Aston Villa pulled off a spectacular late comeback to defeat Crystal Palace 3-1 and claim their ninth consecutive league home victory.
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If a player’s statistic is highlighted in gold, that player has the top stat for this game.
Words by: Ryan Mckeown – Stats from: FBRef
EMILIANO MARTÍNEZ
Shots on Target Against: 3
Goals Against: 1
Save Percentage: 66.7%
Post-Shot Expected Goals (PSxG is expected goals based on how likely the goalkeeper is to save the shot): 0.7
Number of Defensive Actions Outside Penalty Area: 3
Average Distance of Defensive Actions (Average distance from goal (in yards) of all defensive actions): 29.7
MATTY CASH
Take-On Attempted/Successful Take-On: 2/0
Total Touches/Attacking 3rd Touches: 74/33
Carries – (Number of times the player controlled the ball with their feet): 42
Progressive Distance – (Total distance, in yards, a player moved the ball while controlling it with their feet towards the opponent’s goal): 168
Passes Received/ Progressive Passes Rec: 43/6
Tackles/Tackles Won: 6/2
Percentage of dribblers tackled: 40%
Number of players tackled plus number of interceptions: 7
Percentage of duals aerials won: 0/2 – 0%
Shots/Shots on Target: 2/0
PAU TORRES
Passes Completed/Passes Attempted: 117/125
Pass Completion %; 93.6%
Progressive Passing Distance: 706
Progressive Passes: 21
Tackles/Tackles Won: 3/1
Shots Blocked/Tackles Blocked: 0/0
Clearances: 2
EZRI KONSA
Passes Completed/Passes Attempted: 94.1%
Pass Completion %: 94.1%
Progressive Passing Distance: 485
Tackles/Tackles Won: 3/1
Shots Blocked/Tackles Blocked: 3/1
Clearances: 2
LUCAS DIGNE
Take-On Attempted/Successful Take-On: 0/0
Total Touches/Attacking 3rd Touches: 112/53
Carries – (Number of times the player controlled the ball with their feet): 67
Progressive Distance – (Total distance, in yards, a player moved the ball while controlling it with their feet towards the opponent’s goal): 117
Passes Received/ Progressive Passes Rec: 75/24
Tackles/Tackles Won: 3/1
Percentage of dribblers tackled: 2/2 – 100%
Number of players tackled plus number of interceptions: 4
Percentage of duals aerials won: 4/4 100%
Crosses: 13
Assists: 1
Shot-Creating Actions: 5
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DOUGLAS LUIZ
Goals: 1 (Penalty)
Shots/Shots On Target: 0
Shot-Creating Actions: 3
Touches: 84
Passes Attempted/Completion %: 69 – 84.1%
Progressive Passes: 263
Tackles/Tackles Won: 6/4
Interceptions: 1
Ball Recoveries (Number of loose balls recovered): 16
BOUBARCAR KAMARA
Shot-Creating Actions: 0
Touches: 48
Passes Attempted/Completion %: 39/89.7
Progressive Passes: 3
Tackles/Tackles Won: 3/1
Interceptions: 0
JOHN MCGINN
Shots/Shots On Target: 0
Shot-Creating Actions: 1
Touches: 39
Passes Attempted/Completion %: 31/87.1%
Progressive Passes: 3
Tackles/Tackles Won: 1/1
Interceptions: 0
Ball Recoveries (Number of loose balls recovered): 5
NICOLÒ ZANIOLO
Assists/xAG: 0/0.6
Goals/xG: 0/0.0
Take-On Attempted/Successful Take-On: 4/1
Shots/Shots On Target: 1/0
Shot-Creating Actions: 5
Carries into Penalty Area: 3
Touches: 29
Passes Attempted/Completion: 19/73.7
Progressive Passes: 1
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MOUSSA DIABY
Assists/xAG: 1/0.8
Goals/xG: 0/0.1
Take-On Attempted/Successful Take-On: 0/0
Shots/Shots On Target: 2/0
Shot-Creating Actions: 2
Carries into Penalty Area: 3
Touches: 39
Passes Attempted/Completion: 33/69.7%
Progressive Passes: 6
OLLIE WATKINS
Goals/xG: 0/0.6
Assists/xAG: 0/0.1
Penalty Won: 1
Shots/Shots On Target: 4/1
Take-On Attempted/Successful Take-On: 2/0
Shot-Creating Actions: 4
Carries into Penalty Area: 3
SUBS
TIELEMANS; on 58′
Shots/Shots On Target: 1/0
Shot-Creating Actions: 2
Touches: 28
Passes Attempted/Completion: 24/70.8%
Progressive Passes: 3
Tackles: 0
Interceptions: 1
Ball Recoveries (Number of loose balls recovered): 0
DURAN; on 71′
Goals/xG: 1/0.1
Assists/xAG: 0/0.0
Shots/Shots On Target: 2/2
Shot-Creating Actions: 0
BAILEY; on 57′
Goals/xG: 1/0.8
Assists/xAG: 0/0.0
Shots/Shots On Target: 2/1
Shot-Creating Actions: 3
DENDONCKER; on 100′
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