Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 August 2019

Result

Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 31 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa: match report

Crystal Palace defeated Aston Villa 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 August 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Jordan Ayew of Crystal Palace in the 73rd minute.

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 10th on 4 points from 3 and Aston Villa 17th on 3 points from 3. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Aston Villa 17th with 35.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luka Milivojevic of Crystal Palace (8.2), ahead of Jeffrey Schlupp (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Crystal Palace wins, 2 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Douglas LuizAston Villa
  • 35'Yellow card · Neil TaylorAston Villa
  • 40'Yellow card · F. GuilbertAston Villa
  • 44'Yellow card · Mahmoud TrezeguetAston Villa
  • 54'Second yellow · Mahmoud TrezeguetAston Villa
  • 58'Yellow card · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace
  • 71'Yellow card · Cheikhou KouyatéCrystal Palace
  • 73'Goal · Jordan AyewCrystal Palace · 1-0
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Jack GrealishAston Villa

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Crystal Palace 4, draws 2, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Patrick van Aanholt, Gary Cahill, Martin Kelly, Luka Milivojevic, Cheikhou Kouyaté, James McArthur, Jordan Ayew, Wilfried Zaha, Jeffrey Schlupp

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

Tom Heaton, Neil Taylor, Björn Engels, Frédéric Guilbert, Tyrone Mings, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Jack Grealish, Wesley Moraes, Mahmoud Trezeguet, Jota Peleteiro