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Game #5676

Saturday, 16 September 2023

Attendance: 40,809

Won

Premier League

7th (+3)

Crystal Palace

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Villa Park

Total dominance sometimes takes time to pay off. A win for mental strength.

Aston Villa

3-1

Crystal Palace

Assist(s) | Lucas Digne | 87' | Moussa Diaby | 90'+11 |

KEY MAN

Douglas Luiz, nerveless conductor.

PREVIOUS MATCH

NEXT MATCH

MATCH TIMELINE

🟨 | 17’ Booking, John McGinn for a bad foul
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-0, Moussa Diaby, Assist by Pau Torres
💥 | 35’ Goal Disallowed by VAR, 0-0
🟨 | 45’+4 Booking, Nicolò Zaniolo for throwing the ball away
🕒 | 45’+6 HT Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 0-1, (Crystal Palace), Odsonne Édouard
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Nicolò Zaniolo, Sub on, Leon Bailey
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Boubacar Kamara, Sub on, Youri Tielemans
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🟨 | 86’ Booking, Matty Cash for a bad foul
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 1-1, Jhon Durán, Assist by Lucas Digne
💥 | 90’+3 Penalty (Aston Villa) awarded by onfield referee
💥 | 90’+4 Penalty confirmed by VAR
⚽ | 90’+8 Goal, 2-1, Douglas Luiz (penalty)
🔁 | 90’+10 Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Leander Dendoncker
⚽ | 90’+11 Goal, 3-1, Leon Bailey, Assist by Moussa Diaby
🟨 | 90’+14 Booking, Leon Bailey for time-wasting
🟨 | 90’+15 Booking, Jhon Durán for a bad foul
🕒 | 90’+17 HT Aston Villa 3-1 Crystal Palace

ON THIS DAY

Villa equal their best post-war run of nine consecutive home league wins in the top-flight whilst Douglas Luiz became the first Villa player to score in four consecutive Premier League home matches since Gareth Barry in 2006.

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 HISTORY

Crystal Palace

Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Saturday, 16 September 2023
Attendance | 40,809 |

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Darren England | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, 2015-
Kick off: 3.00pm
Half Time Score: 🟨 0-0
Full Time Result: 🟩 Won
Full Time Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Darren England | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster, 2015-
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 4 Feb 23, Villa 2-4 Leicester (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Simon Bennett, Akil Howson. 
Fourth official: Steve Martin. 
VAR: Robert Jones. 
Assistant VAR: Ian Hussin.

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Crystal Palace

🟨 🟨 🟨

Darren England

TEAM NEWS

Diego Carlos becomes Villa's latest injury victim but Álex Moreno makes a welcome return for his first squad appearance since May. Meanwhile Nicolò Zaniolo makes his first start for Villa.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age: | 26.66 |
Bench Average Age: | 26.82 |
Squad Average Age: | 26.74 |
Subs Average Age: | 25.18 |
Oldest Starter: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 31.06 |
Youngest Starter: M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 23.83 |
Oldest Squad Player: GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 33.15 |
Youngest Squad Player: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.77 |
Oldest Substitute: M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | 28.44 |
Youngest Substitute: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.77 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |

Roy Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
RB Matty Cash | 🇵🇱 | 🟨 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | ⚽ |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Crystal Palace

GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Joel Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Joachim Andersen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Chris Richards | 🇺🇸 |
LB Tyrick Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Cheick Doucouré | 🇲🇱 | 🔁 |
M Will Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Eberechi Eze 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Jeffrey Schlupp | 🇬🇭 |
CF Odsonne Édouard | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Jordan Ayew (ex) | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ | 🟨 | for M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | 57’ |
🔁 | M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | for M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 58’ |
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | for M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 71’ |
🔁 | M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 90’+10’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Jean-Philippe Mateta | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 | for CF Jordan Ayew (ex) | 🇬🇭 | 25’ |
🔁 | M Naouirou Ahamada | 🇫🇷 | for CF Odsonne Édouard | 🇫🇷 | 90’ |
🔁 | W Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Cheick Doucouré | 🇲🇱 | 90’+10 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
GK Filip Marschall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Dean Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Remi Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Nathaniel Clyne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Rob Holding | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jairo Riedewald | 🇳🇱 |
W Malcolm Ebiowei | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £193.58m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11

Subs Cost: £55.96m
Team Cost: £249.54m
Matchday Squad Cost: £264.13m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/20
Homegrown: 1/20

Total Squad Cost: £380.20m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/33
Homegrown: 7/33

MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £15.66m |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | £3.00m |
GK Filip Marschall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
RB Matty Cash | 🇵🇱 | £14.18m |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | £11.59m |

CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | £28.60m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £11.97m |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | Loan |

M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | £12.88m |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £2.79m |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Free |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Free |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | Loan |

W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | £47.66m |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | £28.80m |

CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £30.60m |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | £14.28m |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £99.40m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11

Subs Cost: £20.52m
Team Cost: £119.92m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/14
Homegrown: ⭕/14

Matchday Squad Cost: £143.77
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/20
Homegrown: 1/20

Total Squad Cost: £201.53m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 16/29
Homegrown: 2/29

MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Dean Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £15.00m |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
GK Remi Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

RB Joel Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £0.58m |
RB Nathaniel Clyne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

CB Joachim Andersen | 🇩🇰 | £15.75m |
CB Chris Richards | 🇺🇸 | £10.80m |
CB Rob Holding | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £1.03m |

LB Tyrick Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

M Cheick Doucouré | 🇲🇱 | £20.34m |
M Eberechi Eze 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £16.02m |
M Jeffrey Schlupp | 🇬🇭 | £12.42m |
M Naouirou Ahamada | 🇫🇷 | £10.62m |
M Jairo Riedewald | 🇳🇱 | £7.82m |
M Will Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £6.30m |
W Malcolm Ebiowei | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
W Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

CF Odsonne Édouard | 🇫🇷 | £14.67m |
CF Jean-Philippe Mateta | 🇫🇷 | £9.90m |
CF Jordan Ayew (ex) | 🇬🇭 | £2.52m |

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 6 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ankle
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | Knee
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unknown
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ACL
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | Unknown
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | Thigh

Out On Loan | 7 |
RB Kaine Kesler-Hayden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth
CF Louie Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Exeter
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Nice
M Finn Azaz | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Bristol Rovers
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | Al-Duhail

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 5 |
W Michael Olise | 🇫🇷 |
M Matheus França | 🇧🇷 |
M Jefferson Lerma | 🇨🇴 |
CB James Tomkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Marc Guéhi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 1 |
CF Luke Plange | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Possession F | 67%

Possession A | 33%


Shots F | 16
Shots A | 6


Shots on Target F | 5

Shots on Target A | 3


Corners F | 4
Corners A | 2


Fouls F | 13

Fouls A | 9

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"We want to play every minute here and to enjoy it. We want to be competitive, to learn and build our team with the players. I am very happy because this three points today is because every player involved - those in the starting XI or on the bench - helped us with good impact.

"Today was a difficult match like every one is. We played very well, created chances and didn't concede a lot in our box. But we didn't score [in the first half].

"We had chances to score and we didn't take those chances. We conceded at the beginning of the second half and we weren't playing in the second half like I want.

"We played a lot [of other matches] like today and were winning in the first 20 or so minutes.”

We said at half-time to keep going and controlling the game like we were doing. They have a very good team and good players and they did that transition and scored the goal. Then it was a difficult moment.

"We were playing more with our hearts than with our minds in the last 20 minutes and sometimes you need that. At the end we deserved to win. We scored three goals so I'm very happy because after their goal it was a difficult moment and we really reacted very well.

"I respect always the VAR decision so I was waiting.

"Jhon Duran is young but he has potential. We have to work with him, give him chances and minutes to take confidence and build experiences. Every minute he's playing is important for him and he's helping us, like with the goal he scored today.

"We decided as well for Douglas Luiz to practice penalty kicks at the training ground. When there are matches like today with a penalty, he is feeling good and confident. We have other players as well who can take them.

"The most important is to try to be responsible and mature, collectively and individually. The players who were on the bench, they have to be ready because we need the impact like today. The impact was amazing.

"We want to be competitive, we want to be strong in our mind trying to build a strong mentality, a winning mentality. Each match is very difficult but I want to face it and every competition being competitive and trying to be a contender in our own way this year.

"The Premier League is the most important and today was, of course, the result, but also some players and tactical decision I took today was a practice for us. For the 30 minutes we played Diaby on the left side, played Kamara as a midfielder and sometimes as a right centre-back in build-up.

"We were aware today that we wanted to win but we needed to use different tactical decisions. I was aware to give them confidence so they could take it.

"Today was a very different match with like the match that we played before. This is the tenth match in a row we are winning at home in all competitions but today was completely different.”

Unai Emery.



"We hoped to be really strong at home. In the Premier League you need to be strong at home. We are creating a winning mentality at home.

"We couldn't score in the first half but we kept going forward and won at the end of the day. No matter what happens in the game I need to keep my team in the game, that's my job.

"But I knew we were going to score. That was a hit to be fair! Jhon [Durán] is growing in confidence and you can see that today."

Emiliano Martínez.