Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa

20 August 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Wilfried Zaha 7’, 58’
Jean-Philippe Mateta 71’

Ollie Watkins 5’

Match summary

Crystal Palace came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Aston Villa. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Leon Bailey and Wilfried Zaha equalised in the 7th minute, set up by Odsonne Edouard. In the second half, Zaha put Crystal Palace in front in the 58th minute and Jean-Philippe Mateta made it 3-1 in the 71st minute, set up by Tyrick Mitchell.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 3.37 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Aston Villa's 0.80 from 13. Wilfried Zaha had a penalty saved for Crystal Palace.

Match stats

17 Shots 13

9 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 2

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.91 xG 0.80

2.01 Non-penalty xG 0.80

8 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Crystal Palace Aston Villa

Kick-off

5’

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Leon Bailey

0-1

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Odsonne Edouard

1-1

7’

Half-time1-1

Wilfried Zaha

2-1

58’

Jean-Philippe Mateta
Assist: Tyrick Mitchell

3-1

71’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Jeffrey Schlupp
Wilfried Zaha

Aston Villa

John McGinn

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.

Crystal Palace 3.37 xGAston Villa 0.80 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Aston Villa attacking Crystal Palace 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
Vicente Guaita	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	1
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.30	1
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.46	3
Cheick Oumar Doucoure	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	MID	90			3	0.25	0.50	3
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	84			1	0.34	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	FWD	72			2	0.19	0.08	1
Odsonne Edouard	FWD	72		1	2	0.21	0.09	1
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	84	2		3	1.45	0.32	3
Jean-Philippe Mateta	Sub	18	1		2	0.50	0.00	0
Michael Olise	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luka Milivojevic	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Will Hughes	Sub	6			2	0.37	0.00	0
Chris Richards	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.12	2
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Digne	DEF	90			2	0.12	0.04	2
Boubacar Kamara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Jacob Ramsey	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
John McGinn	MID	75			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	FWD	68		1	1	0.05	0.37	2
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1		2	0.36	0.00	0
Emiliano Buendía	FWD	75			1	0.09	0.00	0
Danny Ings	Sub	22			2	0.08	0.00	0
Philippe Coutinho	Sub	15			3	0.07	0.00	0
Douglas Luiz	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.07	2

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 39% Avg odds 2.50

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.22

Aston Villa win 31% Avg odds 3.06

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace D L W L D

Aston Villa D D L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace, 15 May 22 Next meeting: Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace, 04 Mar 23 All Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa 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.