Chelsea vs Crystal Palace

15 January 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Kai Havertz 64’

Match summary

Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Kai Havertz put Chelsea ahead with a header in the 64th minute, set up by Hakim Ziyech.

The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 2.13 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.84 from 10.

Match stats

Chelsea Crystal Palace
15 Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 5
11 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
2.13 xG 0.84
2.13 Non-penalty xG 0.84
9 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Chelsea Crystal Palace
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Kai Havertz
Assist: Hakim Ziyech1-0 (Chelsea)
64’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Chelsea
  • Jorginho
  • Conor Gallagher
Crystal Palace
  • Nathaniel Clyne
  • Marc Guehi
  • Cheick Oumar Doucoure
  • Eberechi Eze
  • Will Hughes

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.13 0.84 64’ Kai Havertz (Chelsea), 1-0 64’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.13 0.84 64’ Kai Havertz (Chelsea), 1-0 Havertz 64’
Chelsea 2.13 xGCrystal Palace 0.84 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Chelsea attacking 
80’ Kai Havertz (Chelsea), set piece, 0.63 xG, off target 19’ Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 71’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 32’ Kai Havertz (Chelsea), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 41’ Lewis Hall (Chelsea), open play, 0.24 xG, off target 75’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 56’ Kai Havertz (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 46’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 86’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 64’ Kai Havertz (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 3’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 55’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+7’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 43’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Michael Olise (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 57’ Kai Havertz (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 21’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 39’ Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 47’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Odsonne Edouard (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 80’ Kai Havertz (Chelsea), set piece, 0.63 xG, off target 19’ Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 71’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 32’ Kai Havertz (Chelsea), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 41’ Lewis Hall (Chelsea), open play, 0.24 xG, off target 75’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 56’ Kai Havertz (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 46’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 86’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 64’ Kai Havertz (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 3’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 55’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+7’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 43’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Michael Olise (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 57’ Kai Havertz (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 21’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 39’ Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 47’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Odsonne Edouard (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kepa GK900 0.000.000
Trevoh Chalobah DEF900 0.000.000
Thiago Silva DEF900 0.000.000
Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Hall DEF801 0.240.111
Jorginho MID900 0.000.000
Conor Gallagher MID900 0.000.303
Hakim Ziyech MID9013 0.090.412
Carney Chukwuemeka MID651 0.030.000
Mason Mount MID902 0.050.662
Kai Havertz FWD9015 1.150.000
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Sub253 0.570.000
Kalidou Koulibaly Sub100 0.000.000
Mateo Kovacic Sub10 0.000.000
César Azpilicueta Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Chelsea win 51% Avg odds 1.88
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.44
Crystal Palace win 21% Avg odds 4.63

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

Form going into the game

Chelsea LWDLL
Crystal Palace WLLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-2 Chelsea, 01 Oct 22 Next meeting: Chelsea 2-1 Crystal Palace, 27 Dec 23  All Chelsea 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.