Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa

25 February 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Samuel Barrott

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Ismaila Sarr 29’, 71’
Jean-Philippe Mateta 59’
Eddie Nketiah 90+1’

Morgan Rogers 52’

Match summary

Crystal Palace won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Aston Villa. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ismaila Sarr put Crystal Palace ahead from a corner in the 29th minute. In the second half, Morgan Rogers equalised in the 52nd minute, set up by Ollie Watkins, Jean-Philippe Mateta put Crystal Palace back in front in the 59th minute, set up by Eberechi Eze, Sarr made it 3-1 in the 71st minute, set up by Daniel Muñoz, and Eddie Nketiah made it 4-1 in stoppage time, set up by Tyrick Mitchell.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 4.42 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Aston Villa's 0.67 from 6.

Match stats

19 Shots 6

6 Shots on Target 2

3 Corners 8

3 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

4.03 xG 0.67

4.03 Non-penalty xG 0.67

9 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Crystal Palace Aston Villa

Kick-off

Ismaila Sarr

1-0

29’

Half-time1-0

52’

Morgan Rogers
Assist: Ollie Watkins

1-1

Jean-Philippe Mateta
Assist: Eberechi Eze

2-1

59’

Ismaila Sarr
Assist: Daniel Muñoz

3-1

71’

Eddie Nketiah
Assist: Tyrick Mitchell

4-1

90+1’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Daniel Muñoz
Will Hughes
Jefferson Lerma

Aston Villa

Leon Bailey

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 4.42 xGAston Villa 0.67 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
Dean Henderson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Lacroix	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Chris Richards	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Muñoz	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.11	1
Tyrick Mitchell	MID	90		1	2	0.52	0.97	1
Adam Wharton	MID	82			1	0.06	0.10	3
Will Hughes	MID	62			1	0.03	0.00	0
Ismaila Sarr	MID	90	2		4	2.00	0.53	4
Eberechi Eze	MID	90		1	4	0.27	0.72	3
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	90	1		2	0.41	0.54	2
Jefferson Lerma	Sub	28			1	0.04	0.00	0
Daichi Kamada	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	1	1		1	0.97	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	50			0	0.00	0.00	0
Axel Disasi	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Lamare Bogarde	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Andrés García	MID	50			0	0.00	0.16	1
Lucas Digne	MID	82			0	0.00	0.01	1
Youri Tielemans	MID	90			2	0.17	0.00	0
John McGinn	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Morgan Rogers	FWD	90	1		1	0.38	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	FWD	72		1	0	0.00	0.38	1
Jacob Ramsey	FWD	72			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	Sub	40			1	0.06	0.00	0
Robin Olsen	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Asensio	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.02	1
Marcus Rashford	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ian Maatsen	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 43% Avg odds 2.26

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.52

Aston Villa win 30% Avg odds 3.19

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace W L W L W

Aston Villa D L D D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 2-2 Crystal Palace, 23 Nov 24 Next meeting: Aston Villa 0-3 Crystal Palace, 31 Aug 25 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.