Brighton vs Crystal Palace

22 February 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Joël Veltman 55’
  • Jean-Philippe Mateta 28’
  • Christian Benteke 90+5’

Match summary

Crystal Palace won 2-1 away at Brighton, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

Jean-Philippe Mateta put Crystal Palace ahead in the 28th minute, set up by Jordan Ayew, Joël Veltman equalised in the 55th minute, and Christian Benteke won it in stoppage time, set up by Andros Townsend.

Brighton can feel hard done by, creating 2.67 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.18 from 3.

Match stats

Brighton Crystal Palace
25 Shots 3
5 Shots on Target 2
13 Corners 0
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2.59 xG 0.18
2.59 Non-penalty xG 0.18
13 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Brighton Crystal Palace
Kick-off
28’
Jean-Philippe Mateta
Assist: Jordan Ayew0-1 (Crystal Palace)
Half-time0-1
Joël Veltman1-1 (Brighton)
55’
90+5’
Christian Benteke
Assist: Andros Townsend1-2 (Crystal Palace)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Brighton
  • Dan Burn
  • Joël Veltman

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.67 0.18 28’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), 0-1 28’ 55’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), 1-1 55’ 90+5’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), 1-2 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.67 0.18 28’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), 0-1 Mateta 28’ 55’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), 1-1 Veltman 55’ 90+5’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), 1-2 Benteke 90+5’
Brighton 2.67 xGCrystal Palace 0.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Brighton attacking 
47’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 61’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.50 xG, saved 55’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), open play, 0.27 xG, goal 65’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 28’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 61’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 47’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 70’ Adam Lallana (Brighton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 75’ Adam Lallana (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 90’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 89’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 61’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 61’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 8’ Steven Alzate (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 27’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 61’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 66’ Ben White (Brighton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 72’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 72’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 90+5’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 78’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.50 xG, saved 47’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 55’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), open play, 0.27 xG, goal 65’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 28’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 61’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 47’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 70’ Adam Lallana (Brighton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 75’ Adam Lallana (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 90’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 89’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 61’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 61’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 8’ Steven Alzate (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 27’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 61’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Ben White (Brighton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 37’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 47’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 72’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 90+5’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 78’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Robert Sánchez GK900 0.000.000
Dan Burn DEF900 0.000.263
Lewis Dunk DEF901 0.040.072
Ben White DEF901 0.040.000
Joël Veltman MID9014 0.370.592
Steven Alzate MID471 0.060.000
Yves Bissouma MID901 0.010.000
Pascal Groß MID823 0.160.102
Leandro Trossard MID903 0.620.021
Alexis Mac Allister MID692 0.120.000
Neal Maupay FWD902 0.080.693
Danny Welbeck Sub434 0.850.101
Adam Lallana Sub212 0.210.000
Alireza Jahanbakhsh Sub81 0.100.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 54% Avg odds 1.76
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.49
Crystal Palace win 18% Avg odds 5.27

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton DWWDD
Crystal Palace LWWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton, 18 Oct 20 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton, 27 Sep 21  All Brighton vs Crystal Palace meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.