Aston Villa 0–3 Crystal Palace
2025-08-31 · Matchweek 3
· Referee: Stuart Attwell · VAR: John Brooks
A penalty to Crystal Palace in the 21st minute. Crystal Palace were booked 3 times — 1.6× their usual 1.8 — to Aston Villa's 2.
How Stuart Attwell refereed it
Attwell showed 5 yellow cards against a career average of 3.6, and awarded 21 fouls against an average of 20.6.
Match statistics
| Aston Villa | Crystal Palace | |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow cards | 2 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Fouls | 7 | 14 |
| Penalties | 0 | 1 |
The card
The same card posted after the match. A style read, not a verdict.
Key moments
| Min | Event | Team | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13' | Yellow Card | Aston Villa | Matty Cash | 0-0 |
| 20' | Yellow Card | Aston Villa | Marco Bizot | 0-0 |
| 21' | Penalty | Crystal Palace | J. Mateta | 0-1 |
| 22' | Yellow Card | Crystal Palace | Jean-Philippe Mateta | 0-1 |
| 52' | Yellow Card | Crystal Palace | Will Hughes | 0-1 |
| 68' | Normal Goal | Crystal Palace | M. Guehi | 0-2 |
| 78' | Normal Goal | Crystal Palace | I. Sarr | 0-3 |
| 87' | Yellow Card | Crystal Palace | Ismaïla Sarr | 0-3 |