Crystal Palace vs Brighton

9 March 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Luka Milivojevic 50’ (pen)
  • Glenn Murray 19’
  • Anthony Knockaert 74’

Match summary

Brighton won 2-1 away at Crystal Palace. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

Glenn Murray put Brighton ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Lewis Dunk, Luka Milivojevic equalised from the penalty spot in the 50th minute, and Anthony Knockaert won it in the 74th minute, set up by Dale Stephens.

Crystal Palace can feel hard done by, creating 1.44 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Brighton's 0.13 from 4.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Brighton
15 Shots 4
3 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
1.44 xG 0.13
0.68 Non-penalty xG 0.13
12 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Crystal Palace Brighton
Kick-off
19’
Glenn Murray
Assist: Lewis Dunk0-1 (Brighton)
Half-time0-1
Luka Milivojevic
Penalty1-1 (Crystal Palace)
50’
74’
Anthony Knockaert
Assist: Dale Stephens1-2 (Brighton)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • Scott Dann
Brighton
  • Mat Ryan
  • Martín Montoya
  • Bernardo
  • Anthony Knockaert
  • Glenn Murray

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.44 0.13 19’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), 0-1 19’ 50’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), 1-1 50’ 74’ Anthony Knockaert (Brighton), 1-2 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.44 0.13 19’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), 0-1 Murray 19’ 50’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), 1-1 Milivojevic 50’ 74’ Anthony Knockaert (Brighton), 1-2 Knockaert 74’
Crystal Palace 1.44 xGBrighton 0.13 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
50’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 29’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 54’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 29’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 45’ Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 19’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 47’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 57’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 71’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Anthony Knockaert (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 29’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 72’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 50’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 29’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 54’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 29’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 45’ Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 19’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 47’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 57’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 71’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Anthony Knockaert (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 29’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 82’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 7’ Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 72’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 18’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Vicente Guaita GK900 0.000.000
Aaron Wan-Bissaka DEF900 0.000.000
James Tomkins DEF901 0.030.111
Scott Dann DEF900 0.000.000
Patrick van Aanholt DEF900 0.000.021
Jeffrey Schlupp MID903 0.200.102
Luka Milivojevic MID9012 0.780.062
James McArthur MID791 0.050.000
Andros Townsend FWD794 0.190.051
Michy Batshuayi FWD902 0.100.091
Wilfried Zaha FWD902 0.100.072
Christian Benteke Sub110 0.000.000
Max Meyer Sub110 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 53% Bet365 odds 1.83
Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.60
Brighton win 20% Bet365 odds 5.00

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace WDWLW
Brighton LDLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 3-1 Crystal Palace, 04 Dec 18 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton, 16 Dec 19  All Crystal Palace vs Brighton 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.