Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa

16 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee David Coote

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

Christian Benteke 32’
Wilfried Zaha 76’
Tyrick Mitchell 84’

John McGinn 17’
Anwar El Ghazi 34’

Match summary

Crystal Palace came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Aston Villa. Aston Villa led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, John McGinn put Aston Villa ahead in the 17th minute, Christian Benteke equalised with a header in the 32nd minute, set up by Tyrick Mitchell, and Anwar El Ghazi put Aston Villa back in front in the 34th minute, set up by Ollie Watkins. In the second half, Wilfried Zaha equalised in the 76th minute, set up by Eberechi Eze and Tyrick Mitchell won it in the 84th minute.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 2.03 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Aston Villa's 1.23 from 19.

Match stats

23 Shots 19

8 Shots on Target 5

7 Corners 7

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.95 xG 1.23

1.95 Non-penalty xG 1.23

9 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Crystal Palace Aston Villa

Kick-off

17’

John McGinn

0-1

Christian Benteke
Assist: Tyrick Mitchell

1-1

32’

34’

Anwar El Ghazi
Assist: Ollie Watkins

1-2

Half-time1-2

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Eberechi Eze

2-2

76’

Tyrick Mitchell

3-2

84’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Joel Ward
Cheikhou Kouyaté
Wilfried Zaha

Aston Villa

Kortney Hause
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 2.03 xGAston Villa 1.23 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
Jack Butland	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Cheikhou Kouyaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Gary Cahill	DEF	90			2	0.05	0.09	3
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90	1	1	1	0.96	0.10	1
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	90			1	0.04	0.02	1
Eberechi Eze	MID	90		1	7	0.40	0.10	2
James McCarthy	MID	75			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andros Townsend	FWD	90			4	0.17	0.16	3
Christian Benteke	FWD	90	1		3	0.21	0.02	1
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90	1		5	0.19	0.20	3
James Tomkins	Sub	15			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
Ahmed Elmohamady	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.02	1
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			2	0.14	0.00	0
Kortney Hause	DEF	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Matt Targett	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.10	2
Douglas Luiz	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jacob Ramsey	MID	87			4	0.24	0.02	1
Bertrand Traoré	MID	66			2	0.11	0.11	3
John McGinn	MID	90	1		2	0.04	0.00	0
Anwar El Ghazi	MID	90	1		4	0.50	0.04	1
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90		1	1	0.06	0.59	4
Jack Grealish	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Keinan Davis	Sub	3			1	0.06	0.00	0
Wesley	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 31% Avg odds 3.10

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.51

Aston Villa win 42% Avg odds 2.30

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace L L L W L

Aston Villa L D W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace, 26 Dec 20 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 1-2 Aston Villa, 27 Nov 21 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.