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Premier League 2025/26 · Matchday 3 · Villa Park

Aston Villa0:3Crystal Palace

31 August 2025 · 41,036 in the ground · Stuart Attwell

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Aston Villa4-2-3-1
Crystal Palace3-4-2-1
Bizot4.8Maatsen6.7Mings6.1Konsa6.5Cash6.1Tielemans7.3McGinn6.7Guessand6.8Rogers6.9Malen6.3Watkins6.4Henderson7.4Guéhi8.3Lacroix8.2Richards7.1Mitchell6.9Hughes6.5Wharton6.4Munoz7.1Kamada6.9I. Sarr7.1Mateta7.1
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′aston-villacrystal-palace

goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 21′MatetaGoal · 0.79 xG · 0.79 xG
  • 68′GuéhiGoal · 0.05 xG · 0.05 xG
  • 78′I. SarrGoal · 0.52 xG · 0.52 xG

The shots, as they came

Every attempt, sized by expected goals

Aston Villa 0:0 Palace0'kickoff
2' Tielemans — xG 0.04 · Missed21' Mateta — xG 0.79 · Goal24' Guessand — xG 0.07 · Saved29' I. Sarr — xG 0.91 · Missed41' Watkins — xG 0.54 · Saved41' Tielemans — xG 0.04 · Missed48' Watkins — xG 0.03 · Missed54' Tielemans — xG 0.01 · Saved59' Rogers — xG 0.04 · Saved59' Cash — xG 0.01 · Missed68' Guéhi — xG 0.05 · Goal71' Watkins — xG 0.04 · Missed73' Maatsen — xG 0.13 · Blocked73' Malen — xG 0.14 · Missed78' I. Sarr — xG 0.52 · Goal82' Malen — xG 0.04 · Missed84' Buendía — xG 0.01 · Missed90 + 1' Lerma — xG 0.36 · Saved90 + 3' Pino — xG 0.02 · Blocked

The xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute

The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

Aston Villa 0:0 Palace
1.02.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′21' Mateta — GOAL68' Guéhi — GOAL78' I. Sarr — GOAL1.142.65

Territory

Where each side actually occupied the pitch, summed from every player’s heatmap

Aston Villa attacking right · Crystal Palace attacking left · where both glow, the pitch was contested

The duel

Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace

58%
Possession
42%
1.14
Expected goals
2.65
13
Shots
6
4
Shots on target
4
2
Big chances created
4
475
Passes completed
328
124
Into final third
66
37
Duels won
48
5/11 (45%)
Tackles won
16/26 (62%)
10
Corners
1
7
Fouls
14

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