Jean-Philippe Mateta stroked residence a Twentieth-minute penalty to present Crystal Palace an early lead towards Aston Villa at Villa Park.
The objective strikes Mateta as much as 49 objectives in a Palace shirt because the Frenchman goes seeking the half-century for the London membership.
The hosts dominated possession within the sport’s preliminary phases nevertheless it was final season’s FA Cup winners who broke the impasse when Daichi Kamada was introduced down by Villa keeper Marco Bizot.
Referee Stuart Attwell awarded the spot-kick, which Mateta duly dispatched to present Oliver Glasner’s staff the benefit.
Each side are nonetheless in search of their first Premier League victory of the brand new marketing campaign amid hypothesis that key gamers should still depart earlier than the switch window closes subsequent week.
Villa stopper and World Cup winner Emi Martinez seems set to go away the membership, whereas Palace captain Marc Guehi might be a part of champions Liverpool earlier than Monday’s deadline.
Each Glasner and Unai Emery can have European soccer to cope with this season. Palace will characteristic within the Convention League after dropping an enchantment to Uefa, with Emery’s males gearing up for the Europa League – a contest the Spanish coach has received a report 4 occasions.
