Cardiff vs Crystal Palace

4 May 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Martin Kelly 31’ (og)
Bobby Reid 90’

Wilfried Zaha 28’
Michy Batshuayi 40’
Andros Townsend 70’

Match summary

Crystal Palace won 3-2 away at Cardiff. Crystal Palace led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Wilfried Zaha put Crystal Palace ahead in the 28th minute, set up by Andros Townsend, Kelly's own goal equalised in the 31st minute, and Michy Batshuayi put Crystal Palace back in front in the 40th minute. In the second half, Andros Townsend made it 1-3 in the 70th minute, set up by James McArthur and Bobby Reid pulled one back to make it 2-3 in the 90th minute, set up by Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 1.82 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Cardiff's 1.50 from 18.

Match stats

18 Shots 21

8 Shots on Target 7

10 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.50 xG 1.81

1.50 Non-penalty xG 1.81

8 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Cardiff Crystal Palace

Kick-off

28’

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Andros Townsend

0-1

Martin Kelly
Own goal

1-1

31’

40’

Michy Batshuayi

1-2

Half-time1-2

70’

Andros Townsend
Assist: James McArthur

1-3

Bobby Reid
Assist: Nathaniel Mendez-Laing

2-3

90’

Full-time2-3

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.

Cardiff 1.50 xGCrystal Palace 1.82 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crystal Palace attacking Cardiff 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
Neil Etheridge	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lee Peltier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bruno Ecuele Manga	DEF	90			2	0.13	0.00	0
Sean Morrison	DEF	90			2	0.07	0.30	2
Joe Bennett	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	MID	90		1	2	0.15	0.46	5
Aron Gunnarsson	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Víctor Camarasa	MID	10			1	0.02	0.07	2
Josh Murphy	MID	84			3	0.14	0.13	2
Bobby Reid	MID	90	1		2	0.22	0.38	3
Danny Ward	FWD	64			3	0.15	0.00	0
Leandro Bacuna	Sub	80			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kenneth Zohore	Sub	26			1	0.29	0.00	0
Junior Hoilett	Sub	6			2	0.32	0.01	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Vicente Guaita	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Scott Dann	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Martin Kelly	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.11	1
Andros Townsend	MID	88	1	1	5	0.29	0.35	5
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90			2	0.13	0.07	2
James McArthur	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.18	2
Wilfried Zaha	MID	90	1		3	0.25	0.29	3
Jordan Ayew	FWD	82			3	0.22	0.10	2
Michy Batshuayi	FWD	77	1		5	0.84	0.00	0
Bakary Sako	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Max Meyer	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	Sub	2			1	0.02	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cardiff win 38% Bet365 odds 2.60

Draw 26% Bet365 odds 3.75

Crystal Palace win 36% Bet365 odds 2.70

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Cardiff L L W L L

Crystal Palace L W L W D

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Previous and next meeting

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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.