Game #5561
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 December 2020


Won
7th (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Crystal Palace
Villa Park
Attendance: Behind closed doors
(COVID-19)
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
3-0

Crystal Palace

Assist(s) | Ollie Watkins | 76' |
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 December 2020
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Bertrand Traoré
🟨 | 39’ Booking, Tyrone Mings
🟨 | 44’ Booking, Tyrone Mings, Bad foul
🟥 | 44’ Sending off, Tyrone Mings, Two bookings
🔁 | 45’+4 Sub off, W Bertrand Traoré, Sub on CB Ezri Konsa
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 2-0, Kortney Hause
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 3-0, Anwar El Ghazi, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Anwar El Ghazi, Sub on, Ahmed Elmohamady
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace
Match Statistics
Possession F | 39%
Possession A | 61%
Shots F | 21
Shots A | 13
Shots on Target F | 10
Shots on Target A | 6
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 18
Fouls A | 17
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 December 2020
Villa make it successive 3-0 wins as despite being down to ten men they easily dispatch Palace.
Villa boss Dean Smith takes charge of his 100th game since his appointment in October 2018 and makes it W43 D20 L37 at a win rate of 43.00% and a loss rate of 37.00% delivering 1.49 points per game so far in his Villa management career.
Captain Jack Grealish makes his 200th appearance for Villa since making his debut in the 2013-14 season under Paul Lambert. Grealish's Villa record now reads 153 Starts, W79 D40 L81, 31 Goals, 34 Assists, 32 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
Emiliano Martínez secures his 8th clean sheet in 13 League games - the most of any team in the league this season - to make it W8 D1 L4, 13 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.00 goal per game and 8 Clean Sheets (61%) so far in his Villa career.
Tyrone Mings receives his second red card for Villa in 68 appearances, his first coming in the 2018-19 Championship campaign against Rotherham United which also occurred in the first half of the match and which Villa went on to win 2-1. Mings' record was now W29 D14 L25, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 18 Bookings, 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
Tyrone Mings's sending off was the fourth red card Villa have received in a Boxing Day fixture since 1994 - more than any other team. It follows Andy Townsend in the 0-0 draw with Arsenal in 1994, Michael Oakes in 2-1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers in 1998 that knocked Villa off the top of the table and Zat Knight in the 4-4 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in 2007.
Ollie Watkins secures his 10th win as a Villa player on his 16th appearance (14 starts) to make it W10 D1 L5, 8 Goals, 2 Assists, 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Anwar El Ghazi contributes his 30th goal involvement on his 86th appearance (68 Starts) to make it W32 D21 L33, 17 Goals, 13 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Villa secure 3-0 wins in successive matches.
Villa's points haul of 25 after 13 games is their strongest start to a top flight campaign since 1998-99 under John Gregory when Villa topped the Premier League table with 27 points from 13 games.
Villa have now not conceded in four consecutive league games.
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Crystal Palace


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2020-21 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #100 |
Saturday, 26 December 2020
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🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴 | Wythenshaw, 2006-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021
🕒 100 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 | 20 🟥 37 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴 | Wythenshaw, 2006- 🆘
Assistants: Adam Nunn, James Mainwaring
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟥 Tyrone Mings, Two bookings
🟨 Tyrone Mings, Bad foul
🟨 Tyrone Mings
CARDS

🟨 Joel Ward
🟨 Luka Milivojević
🟨 Eberechi Eze
🟨 Wilfried Zaha
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Dean Smith, in his 100th match in charge of Villa, names an unchanged team from the side that ripped apart West Bromwich Albion in the previous game. Ezri Konsa returns to the squad after illness however midfielder Ross Barkley and winger Trézéguet miss out once more due to hamstring injuries.
Captain Jack Grealish makes his 200th appearance for the club.
Tom Heaton returns to the squad after nearly 12 months out since the ACL injury he suffered on New Years Day 2020.
Starting XI Average Age: | 25.50 |
Oldest Player: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 28.33 |
Youngest Player: M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 22.65 |
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021

Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Roy Hodgson | 🏴 |

Crystal Palace
GK Vicente Guaita | 🇪🇸 |
RB Joel Ward | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Scott Dann | 🏴 |
LB Patrick van Aanholt | 🇳🇱 |
M Cheikhou Kouyaté | 🇸🇳 |
M Luka Milivojević | 🇷🇸 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Jeffrey Schlupp | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
M James McArthur | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Eberechi Eze | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Wilfried Zaha | 🇨🇮 | 🟨 |
CF Christian Benteke (ex) | 🇧🇪 |
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | for W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | 45'+4 |
🔁 RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | for W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 86' |
🔁 M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | for M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 90'+1 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Jairo Riedewald | 🇳🇱 | for M Luka Milivojević | 🇷🇸 | 69’ |
🔁 | CF Michy Batshuayi | 🇧🇪 | for M James McArthur | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 | W Andros Townsend | 🏴 | for M Jeffrey Schlupp | 🇬🇭 | 82’ |

🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Jack Butland | 🏴 |
CB James Tomkins | 🏴 |
RB Nathaniel Clyne | 🏴 |
LB Tyrick Mitchell | 🏴 |
M James McCarthy | 🇮🇪 |
CF Jordan Ayew (ex) | 🇬🇭 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | | 43 | *3* | 4 | 2 | *19* | 7 | 17 | - | - | 7 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | | 1* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £141.39m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £12.96m
Team Cost: £154.35m
Squad Cost: £180.72m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/20
Homegrown: 2/20
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £101.86m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £21.49m
Team Cost: £123.35m
Squad Cost: £140.22m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/20
Homegrown: 1/20
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £19.58m |
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | £7.92m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 | £14.18m |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | £14.04m |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | £4.50m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | £20.60m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | £2.70m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | £10.80m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | £16.56m |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £27.72m |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Free |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Jack Butland | 🏴 | £0.99m |
GK Vicente Guaita | 🇪🇸 | Free |
LB Patrick van Aanholt | 🇳🇱 | £9.00m |
RB Joel Ward | 🏴 | £0.58m |
LB Tyrick Mitchell | 🏴 | Youth |
RB Nathaniel Clyne | 🏴 | Free |
CB James Tomkins | 🏴 | £10.53m |
CB Scott Dann | 🏴 | £1.57m |
M Eberechi Eze 🏴 | £16.02m |
M Luka Milivojevic | 🇷🇸 | £13.59m |
M Jeffrey Schlupp | 🇬🇭 | £12.42m |
M Cheikhou Kouyaté | 🇸🇳 | £9.63m |
M Jairo Riedewald | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
M James McArthur | 🏴 | £7.55m |
M James McCarthy | 🇮🇪 | £2.83m |
W Andros Townsend | 🏴 | £13.39m |
W Wilfred Zaha | 🇨🇮 | £3.42m |
CF Christian Benteke (ex) | 🇧🇪 | £28.08m |
CF Jordan Ayew (ex) | 🇬🇭 | £2.52m |
CF Michy Batshuayi | 🇧🇪 | Loan |
🟩 26 Dec 2020, Villa 3-0 Palace, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | ACL, 4 Jan 2020 [36]
M Ross Barkley | 🏴 | Hamstring, 30 Nov 2020 [5]
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | Hamstring, 12 Dec 2020 [4]
Not Selected | 3 |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 |
Unregistered | 1 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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