PREMIER LEAGUE : ASTON VILLA VS CRYSTAL PALACE – 31/08/2025 (PHOTO – ISMAILA SARR SCORES FOR CRYSTAL PALACE)

PREMIER LEAGUE – ASTON VILLA VS CRYSTAL PALACE – 31/08/2025

ASTON VILLA MADE 531 PASSES, WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 10 CORNERS, (59% POSSESSION), AND 13 SHOTS WITH 4 ON-TARGET IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST CRYSTAL PALACE AT THE WEEKEND, BUT AMAZINGLY, EVEN AFTER ALL THIS CREATIVITY – NO GOALS!

INSTEAD, IT WAS TO BE CRYSTAL PALACE’S DAY, MAKING 386 PASSES, WITH AN 84% PASS ACCURACY, AND 6 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON-TARGET, WITH 3 SUCCESSFUL GOALS! INCLUDING CRACKER’S FROM JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETA AT 21 MINS., (BELOW)

MARC GUEHI AT 68 MINS., (BELOW)

AND ISMAILA SARR AT 78 MINS. (BELOW)

MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 3 – 0 WIN TO CRYSTAL PALACE!

AFTER THE MATCH, CRYSTAL PALACE’S BOSS OLIVER GLASNER URGED THE CLUB TO KEEP CAPTAIN MARC GUEHI DESPITE TRANSFER INTEREST FROM LIVERPOOL…

SAYING THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF FINDING A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT BEFORE THE TRANSFER DEADLINE AND MUST KEEP HIM FOR A SUCCESSFUL SEASON.  HE ALSO SAID THAT ADAM WHARTON AND ISMAILA SARR HAD SUSTAINED MUSCLE INJURIES WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SCANS TO DETERMINE THEIR SEVERITY.

ASTON VILLA’S BOSS UNAI EMERY SAID THAT HE WAS FRUSTRATED WITH THE TEAM’S 3 – 0 LOSS

CALLING THE SITUATION WITH EMI MARTINEZ’S POTENTIAL EXIT “NOT HELPFUL.”  HE WAS ALSO UNHAPPY WITH THE TEAM’S FOCUS AND ADMITTED THE CLUB NEEDED TO SIGN MORE PLAYERS TO RECOVER THEIR STRENGTH.