English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 31, 2019
Aston Villa WLLWW 0
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Crystal Palace WDLWL 1
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Selhurst Park · 25,248 att.

Match Report

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Villa boss furious after late equaliser disallowed

Aston Villa boss Dean Smith criticised the failure of VAR to overturn a decision to deny his side a late equaliser in the 1-0 defeat to Palace.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
15
4
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
13
4
Saves
2
47.2
Possession
52.8
10
SHOTS
22
2
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
315
Accurate Passes
343
379
Passes
407
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
10
14
Crosses
30
0.2
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
41
22
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
7
13
Effective Tackles
9
19
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
15
Interceptions
7
30
Effective Clearances
21
30
Clearances
21

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

CRY · 4-3-3

  1. 31Vicente GuaitaG
  2. 24Gary CahillCD-L
  3. 34Martin KellyCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 2Joel WardRB
  6. 4Luka MilivojevicCM
  7. 8Cheikhou KouyatéLM
  8. 18James McArthurRM
  9. 9Jordan AyewF
  10. 15Jeff SchluppLF
  11. 11Wilfried ZahaRF

Substitutes

  1. 13Wayne HennesseySUB
  2. 12Mamadou SakhoSUB
  3. 22James McCarthySUB
  4. 7Max MeyerSUB
  5. 23Víctor CamarasaSUB
  6. 17Christian BentekeSUB
  7. 10Andros TownsendSUB

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Tom HeatonG
  2. 40Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 22Björn EngelsCD-R
  4. 3Neil TaylorLB
  5. 24Frédéric GuilbertRB
  6. 6Douglas LuizCM
  7. 10Jack GrealishLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 9WesleyF
  10. 17TrézéguetLF
  11. 23JotaRF

Substitutes

  1. 8Henri LansburySUB
  2. 21Anwar El GhaziSUB
  3. 14Conor HourihaneSUB
  4. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  5. 15Ezri KonsaSUB
  6. 39Keinan DavisSUB
  7. 12Jed SteerSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 35' Neil Taylor (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 40' Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 44' Trézéguet (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 54' Second yellow card to Trézéguet (Aston Villa) for a bad foul.
  6. 58' Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 59' Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Jota.
  8. 71' Substitution, Aston Villa. Conor Hourihane replaces Douglas Luiz.
  9. 71' Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 73' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Aston Villa 0. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner following a fast break.
  11. 79' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Mamadou Sakho replaces Martin Kelly because of an injury.
  12. 84' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Andros Townsend replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.
  13. 85' Substitution, Aston Villa. Henri Lansbury replaces Wesley.
  14. 86' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Christian Benteke replaces Jordan Ayew.
  15. 90'+6' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

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