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Game #5656

Aston Villa

Saturday, 4 March 2023

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Won

11th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Premier League

Crystal Palace

Villa Park

Attendance: 41,893

🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Crystal Palace

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🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 March 2023

⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Joachim Andersen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Boubacar Kamara (Injury caused by Cheick Doucouré), Sub on, Calum Chambers
💥 | 62’ Calum Chambers leaves pitch (Injury caused by Cheick Doucouré)
🟥 | 62’ Sending off, (Crystal Palace), Cheick Doucouré
🟨 | 66’ Booking, Álex Moreno for a bad foul
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Leon Bailey
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Álex Moreno, Sub on, Lucas Digne
🟨 | 80’ Booking, Douglas Luiz for a bad foul
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace

Match Statistics

Possession F | 58%
Possession A | 42%
Shots F | 8
Shots A | 3
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 0
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 14
Fouls A | 17

🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 March 2023

  • Villa make it consecutive wins as they overcome a thuggish performance from Palace to deservedly take the points.

  • John McGinn, back to his imperious best after the travails under the former manager, makes his 170th appearance in a Villa shirt (163 Starts) since joining in August 2018 to make it W64 D36 L70, 16 Goals, 20 Assists and 42 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Tyrone Mings makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (152 Appearances) to make it W61 D28 L63, 7 Goals, 8 Assists, 34 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career. 

  • Ezri Konsa makes his 125th appearance for the club (120 Starts) to make it W47 D23 L55, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 18 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. 

  • McGinn, Konsa and Mings - high quality players who had suffered much under the former regime but are now back at the top of their games under Unai Emery.

🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Crystal Palace

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Crystal Palace

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Crystal Palace

Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2022-23 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Game | #25 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Saturday, 4 March 2023
Attendance | 41,893 |

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🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Craig Pawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield & Hallam, 2008-
Kick off: 3.00pm
Half Time Score: 🟩 1-0
Full Time Result: 🟩 Won
Full Time Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 14 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 1 🟥 6 | 1.57

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Craig Pawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield & Hallam, 2008-
Matches Officiated: 20
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 10
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 13 Feb 22, Villa 0-1 Saudi Arabia (a)
Incidents: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Eddie Smart, Natalie Aspinall.
Fourth official: John Busby.
VAR: Jarred Gillett.
Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis.

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Álex Moreno, Bad foul
🟨 Douglas Luiz, Bad foul

🟥 Cheick Doucouré
🟨 Cheick Doucouré
🟨 Cheick Doucouré
🟨 Eberechi Eze
🟨 Wilfred Zaha
🟨 Naouirou Ahamada

🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Emiliano Buendía match changing performance at Everton earns him a spot ahead of Leon Bailey whilst it’s another swap around at left back as Lucas Digne is replaced by Álex Moreno.

Unai Emery only names a bench of eight with two ‘keepers as the dreaded Olsen returns from injury.

Starting XI Average Age: | 26.65 |
Bench Average Age: | 27.73 |
Squad Average Age: | 27.19 |
Subs Average Age: | 25.65 |
Oldest Starter: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 30.52 |
Youngest Starter: M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.78 |
Oldest Squad Player: RB Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 37.68 |
Youngest Squad Player: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.24 |
Oldest Substitute: LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 29.64 |
Youngest Substitute: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.24 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

MANAGER

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

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Aston Villa

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Patrick Viera | 🇫🇷 |

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Crystal Palace

GK Vicente Guaita | 🇪🇸 |
RB Nathaniel Clyne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joachim Andersen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Marc Guéhi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tyrick Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Cheick Doucouré | 🇲🇱 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Sambi Lokonga | 🇧🇪 | 🔁 |
M Michael Olise | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Eberechi Eze | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Wilfred Zaha | 🇨🇮 | 🟨 |
CF Jordan Ayew (ex) | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 59’ |
🔁 | W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | for M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 69’ |
🔁 | LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | for LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 70’ |
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 85’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Jean-Philippe Mateta | 🇫🇷 | for M Michael Olise | 🇫🇷 | 67’ |
🔁 | M Will Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Jordan Ayew (ex) | 🇬🇭 | 75’ |
🔁 | M Naouirou Ahamada | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | for M Eberechi Eze | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |
🔁 | M James McArthur | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Sambi Lokonga | 🇧🇪 | 81’ |

Substitutes

🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Joe Whitworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Richards | 🇺🇸 |
RB Joel Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Luka Milivojevic | 🇷🇸 |
CF Odsonne Édouard | 🇫🇷 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £156.95m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £70.45m
Team Cost: £227.40m
Squad Cost: £247.11m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/20
Homegrown: 2/20

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £87.42m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £34.62m
Team Cost: £122.04m
Squad Cost: £161.68m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/20
Homegrown: 2/20

🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £19.58m |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | £3.15m |
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Free |

LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | £14.18m |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | £12.00m |
RB Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £20.60m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £11.97m |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £2.79m |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Free |

W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | £34.56m |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | £28.80m |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | £16.56m |

CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £27.72m |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | £14.65m |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Vicente Guaita | 🇪🇸 | Free |
GK Joe Whitworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

RB Joel Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £0.58m |
RB Nathaniel Clyne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
LB Tyrick Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

CB Marc Guéhi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £21.00m |
CB Joachim Andersen | 🇩🇰 | £15.75m |
CB Chris Richards | 🇺🇸 | £10.80m |

M Cheick Doucouré | 🇲🇱 | £20.34m |
M Luka Milivojevic | 🇷🇸 | £13.59m |
M Naouirou Ahamada | 🇫🇷 | £10.62m |
M James McArthur | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £7.80m |
M Will Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £6.30m |
M Sambi Lokonga | 🇧🇪 | Loan |

M Eberechi Eze | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £16.02m |
M Michael Olise | 🇫🇷 | £8.37m |

W Wilfred Zaha | 🇨🇮 | £3.42m |

CF Odsonne Édouard | 🇫🇷 | £14.67m |
CF Jean-Philippe Mateta | 🇫🇷 | £9.90m |
CF Jordan Ayew (ex) | 🇬🇭 | £2.52m |

🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Achilles, 6 Aug 2022 [28]
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | Achilles, 20 Aug 2022 [26]
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | Muscle, 25 Feb 2023 [2]
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | Domestic Accident, 4 Mar 2023 [1]

Unregistered | 1 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Out On Loan | 12 |
M Finn Azaz | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | Levante
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cardiff
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Watford
FB Ben Chrisene | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kilmarnock
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | QPR
CF Cameron Archer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Strasbourg
CF Louie Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford City
M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | Luton Town
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Bristol Rovers

UNAVAILABLE

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Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

“We ground out the three points. “I’m sure the manager won’t be pleased with the second-half performance but it’s a win and we’ve been craving a win here for a while. “But that’s all it was: decent. We can’t get carried away and we need to play a lot better than if we’re going to get three points at West Ham. The three points gives us an opportunity to look up and not down.” John McGinn “In football you have to win. What the idea is, what the style is and how we do that is my first challenge here. Of course, today, first was a clean sheet and second was to win after the last two home games we lost. “Our idea was to win with a clean sheet - we did it. To keep everybody confident, it was an important victory. I’m very happy. “Of course, we can analyse the match and the first half and second half were very different. The first half was better, we deserved to win that half. They had a goal but it was offside but in that first half, we were playing like we are trying to do. “Then how we played, I think sometimes we played how we can and created some chances. Sometimes not, like in the second half. “Second half is a little bit strange. We weren’t very fluid but today we focus on the clean sheet and the win. “With the victory. With a clean sheet. I think this result for the future can help us to continue to keep building the team. “Also, trying to be more competitive and more clinical in the style and idea we want to create. Today, in the first half, we did a lot of things good but, in the second half, a lot less. “Bouba [Boubacar Kamara] has grown up a lot. He’s very intelligent. Young but intelligent. He understands football, overall, and he has potential. Progressively, I think he’s playing better. Defensively, it’s his first characteristic. But, with the ball, he’s improving a lot, trying to stay calm, keep ball possession, and try switching from right to left at the right moment. It’s good the way he’s been doing here. “It’s the joint between the two bones in the leg. It’s not a clear diagnosis. We will have the assessment tomorrow. It’s not the ankle or the Achilles. “Yes, today Leander Dendoncker wasn’t with us but, of course, hopefully he’s coming back quickly. As a midfielder, Calum Chambers he plays sometimes with me at Arsenal and he played at Fulham as a midfielder. I can use him in this position. “I can use another player, maybe Ramsey or John McGinn or maybe another. They can adapt to play and to help us in this position. Hopefully, Bouba can return as soon as possible, Dendoncker as well.” Unai Emery. “I’ve had to wait my time a little bit to get forward. “Me and the manager have worked closely on that in terms of having my time when to go and when not to go. “And here we thought there were spaces on the sides for both sides, that’s what the manager spoke about on Friday. So, he’s a tactical genius.” Matty Cash.
Quotes

🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 4 March 2023

**Crystal Palace are still waiting for their first Premier League win of 2023 after Joachim Andersen’s own goal saw them fall to a narrow defeat at Aston Villa.** Patrick Vieira’s side played the final half hour with 10 men after Cheick Doucoure was sent off for two bookings in the space of five minutes and have now gone nine matches without a victory. Aston Villa were the better side in a drab encounter at Villa Park and took the lead after 27 minutes when John McGinn released Matty Cash down the right. The full-back burst into the penalty area and, with Ollie Watkins waiting to pounce, his low ball across the face of goal was turned in by the sliding Andersen. Watkins should have doubled the advantage for Unai Emery’s side in the last minute of the first half but his shot clipped the outside of the post after Emi Buendia’s excellent pass left him in the middle of goal with only Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita to beat. Earlier, the away side had the ball in the net after just four minutes when Wilfried Zaha, back in the side after four games out with a hamstring injury, raced on to Eberechi Eze’s through ball and rounded Emiliano Martinez to finish. However, a VAR check showed that Zaha was offside and the goal was ruled out. Chances were in short supply at both ends and Palace’s chances of finding an equaliser took a hit on 62 minutes when Doucoure, five minutes after being shown a yellow for a late tackle on Boubacar Kamara, mistimed a challenge on his replacement Calum Chambers and Craig Pawson produced a second yellow card, followed by a red. Villa had chances to make sure of the points late on but could not find a way past Guiata, though did hold on to secure back-to-back league wins. Palace goalscoring problems continue Not only do Palace remain winless since New Year’s Eve, they are the only side in the Premier League yet to score a first-half goal this year. It might all have been different had Zaha held his run a split second longer in the fifth minute. The forward showed his quality with a composed finish and the pass from Eze had been perfect - but it counted for nothing when VAR intervened and the lines were drawn at Stockley Park. Zaha’s pace and direct running did give Palace more of a threat but they struggled to get him into the game, and even when they did, the potential threat exceeded the chances created. Palace mustered only three shots, none of them on target, and just five touches in their hosts’ box. Villa wanted a clean sheet after conceding four in each of their past two games, and despite Palace’s dynamic attacking trio Eze, Zaha and Michael Olise, they were not made to work hard to get it. Villa do enough and can start looking up As forgettable as it was, the match served an important purpose for Villa. Without playing anywhere near their best, the hosts scrapped their way to a valuable three points and increased the gap between themselves and Palace to seven points. “We ground out the three points,” captain McGinn said. “I’m sure the manager won’t be pleased with the second-half performance but it’s a win and we’ve been craving a win here for a while. “Great to get the three points and it gives us an opportunity to look up and not down.” Any thought of a relegation battle can now be put behind them, and with just five points separating Emery’s side from Liverpool in sixth, a strong finish to the campaign could lead to European football next season. The performance level would have to increase significantly, but there was quality in flashes - particularly when Buendia and McGinn got on the ball - and there is the chance for a far more exciting climax to the season than looked likely a couple of months ago.
Reports

🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park

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