Birthday boy Ismaila Sarr scored twice when Crystal Palace made the back-to-back Premier League victories with a 4-1 win over Aston Villa.
Jean-Philippe Mateta and Eddie Nketiah were also on goal for the Eagles, who only recorded their third victory of the top in Selhurst Park this season.
SARR marked the opportunity to break his 27th birthday by breaking the impasse on Tuesday and turned into an empty just after Emiliano Martinez had parerated the first header of Chris Richards.
Morgan Rogers, who had a so -called equalizer in the first half, recovered parity with an improvised finish in the 52nd minute, but Mateta's thunderous effort saw the hosts regain their lead seven minutes later.
Sarr's beautiful volley from a Daniel Munoz Center made things more comfortable in the 71st minute before Nketiah's first competition objective for Palace allowed further shine to a brilliant victory.
The Oliver Glasner team remains 12th, six points behind the 10th place Villa, who missed the chance to close the gap on the top four.
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– Optajoe (@Optajoe) February 25, 2025
Data Debrief: SARR joins the exclusive club as Mateta Fine Form continues
Palace has now won six of their last seven Premier League matches against Villa, who have won any of their last four games in the London division; The longest series of the club since a loss of five games between January and October 2022.
SARR scored a brace and only became the third palace player who found the net in the Premier League on his birthday, after Christian Benteke (against Bournemouth in 2016) and Luka Milivojevic (against Southampton in 2018).
Mateta restored the lead of the Eagles with his eighth Premier League goal of 2025, the joint of each player in the competition alongside Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.
Thanks to the resignation of Ebereechi Eze, who marked his fifth assist for Mateta this season; The joint time that a palace player has set up a specific teammate in a single Premier League campaign (Michael Olise Five for Eze in 2022-23).
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