Game #5561
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 December 2020
Aston Villa
3-0
Crystal Palace
Premier League
Crystal Palace
Villa Park
Attendance: Behind closed doors
(COVID-19)
Won
7th (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Ollie Watkins | 76' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Kortney Hause doubles 10-man Villa's lead over Palace, 26 December 2020
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 December 2020
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Bertrand Traoré
🟨 | 39’ Booking, Tyrone Mings
🟨 | 44’ Booking, Tyrone Mings for a bad foul
🟥 | 44’ Sending off, Tyrone Mings for two bookings
🔁 | 45’+4 Sub off, W Bertrand Traoré, Sub on CB Ezri Konsa
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 2-0, Kortney Hause
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 3-0, Anwar El Ghazi, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Anwar El Ghazi, Sub on, Ahmed Elmohamady
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace
ON THIS DAY
Captain Jack Grealish makes his 200th appearance for Villa since making his debut in the 2013-14 season under Paul Lambert.
Villa boss Dean Smith takes charge of his 100th game since his appointment in October 2018.
Tyrone Mings receives his second red card for Villa in 68 appearances, his first coming in the 2018-19 Championship campaign against Rotherham United which also occurred in the first half of the match and which Villa went on to win 2-1.
Villa secure 3-0 wins in successive matches.
Emiliano Martínez secures his 8th clean sheet in 13 League games - the most of any team in the league this season.
Tyrone Mings's sending off was the fourth red card Villa have received in a Boxing Day fixture since 1994 - more than any other team. It follows Andy Townsend in the 0-0 draw with Arsenal in 1994, Michael Oakes in 2-1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers in 1998 that knocked Villa off the top of the table and Zat Knight in the 4-4 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in 2007.
Villa's points haul of 25 after 13 games is their strongest start to a top flight campaign since 1998-99 under John Gregory when Villa topped the Premier League table with 27 points from 13 games.
Villa have now not conceded in four consecutive league games.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Crystal Palace
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2020-21 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #100 |
Saturday, 26 December 2020
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴 | Wythenshaw, 2006-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 100 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 | 20 🟥 37 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴 | Wythenshaw, 2006- 🆘
Matches Officiated: 23
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 11
🆘 : 4
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 16 Jul 20, Villa 1-1 Everton (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Adam Nunn, James Mainwaring
TEAM NEWS
Dean Smith, in his 100th match in charge of Villa, names an unchanged team from the side that ripped apart West Bromwich Albion in the previous game. Ezri Konsa returns to the squad after illness however midfielder Ross Barkley and winger Trézéguet miss out once more due to hamstring injuries.
Captain Jack Grealish makes his 200th appearance for the club.
Tom Heaton returns to the squad after nearly 12 months out since the ACL injury he suffered on New Years Day 2020.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 25.50 |
Oldest Player: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 28.33 |
Youngest Player: M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 22.65 |
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
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Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Roy Hodgson | 🏴 |
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Crystal Palace
GK Vicente Guaita | 🇪🇸 |
RB Joel Ward | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Scott Dann | 🏴 |
LB Patrick van Aanholt | 🇳🇱 |
M Cheikhou Kouyaté | 🇸🇳 |
M Luka Milivojević | 🇷🇸 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Jeffrey Schlupp | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
M James McArthur | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Eberechi Eze | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Wilfried Zaha | 🇨🇮 | 🟨 |
CF Christian Benteke (ex) | 🇧🇪 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | for W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | 45'+4 |
🔁 RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | for W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 86' |
🔁 M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | for M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 90'+1 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Jairo Riedewald | 🇳🇱 | for M Luka Milivojević | 🇷🇸 | 69’ |
🔁 | CF Michy Batshuayi | 🇧🇪 | for M James McArthur | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 | W Andros Townsend | 🏴 | for M Jeffrey Schlupp | 🇬🇭 | 82’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Jack Butland | 🏴 |
CB James Tomkins | 🏴 |
RB Nathaniel Clyne | 🏴 |
LB Tyrick Mitchell | 🏴 |
M James McCarthy | 🇮🇪 |
CF Jordan Ayew (ex) | 🇬🇭 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI Cost: £141.39m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £12.96m
Team Cost: £154.35m
Squad Cost: £180.72m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/20
Homegrown: 2/20
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI Cost: £101.86m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £21.49m
Team Cost: £123.35m
Squad Cost: £140.22m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/20
Homegrown: 1/20
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £19.58m |
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | £7.92m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 | £14.18m |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | £14.04m |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | £4.50m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | £20.60m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | £2.70m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | £10.80m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | £16.56m |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £27.72m |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Jack Butland | 🏴 | £0.99m |
GK Vicente Guaita | 🇪🇸 | Free |
LB Patrick van Aanholt | 🇳🇱 | £9.00m |
RB Joel Ward | 🏴 | £0.58m |
LB Tyrick Mitchell | 🏴 | Youth |
RB Nathaniel Clyne | 🏴 | Free |
CB James Tomkins | 🏴 | £10.53m |
CB Scott Dann | 🏴 | £1.57m |
M Eberechi Eze 🏴 | £16.02m |
M Luka Milivojevic | 🇷🇸 | £13.59m |
M Jeffrey Schlupp | 🇬🇭 | £12.42m |
M Cheikhou Kouyaté | 🇸🇳 | £9.63m |
M Jairo Riedewald | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
M James McArthur | 🏴 | £7.55m |
M James McCarthy | 🇮🇪 | £2.83m |
W Andros Townsend | 🏴 | £13.39m |
W Wilfred Zaha | 🇨🇮 | £3.42m |
CF Christian Benteke (ex) | 🇧🇪 | £28.08m |
CF Jordan Ayew (ex) | 🇬🇭 | £2.52m |
CF Michy Batshuayi | 🇧🇪 | Loan |
UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 3 |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | ACL, 4 Jan 2020 [36]
M Ross Barkley | 🏴 | Hamstring, 30 Nov 2020 [5]
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | Hamstring, 12 Dec 2020 [4]
Not Selected | 3 |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 |
Unregistered | 1 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 39%
Possession A | 61%
Shots F | 21
Shots A | 13
Shots on Target F | 10
Shots on Target A | 6
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 18
Fouls A | 17
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*Saturday, 26 December 2020*
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