Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2020

Result

Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Aston Villa defeated Crystal Palace 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

Bertrand Traoré opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Bertrand Traoré (5'), Kortney Hause (66') and Anwar El Ghazi (76'). Crystal Palace did not score.

Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Crystal Palace received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 9th on 22 points from 12 and Crystal Palace 13th on 18 points from 14. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 11th with 55 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 44.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bertrand Traoré of Aston Villa (8.4), ahead of Emiliano Martínez (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 5 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

5'Goal · Bertrand TraoréAston Villa · 1-0
39'Yellow card · T. MingsAston Villa
39'Yellow card · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace
45'Second yellow · T. MingsAston Villa
45+1'Yellow card · Jack GrealishAston Villa
56'Yellow card · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace
66'Goal · Kortney HauseAston Villa · 2-0
68'Yellow card · Joel WardCrystal Palace
76'Goal · Anwar El GhaziAston Villa · 3-0
83'Yellow card · E. EzeCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 3, draws 2, Crystal Palace 5.

Aston Villa 2-0 Crystal PalacePremier League · 12 Jul 2020
Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston VillaPremier League · 31 Aug 2019
Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal PalacePremier League · 12 Jan 2016
Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston VillaPremier League · 22 Aug 2015
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal PalacePremier League · 1 Jan 2015
Crystal Palace 0-1 Aston VillaPremier League · 2 Dec 2014

Team news

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Gary CahillCrystal Palace · injury (Knock)
Martin KellyCrystal Palace · injury (Calf Injury)
Ross BarkleyAston Villa · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Connor WickhamCrystal Palace · injury (Knock)
Mamadou SakhoCrystal Palace · injury (Calf Injury)
Danny IngsAston Villa · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Wesley MoraesAston Villa · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Leander DendonckerAston Villa · injury (Knock)
Morgan SansonAston Villa · injury (Muscle Injury)
Nathan FergusonCrystal Palace · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Lucas DigneAston Villa · injury (Ankle Injury)
Wayne HennesseyCrystal Palace · injury (Thigh Muscle Strain)
Mahmoud TrezeguetAston Villa · injury (Head Injury)

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Kortney Hause, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Bertrand Traoré, Jack Grealish, Anwar El Ghazi, Ollie Watkins

Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Scott Dann, Patrick van Aanholt, Jeffrey Schlupp, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Eberechi Eze, Wilfried Zaha, Christian Benteke