Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace

23 November 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Tim Robinson

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

Ollie Watkins 36’
Ross Barkley 77’

Ismaila Sarr 4’
Justin Devenny 45+1’

Match summary

The points were shared as Aston Villa and Crystal Palace drew 2-2. Crystal Palace led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ismaila Sarr put Crystal Palace ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Jean-Philippe Mateta, Ollie Watkins equalised in the 36th minute, set up by John McGinn, and Justin Devenny put Crystal Palace back in front in first-half stoppage time, set up by Ismaila Sarr. In the second half, Ross Barkley equalised with a header in the 77th minute, set up by Youri Tielemans.

Aston Villa had the better of the chances, with 3.05 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Crystal Palace's 1.62 from 13. Youri Tielemans had a penalty saved for Aston Villa.

Match stats

17 Shots 13

5 Shots on Target 6

10 Corners 1

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.04 xG 1.61

2.28 Non-penalty xG 1.61

11 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Aston Villa Crystal Palace

Kick-off

4’

Ismaila Sarr
Assist: Jean-Philippe Mateta

0-1

Ollie Watkins
Assist: John McGinn

1-1

36’

45+1’

Justin Devenny
Assist: Ismaila Sarr

1-2

Half-time1-2

Ross Barkley
Assist: Youri Tielemans

2-2

77’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Aston Villa

Diego Carlos
Ian Maatsen
Emiliano Buendía

Crystal Palace

Trevoh Chalobah
Tyrick Mitchell

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.

Aston Villa 3.05 xGCrystal Palace 1.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crystal Palace attacking Aston Villa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lamare Bogarde	DEF	51			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diego Carlos	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Pau Torres	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ian Maatsen	DEF	74			2	0.07	0.10	1
Youri Tielemans	MID	90		1	1	0.76	0.17	3
Ross Barkley	MID	90	1		2	0.15	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	MID	87			1	0.05	0.17	2
Morgan Rogers	MID	87			1	0.10	0.05	1
John McGinn	MID	74		1	3	0.69	0.88	3
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1		5	1.08	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	Sub	39			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jhon Durán	Sub	16			1	0.05	0.07	1
Lucas Digne	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emiliano Buendía	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.05	1
Jaden Philogene-Bidace	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Dean Henderson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Lacroix	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Trevoh Chalobah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Muñoz	MID	90			1	0.03	0.07	2
Tyrick Mitchell	MID	90			1	0.05	0.08	1
Will Hughes	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	2
Cheick Oumar Doucoure	MID	69			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ismaila Sarr	MID	90	1	1	4	0.82	0.45	1
Justin Devenny	MID	79	1		2	0.52	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	90		1	2	0.10	0.37	2
Jefferson Lerma	Sub	21			1	0.01	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	Sub	11			1	0.06	0.00	0
Chris Richards	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathaniel Clyne	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 56% Avg odds 1.73

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.83

Crystal Palace win 19% Avg odds 4.95

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

Form going into the game

Aston Villa D W D L L

Crystal Palace L L W D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 5-0 Aston Villa, 19 May 24 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 4-1 Aston Villa, 25 Feb 25 All Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace meetings

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.