Brighton vs Crystal Palace

3 February 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

Lewis Dunk 3’
Jack Hinshelwood 33’
Facundo Buonanotte 34’
João Pedro 84’

Jean-Philippe Mateta 71’

Match summary

Brighton won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Crystal Palace. Brighton led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Lewis Dunk put Brighton ahead with a header in the 3rd minute, set up by Pascal Groß, Jack Hinshelwood made it 2-0 with a header in the 33rd minute, set up by Tariq Lamptey, and Facundo Buonanotte made it 3-0 in the 34th minute, set up by Pascal Groß. In the second half, Jean-Philippe Mateta pulled one back to make it 3-1 with a header in the 71st minute, set up by Joachim Andersen and João Pedro made it 4-1 in the 84th minute, set up by Danny Welbeck.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 1.93 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.24 from 7.

Match stats

13 Shots 7

6 Shots on Target 5

3 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.93 xG 0.24

1.93 Non-penalty xG 0.24

3 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Brighton Crystal Palace

Kick-off

Lewis Dunk
Assist: Pascal Groß

1-0

3’

Jack Hinshelwood
Assist: Tariq Lamptey

2-0

33’

Facundo Buonanotte
Assist: Pascal Groß

3-0

34’

Half-time3-0

71’

Jean-Philippe Mateta
Assist: Joachim Andersen

3-1

João Pedro
Assist: Danny Welbeck

4-1

84’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Brighton

Danny Welbeck

Crystal Palace

Daniel Muñoz
Marc Guehi
Matheus França

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.

Brighton 1.93 xGCrystal Palace 0.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crystal Palace attacking Brighton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bart Verbruggen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Paul van Hecke	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90	1		1	0.35	0.18	2
Igor Julio	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jack Hinshelwood	MID	90	1		1	0.10	0.00	0
Tariq Lamptey	MID	86		1	1	0.10	0.15	2
Pascal Groß	MID	90		2	3	0.08	0.88	3
Billy Gilmour	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
João Pedro	MID	90	1		3	0.69	0.06	1
Facundo Buonanotte	MID	86	1		2	0.52	0.01	1
Evan Ferguson	FWD	75			1	0.07	0.00	0
Danny Welbeck	Sub	15		1	0	0.00	0.56	1
Carlos Baleba	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Estupiñán	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.04	1
Anssumane Fati	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Lallana	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Dean Henderson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Muñoz	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.06	1
Marc Guehi	DEF	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jefferson Lerma	MID	90			1	0.03	0.03	2
Chris Richards	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Will Hughes	MID	86			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	FWD	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	86	1		1	0.06	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	FWD	52			2	0.06	0.00	0
Adam Wharton	Sub	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matheus França	Sub	28			2	0.06	0.00	0
Michael Olise	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Odsonne Edouard	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.06	1
Naouirou Ahamada	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 56% Avg odds 1.72

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.81

Crystal Palace win 19% Avg odds 5.17

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

Form going into the game

Brighton D W D D L

Crystal Palace D L W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton, 21 Dec 23 Next meeting: Brighton 1-3 Crystal Palace, 15 Dec 24 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.