Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa

31 August 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Jordan Ayew 73’

Match summary

Crystal Palace won 1-0 at home to Aston Villa. It was goalless at half-time.

Jordan Ayew put Crystal Palace ahead in the 73rd minute.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 1.42 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Aston Villa's 0.30 from 10. Aston Villa had a player sent off.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Aston Villa
22 Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 2
13 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 1
1.41 xG 0.30
1.41 Non-penalty xG 0.30
13 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Crystal Palace Aston Villa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Jordan Ayew1-0 (Crystal Palace)
73’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • Cheikhou Kouyaté
  • Luka Milivojevic
Aston Villa
  • Trézéguet
  • Frederic Guilbert
  • Neil Taylor
  • Douglas Luiz
  • Jack Grealish

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 1.42 0.30 73’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), 1-0 73’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.42 0.30 73’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), 1-0 Ayew 73’
Crystal Palace 1.42 xGAston Villa 0.30 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
22’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 73’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 67’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 87’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 86’ Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 6’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 12’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 39’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 51’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 69’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 41’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 47’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 48’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+5’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 39’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 68’ Wesley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 1’ Wesley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 42’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 70’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 72’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 57’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 27’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 58’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 63’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 82’ Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 73’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 67’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 87’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 86’ Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 6’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 12’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 51’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 69’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 41’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 48’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+5’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 39’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 68’ Wesley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 1’ Wesley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 42’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 70’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 67’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 57’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 27’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 82’ Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
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 0.000.051
Gary Cahill DEF901 0.070.000
Martin Kelly DEF800 0.000.000
Patrick van Aanholt DEF902 0.080.031
Cheikhou Kouyaté MID906 0.350.021
Luka Milivojevic MID902 0.070.336
James McArthur MID902 0.410.122
Wilfried Zaha FWD902 0.080.091
Jordan Ayew FWD8713 0.200.061
Jeffrey Schlupp FWD853 0.100.362
Mamadou Sakho Sub100 0.000.000
Andros Townsend Sub50 0.000.051
Christian Benteke Sub31 0.050.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 43% Avg odds 2.27
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.40
Aston Villa win 29% Avg odds 3.29

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

Form going into the game

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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.