Aston Villa 0–3 Crystal Palace
- Mateta 21' (pen.)
- Guéhi 68'
- Sarr 78'
31 August 2025
The match in data
Crystal Palace beat Aston Villa 3–0 on 31 August 2025, on matchday 3 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), rated 65, thanks above all to 1.14 goals prevented (4 shots on target worth 1.18; conceded 0) and 4 crosses claimed. Henderson produced 3.3 times as much as a goalkeeper typically does, at no cost.
For Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Youri Tielemans, with 61.
Dean Henderson
Crystal Palace · 90'
Produced 3.32× and cost 0.00× their position's average
- 1.14 goals prevented (4 shots on target worth 1.18; conceded 0) 4.0×
- 4 crosses claimed 2.8×
- 7 recoveries 0.9×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 74 | 50 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 44 | 49 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 84 | 46 |
| Tyrone Mings | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 74 | 37 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 90 | 35 |
| Evann Guessand | Forward | 46 | 34 |
| Marco Bizot | Goalkeeper | 90 | 33 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 30 |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 83 | 28 |
| Bradley Burrowes | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 16 | no rating |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 7 | no rating |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Henderson ★ | Goalkeeper | 90 | 65 |
| Chris Richards | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Marc Guéhi | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Daichi Kamada | Midfielder | 86 | 50 |
| Maxence Lacroix | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Will Hughes | Midfielder | 71 | 49 |
| Daniel Muñoz | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Ismaïla Sarr | Forward | 90 | 48 |
| Adam Wharton | Midfielder | 56 | 48 |
| Jean-Philippe Mateta | Forward | 85 | 42 |
| Jefferson Lerma | Midfielder | 34 | 41 |
| Tyrick Mitchell | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Yéremy Pino | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Justin Devenny | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
| Nathaniel Clyne | Defender | 4 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Aston Villa player played the most passes into the final third?
Youri Tielemans, with 20 final-third passes. Next: Ian Maatsen 11, Ezri Konsa 10.
Despite a 0–3 home defeat, Youri Tielemans spearheaded Aston Villa's ball progression with 20 passes into the final third. Tielemans almost doubled Ian Maatsen (11) and Ezri Konsa (10).
Which Crystal Palace player made the most interceptions?
Maxence Lacroix, with 3 interceptions. Next: Daniel Muñoz 1, Tyrick Mitchell 1.
Crystal Palace anchored a 0–3 away victory with Maxence Lacroix's alertness, leading the team with 3 interceptions. Daniel Muñoz and Tyrick Mitchell added 1 each to secure the clean sheet.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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