Premier League

Crystal Palace 2-1 Aston Villa

Competition Premier League Season 2015/2016 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 22 Aug 2015, 18:00 Venue time 22 Aug 2015, 19:00 BST

Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa finished 2-1 in Premier League. Key event: 1' Rudy Gestede (assist Jack Grealish · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.7%, 32.8%). Head to head: H2H last 2 before 22 Aug 2015: 0 W / 1 D / 1 L for Crystal Palace. Home form: L W W W L; Away form: L W L L W. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 1.85 / 3.50 / 4.50; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match preview 2 facts

Form before this match (22 Aug 2015): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form L W W W L Matches: 5 · 9 pts, goals 9-6, 1.80 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Away form L W L L W Matches: 5 · 6 pts, goals 3-8, 0.60 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Timeline 51 events

The goal sequence could not be confirmed against the final score. Available events are shown below.

1' shot Rudy Gestede AST assist Jack Grealish xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.7%, 32.8%

7' shot Jordan Amavi AST assist Gabriel Agbonlahor xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 69.2%, 58.5%

9' shot Jason Puncheon CRY xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.1%, 49.1%

13' shot Gabriel Imuetinyan Agbonlahor AST Open Play · Saved · xG 0.52

13' shot Gabriel Agbonlahor AST assist Ashley Westwood xG 0.38 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.9%, 56.5%

17' Yellow Joel Ward CRY Yellow Card

20' shot Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno AST Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

20' shot Wilfried Zaha CRY Open Play · Wayward · xG 0.14

20' shot Carlos Sánchez AST xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.5%, 45%

25' shot Idrissa Gana Gueye AST Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

25' shot Idrissa Gueye AST assist Ashley Westwood xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 75.8%, 56.5%

28' shot Yohan Cabaye CRY assist James McArthur xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.5%, 41.8%

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32' shot Wilfried Zaha CRY assist Jason Puncheon xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.1%, 65.8%

34' shot Glenn Murray CRY assist Yohan Cabaye xG 0.05 · Set Piece · location 94.2%, 61%

37' shot Gabriel Imuetinyan Agbonlahor AST Open Play · Wayward · xG 0.08

37' shot Bakary Sako CRY assist Wilfried Zaha xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 72.2%, 57.7%

38' shot Jack Grealish AST assist Idrissa Gueye xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95.7%, 71.3%

41' shot Rudy Gestede AST assist Ashley Westwood xG 0.05 · Open Play · location 92.6%, 44.4%

45' Sub Jordon Mutch CRY on for Glenn Murray · Tactical

45' Sub Dwight Gayle CRY on for Wilfried Zaha · Tactical

46' shot Bakary Sako CRY assist Jordon Mutch xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 98.2%, 57.7%

49' Yellow Yohan Cabaye CRY Yellow Card

50' Yellow Yohan Cabaye CRY

51' shot Leandro Bacuna AST assist Ashley Westwood xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.8%, 41%

52' shot Leandro Bacuna AST Open Play · Off T · xG 0.05

53' Yellow Rudy Gestede AST Yellow Card

55' shot Yohan Cabaye CRY xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 79.2%, 70.1%

55' Yellow Rudy Gestede AST

56' shot Jack Grealish AST assist Carlos Sánchez xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 83.2%, 38.6%

57' shot Rudy Gestede AST assist Ashley Westwood xG 0.03 · From Corner · location 88.2%, 46.2%

58' shot Dwight Gayle CRY assist Yohan Cabaye xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.6%, 58.8%

60' shot Jordon Mutch CRY xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.4%, 31.7%

64' shot Bakary Sako CRY assist Joel Ward xG 0.37 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.3%, 40.6%

68' Sub Adama Traoré Diarra AST on for Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno · Tactical

69' shot Jason Puncheon CRY assist James McArthur xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.2%, 49.4%

70' shot Jason Puncheon CRY Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.09

70' shot Scott Dann CRY assist Jason Puncheon xG 0.09 · From Corner · location 91.7%, 48.2%

73' shot Bakary Sako CRY assist Dwight Gayle xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.9%, 68.2%

74' shot Jason Puncheon CRY assist Yohan Cabaye xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 78.9%, 19.1%

76' Goal Pape N''Diaye Souaré CRY Own goal

76' shot Pape Souaré CRY xG 0 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 1.8%, 70.6%

77' shot Bakary Sako CRY assist Pape Souaré xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 96.9%, 72.1%

81' Sub Mile Jedinak CRY on for Yohan Cabaye · Tactical

82' Yellow Ciaran Clark AST Yellow Card

82' shot Ashley Westwood AST xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 79.6%, 60.4%

84' Yellow Ciaran Clark AST

85' Yellow Leandro Bacuna AST Yellow Card

86' shot Bakary Sako CRY assist Scott Dann xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.5%, 35.8%

86' Yellow Leandro Bacuna AST

89' Yellow Jason Puncheon CRY Yellow Card

90+1' Yellow Jason Puncheon CRY

Shot map 28 shots · 2 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Crystal Palace 17 shots · 1.24 xG · 2 goals

Full pitch retained for 1 location outside the attacking half.

Aston Villa 11 shots · 0.77 xG · 0 goals

Full pitch shown to keep both teams on the same scale.

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Crystal Palace160 plotted of 341 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Aston Villa160 plotted of 283 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Crystal Palace208 exact passer-recipient links

WAR DEL DAN PUN JED CAB SAK ZAH MUT MCA MCC GAY MUR

WARJoel Ward31 passes
DELDamien Delaney14 passes
DANScott Dann15 passes
PUNJason Puncheon32 passes
JEDMile Jedinak1 passes
CABYohan Cabaye25 passes
SAKBakary Sako17 passes
ZAHWilfried Zaha8 passes
MUTJordon Mutch12 passes
MCAJames McArthur31 passes
MCCAlex McCarthy12 passes
GAYDwight Gayle4 passes
MURGlenn Murray6 passes

Aston Villa131 exact passer-recipient links

GRE RIC WES GES BAC CLA AMA

GREJack Grealish19 passes
RICMicah Richards14 passes
WESAshley Westwood35 passes
GESRudy Gestede10 passes
BACLeandro Bacuna18 passes
CLACiaran Clark9 passes
AMAJordan Amavi26 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Crystal Palace341 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Aston Villa283 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 37 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

Crystal PalaceAston Villa

0–5′100–0
5–10′100–0
10–15′100–0
15–20′100–0
20–25′100–0
25–30′100–0
30–35′30–70
35–40′17–83
40–45′99–1
45–50′84–16
50–55′100–0
55–60′100–0
60–65′5–95
65–70′67–33
70–75′100–0
75–80′71–29
80–85′0–100
85–90′68–32
90–95′87–13

Head-to-head Meetings: 10

Crystal Palace leads the last 10 head-to-head meetings: 4 wins, 3 losses, 3 draws. Latest meeting: 07 Jan 2026 · Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa · 0 - 0.

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Latest 10 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 10 after this match (22 Aug 2015). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

07 Jan 2026

Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Aston Villa

31 Aug 2025

Aston Villa 0 - 3 Crystal Palace

25 Feb 2025

Crystal Palace 4 - 1 Aston Villa

23 Nov 2024

Aston Villa 2 - 2 Crystal Palace

19 May 2024

Crystal Palace 5 - 0 Aston Villa

16 Sep 2023

Aston Villa 3 - 1 Crystal Palace

04 Mar 2023

Aston Villa 1 - 0 Crystal Palace

20 Aug 2022

Crystal Palace 3 - 1 Aston Villa

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15 May 2022

Aston Villa 1 - 1 Crystal Palace

27 Nov 2021

Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Aston Villa

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (22 Aug 2015). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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31 Oct 2026

Aston Villa 1 - 1 Fulham