Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Monday 3 January 2005

Result

Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Monday 3 January 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa: match report

Crystal Palace defeated Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Monday 3 January 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Andy Johnson opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from Andy Johnson (33') and Andy Johnson (66', penalty). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 18th on 15 points from 21 and Aston Villa 9th on 28 points from 21. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 18th with 33 points, and Aston Villa 10th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Crystal Palace wins, 1 draw and 0 for Aston Villa.

Going into the match Crystal Palace's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Aston Villa's W-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Andy JohnsonCrystal Palace · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Michael HughesCrystal Palace
  • 52'Yellow card · Gavin McCannAston Villa
  • 57'Yellow card · Ulises de la Cruz BernardoAston Villa
  • 66'Penalty goal · Andy JohnsonCrystal Palace · 2-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Danny GranvilleCrystal Palace
  • 71'Yellow card · Luke MooreAston Villa

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Crystal Palace 0, draws 1, Aston Villa 0.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango