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Crystal Palace 0–0 Aston Villa · Premier League

0–0Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Crystal Palace and Aston Villa drew 0–0.

Shots
1115
Shots on target
53
Possession
41%59%

Full time

What the match recorded

Crystal Palace and Aston Villa drew 0–0. Recorded in this match (Crystal Palace – Aston Villa): shots 11–15, shots on target 5–3, possession 41%–59%, corners 3–5. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Crystal Palace's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Crystal Palace's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.4 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.05 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for0.4 goals/match1.05 goals/match1.45 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

weak

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Crystal Palace, Aston Villa.

3.19 days ▲Rest daysCrystal Palace · Aston Villa4.29 days
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

MetricCrystal PalaceAston VillaBaseline
Rest days3.19 days4.29 days—
Matches last 14 days3 matches3 matches—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Aston Villa have recorded the higher season possession share.

43%PossessionCrystal Palace · Aston Villa● 53%
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 10.0 percentage points.

Window: season

MetricCrystal PalaceAston VillaBaseline
Possession43%53%50.8%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots11 shots15 shotsCrystal Palace 11 shots, Aston Villa 15 shots
  • Shots on target5 shots3 shotsCrystal Palace 5 shots, Aston Villa 3 shots
  • Possession41%59%Crystal Palace 41%, Aston Villa 59%
  • Corners3 corners5 cornersCrystal Palace 3 corners, Aston Villa 5 corners
  • Fouls8 fouls3 foulsCrystal Palace 8 fouls, Aston Villa 3 fouls
  • Yellow cards2 cards0 cardsCrystal Palace 2 cards, Aston Villa 0 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

3Crystal Palace
1Draws
1Aston Villa
Aston Villa — Crystal Palace · Premier League0–3
Crystal Palace — Aston Villa · Premier League4–1
Aston Villa — Crystal Palace · Premier League2–2
Crystal Palace — Aston Villa · Premier League5–0
Aston Villa — Crystal Palace · Premier League3–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Crystal Palace favored in 3 of 9 directional metrics · Aston Villa in 4 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Crystal Palace21 matchesAston Villa21 matches
1.05 goals/matchGoals scored21/21▲ 1.57 goals/match
1.1 goals/matchGoals allowed21/211.14 goals/match
11.7 shots/matchShots21/2111.7 shots/match
3.86 shots/matchShots on target21/21▲ 4.29 shots/match
43%Possession21/21● 53%
3.9 corners/matchCorners21/21● 5 corners/match
1.81 cards/matchCards21/211.57 cards/match
9.81 fouls/matchFouls21/219.52 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — ready
Season samples21 / 21home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
Analysis cutoff: Wed, 7 Jan 2026, 23:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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