In English:
Crystal Palace Shocks Aston Villa at Villa Park
Birmingham, England – In a match played at Villa Park, Crystal Palace surprised Aston Villa with a convincing victory. Despite Aston Villa maintaining more possession (58% against Crystal Palace’s 42%) and generating more shots (13 to 6), Crystal Palace’s efficiency proved decisive.
Crystal Palace took the lead in the 21st minute with a penalty goal by J. Mateta. The first half was characterized by physical play, reflected in yellow cards for M. Cash and M. Bizot of Aston Villa, as well as J. Mateta of Crystal Palace.
In the second half, Crystal Palace extended their lead with goals from M. Guehi in the 68th minute and I. Sarr in the 78th minute, the latter assisted by M. Lacroix. I. Sarr also received a yellow card in the 87th minute. Despite Aston Villa’s efforts, which generated 10 corner kicks, they failed to score against the opposing goal. Crystal Palace, although with less possession and shots, demonstrated greater accuracy, with four of their six shots directed straight at the goal.
The refereeing of Stuart Attwell was characterized by strict control of the game, sanctioning 14 fouls by Crystal Palace and 7 by Aston Villa. The match concluded with a clear victory for Crystal Palace, leaving Aston Villa with the task of analyzing their mistakes and improving their scoring efficiency in the upcoming matches.
Substitutions aston villa: at minute 46 E. Guessand came in and E. Buendia went out., at minute 74 M. Cash came in and B. Burrowes went out., at minute 74 J. McGinn came in and P. Torres went out., at minute 83 D. Malen came in and L. Digne went out., at minute 84 I. Maatsen came in and L. Bogarde went out.
Substitutions crystal palace: at minute 56 A. Wharton came in and J. Lerma went out., at minute 71 W. Hughes came in and Y. Pino went out., at minute 85 J. Mateta came in and J. Devenny went out., at minute 86 D. Kamada came in and N. Clyne went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Aston Villa
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