Crystal Palace 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 November 2021

Result

Crystal Palace 1-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 27 November 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Crystal Palace 1-2 Aston Villa: match report

Crystal Palace were beaten by Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 November 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Matt Targett opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Crystal Palace's goal came from Marc Guéhi (90+5'). Aston Villa scored through Matt Targett (15') and John McGinn (86').

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

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 10th on 16 points from 12 and Aston Villa 15th on 13 points from 12. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Aston Villa 14th with 45.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to John McGinn of Aston Villa (8.6), ahead of Marc Guéhi (7.9).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Matt TargettAston Villa · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa
  • 29'Yellow card · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace
  • 44'Yellow card · Joel WardCrystal Palace
  • 54'Yellow card · Marvelous NakambaAston Villa
  • 56'Yellow card · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace
  • 74'Yellow card · Douglas LuizAston Villa
  • 86'Goal · John McGinnAston Villa · 0-2
  • 90+5'Goal · Marc GuéhiCrystal Palace · 1-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Marc Guéhi, Tyrick Mitchell, Luka Milivojevic, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Michael Olise, Conor Gallagher, Wilfried Zaha, Christian Benteke

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

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, John McGinn, Marvelous Nakamba, Jacob Ramsey, Leon Bailey, Ollie Watkins, Ashley Young