Aston Villa 3-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 September 2023

Result

Aston Villa 3-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 16 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 3-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Aston Villa defeated Crystal Palace 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 September 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Odsonne Édouard opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Jhon Durán (87'), Douglas Luiz (90+8', penalty) and Leon Bailey (90+11'). Crystal Palace scored through Odsonne Édouard (47').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 10th on 6 points from 4 and Crystal Palace 7th on 7 points from 4. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Crystal Palace 10th with 49.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Douglas Luiz of Aston Villa (8.2), ahead of Cheick Doucouré (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 4 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Eberechi EzeCrystal Palace
  • 17'Yellow card · John McGinnAston Villa
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Nicolò ZanioloAston Villa
  • 47'Goal · Odsonne ÉdouardCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Will HughesCrystal Palace
  • 86'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa
  • 87'Goal · Jhon DuránAston Villa · 1-1
  • 90+8'Penalty goal · Douglas LuizAston Villa · 2-1
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Joel WardCrystal Palace
  • 90+11'Goal · Leon BaileyAston Villa · 3-1
  • 90+14'Yellow card · Leon BaileyAston Villa
  • 90+15'Yellow card · Jhon DuránAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 5, draws 1, Crystal Palace 4.

Team news

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

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Moussa Diaby, Nicolò Zaniolo, Ollie Watkins

Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-1-1)

Sam Johnstone, Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Chris Richards, Tyrick Mitchell, Jordan Ayew, Cheick Doucouré, Will Hughes, Jeffrey Schlupp, Eberechi Eze, Odsonne Édouard