Crystal Palace 3-1 Aston Villa: Wilfried Zaha leads comeback for Palace with brace

Crystal Palace came from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-1 thanks to a  brace from Wilfired Zaha.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring for the visitors in the fifth minute but Wilfried Zaha equalised just two minutes later.

Lucas Digne then conceded a second half penalty, which was save by Emiliano Martinez but Zaha scored the rebound to give Palace the lead. 

Substitute Jean-Phillipe Mateta then sealed the three points in the 71st minute, with a well-worked goal. 

Full report to follow. 

MATCH FACTS  

CRYSTAL PALACE: Guaita, Ward, Mitchell,  Andersen, Guehi, Eze (Richards, 90), Schlupp (Milivojevic, 82), Doucoure, Ayew (Olise, 70), Zaha (Hughes, 82), Edouard (Mateta, 70)

GOALS: Zaha 7, 58; Mateta 71

BOOKED: Zaha, Schlupp

MANAGER: Patrick Vieira

REFEREE:  Andy Madley 

ASTON VILLA: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, McGinn (Luiz, 73), J Ramsey, Kamara, Buendia (Coutinho, 73), Watkins, Bailey (Ings, 66)

GOALS: Watkins 5

BOOKED: McGinn

MANAGER: Steven Gerrard 

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