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Crystal Palace Defeats Aston Villa in Thrilling FA Cup Encounter
London, April 26, 2025 – Crystal Palace secured a convincing 3-0 victory over Aston Villa in a thrilling FA Cup semi-final clash at Wembley Stadium. Despite significantly lower possession (30% compared to Aston Villa’s 70%), Crystal Palace proved more clinical in front of goal.
The match started with a tense atmosphere, with yellow cards shown to Aston Villa’s Douglas Luiz Kamara at 17 minutes and Crystal Palace’s Tyrick Mitchell at 19 minutes. Eberechi Eze opened the scoring for Crystal Palace in the 31st minute, assisted by Iliman Ndiaye Sarr. Although Jean-Philippe Mateta missed a penalty in the 54th minute, Sarr netted his first personal goal at 58 minutes, assisted by Mateta. The third and final goal arrived in the dying minutes, again scored by Sarr, with an assist from Eddie Nketiah in the 90th minute.
Aston Villa, despite dominating possession and having more shots (16 to 9), failed to find the back of the net. Crystal Palace, on the other hand, were more clinical, converting three of their nine shots on target. The game was marked by Aston Villa’s discipline, receiving only one yellow card, while Crystal Palace accumulated three. The victory secures Crystal Palace a place in the FA Cup final.
Substitutions aston villa: at minute 60 I. Maatsen came in and L. Digne went out., at minute 60 L. Bailey came in and J. McGinn went out., at minute 70 J. Ramsey came in and M. Asensio went out., at minute 70 R. Barkley came in and B. Kamara went out., at minute 79 D. Malen came in and M. Rogers went out.
Substitutions crystal palace: at minute 79 E. Nketiah came in and J. Mateta went out., at minute 84 B. Chilwell came in and T. Mitchell went out., at minute 88 J. Lerma came in and E. Eze went out., at minute 88 W. Hughes came in and A. Wharton went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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