Crystal Palace vs Brentford

30 December 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Michael Olise 14’, 58’
Eberechi Eze 39’

Keane Lewis-Potter 2’

Match summary

Crystal Palace came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Brentford. Crystal Palace led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Keane Lewis-Potter put Brentford ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Mads Roerslev, Michael Olise equalised in the 14th minute, set up by Jordan Ayew, and Eberechi Eze put Crystal Palace in front in the 39th minute, set up by Tyrick Mitchell. In the second half, Olise made it 3-1 in the 58th minute, set up by Marc Guehi.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 1.61 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Brentford's 1.29 from 9.

Match stats

13 Shots 9

6 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 4

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.61 xG 1.29

1.61 Non-penalty xG 1.29

13 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Crystal Palace Brentford

Kick-off

2’

Keane Lewis-Potter
Assist: Mads Roerslev

0-1

Michael Olise
Assist: Jordan Ayew

1-1

14’

Eberechi Eze
Assist: Tyrick Mitchell

2-1

39’

Half-time2-1

Michael Olise
Assist: Marc Guehi

3-1

58’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Brentford

Saman Ghoddos

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.

Crystal Palace 1.61 xGBrentford 1.29 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brentford attacking Crystal Palace 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
Dean Henderson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathaniel Clyne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.11	1
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.47	2
Jefferson Lerma	MID	90			2	0.08	0.02	1
Chris Richards	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	MID	90	1		3	0.54	0.17	2
Michael Olise	FWD	90	2		6	0.84	0.19	2
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.15	3
Jordan Ayew	FWD	90		1	1	0.08	0.50	2
Matheus França	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Will Hughes	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mark Flekken	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Zanka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Collins	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Ethan Pinnock	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mads Roerslev	MID	69		1	0	0.00	0.49	2
Saman Ghoddos	MID	90			2	0.06	0.02	2
Vitaly Janelt	MID	86			0	0.00	0.58	1
Christian Nørgaard	MID	73			1	0.05	0.00	0
Mathias Jensen	MID	69			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yoane Wissa	FWD	90			1	0.58	0.00	0
Keane Lewis-Potter	FWD	86	1		2	0.49	0.02	1
Neal Maupay	Sub	21			2	0.08	0.00	0
Frank Onyeka	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mikkel Damsgaard	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.03	1
Yehor Yarmolyuk	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Olakigbe	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 45% Avg odds 2.12

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.29

Brentford win 26% Avg odds 3.78

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace L L D D L

Brentford W L L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Brentford 1-1 Crystal Palace, 26 Aug 23 Next meeting: Brentford 2-1 Crystal Palace, 18 Aug 24 All Crystal Palace vs Brentford 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.