Cheikhou Kouyaté

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.70 0.98 45+4’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), 1-0 45+4’ 59’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), 2-0 59’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.70 0.98 45+4’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), 1-0 Trézéguet 45+4’ 59’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), 2-0 Trézéguet 59’
Aston Villa 1.70 xGCrystal Palace 0.98 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Aston Villa attacking 
49’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.48 xG, goal 59’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 31’ Mbwana Samatta (Aston Villa), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 75’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 78’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.15 xG, off target 58’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.14 xG, saved 41’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 42’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 90’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 43’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 41’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 38’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 50’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 63’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 58’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 90+2’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 61’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 3’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 63’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 76’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 66’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.48 xG, goal 59’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 31’ Mbwana Samatta (Aston Villa), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 75’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 78’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.15 xG, off target 58’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.14 xG, saved 41’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 42’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 90’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 43’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 41’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 38’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 50’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 63’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 58’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 90+2’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 61’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 63’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 3’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 76’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 66’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
José Reina GK900 0.000.000
Ahmed Elmohamady DEF900 0.000.553
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo DEF901 0.140.000
Tyrone Mings DEF900 0.000.000
Neil Taylor DEF360 0.000.000
Douglas Luiz MID901 0.020.031
John McGinn MID901 0.030.061
Conor Hourihane MID8713 0.110.411
Trézéguet FWD9023 0.930.000
Mbwana Samatta FWD871 0.340.041
Jack Grealish FWD902 0.130.073
Matt Targett Sub540 0.000.001
Marvelous Nakamba Sub30 0.000.000
Keinan Davis Sub30 0.000.000
Anwar El Ghazi Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 41% Avg odds 2.36
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.35
Crystal Palace win 31% Avg odds 3.13

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

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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.