Crystal Palace 0–0 Aston Villa
7 January 2026
The match in data
Crystal Palace and Aston Villa finished level at 0–0 on 7 January 2026, on matchday 21 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), rated 66, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 6 final-third passes. Tielemans produced 1.2 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Crystal Palace, the highest-rated player was Marc Guéhi, with 70.
Youri Tielemans
Aston Villa · 90'
Produced 1.22× and cost 0.56× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 6 final-third passes 1.1×
- 65 passes 1.5×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 0.17 xG not converted 4.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Guéhi | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Will Hughes | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Adam Wharton | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Maxence Lacroix | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Yéremy Pino | Forward | 90 | 43 |
| Brennan Johnson | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Jean-Philippe Mateta | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Tyrick Mitchell | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Jaydee Canvot | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Justin Devenny | Midfielder | 90 | 30 |
| Dean Henderson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Borna Sosa | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Lindelöf | Defender | 90 | 81 |
| Youri Tielemans ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 73 | 62 |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 65 | 57 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 82 | 56 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 90 | 44 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 73 | 32 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 25 | 31 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 46 | no rating |
| Marco Bizot | Goalkeeper | 44 | no rating |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
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.