Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa

27 November 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Marc Guehi 90+5’
  • Matt Targett 15’
  • John McGinn 86’

Match summary

Aston Villa took a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace. Aston Villa led 1-0 at half-time.

Matt Targett put Aston Villa ahead from a corner in the 15th minute, set up by Ashley Young, John McGinn made it 0-2 in the 86th minute, set up by Anwar El Ghazi, and Marc Guehi pulled one back to make it 1-2 in stoppage time, set up by Cheikhou Kouyaté.

Crystal Palace can feel hard done by, creating 0.96 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Aston Villa's 0.45 from 10.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Aston Villa
8 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.96 xG 0.45
0.96 Non-penalty xG 0.45
5 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Crystal Palace Aston Villa
Kick-off
15’
Matt Targett
Assist: Ashley Young
0-1 (Aston Villa)
Half-time0-1
86’
John McGinn
Assist: Anwar El Ghazi
0-2 (Aston Villa)
Marc Guehi
Assist: Cheikhou Kouyaté
1-2 (Crystal Palace)
90+5’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • Joel Ward
  • Luka Milivojevic
  • Wilfried Zaha
Aston Villa
  • Matthew Cash
  • Marvelous Nakamba
  • Douglas Luiz

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.96 0.45 15’ Matt Targett (Aston Villa), 0-1 15’ 86’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), 0-2 86’ 90+5’ Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), 1-2 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.96 0.45 15’ Matt Targett (Aston Villa), 0-1 Targett 15’ 86’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), 0-2 McGinn 86’ 90+5’ Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), 1-2 Guehi 90+5’
Crystal Palace 0.96 xGAston Villa 0.45 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
90+5’ Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.52 xG, goal 11’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 80’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+3’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 86’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 57’ Ashley Young (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 81’ Odsonne Edouard (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 23’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 27’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 5’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 15’ Matt Targett (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 8’ Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 24’ Ashley Young (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 34’ Ashley Young (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 35’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 32’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+5’ Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.52 xG, goal 11’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 80’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+3’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 86’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 57’ Ashley Young (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 81’ Odsonne Edouard (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 23’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 27’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 5’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 15’ Matt Targett (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 5’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 8’ Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 24’ Ashley Young (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 34’ Ashley Young (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 35’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 32’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90’ Jordan Ayew (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
Vicente Guaita GK900 0.000.000
Joel Ward DEF900 0.000.081
James Tomkins DEF900 0.000.081
Marc Guehi DEF9012 0.570.000
Tyrick Mitchell DEF900 0.000.061
Cheikhou Kouyaté MID9010 0.000.521
Luka Milivojevic MID630 0.000.000
Michael Olise MID900 0.000.000
Conor Gallagher MID900 0.000.072
Wilfried Zaha MID751 0.100.000
Christian Benteke FWD903 0.220.051
Eberechi Eze Sub270 0.000.000
Odsonne Edouard Sub151 0.060.000
Jordan Ayew Sub11 0.010.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 41% Avg odds 2.32
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.23
Aston Villa win 29% Avg odds 3.32

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.