Crystal Palace vs Brighton

21 December 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee John Brooks

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Jordan Ayew 45+1’

Danny Welbeck 82’

Match summary

Crystal Palace and Brighton shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

Jordan Ayew put Crystal Palace ahead with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Michael Olise and Danny Welbeck equalised with a header in the 82nd minute, set up by Pascal Groß.

Crystal Palace had the better of the chances, with 1.66 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Brighton's 1.34 from 18.

Match stats

11 Shots 18

3 Shots on Target 6

3 Corners 1

5 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.65 xG 1.34

1.65 Non-penalty xG 1.34

9 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Crystal Palace Brighton

Kick-off

Jordan Ayew
Assist: Michael Olise

1-0

45+1’

Half-time1-0

82’

Danny Welbeck
Assist: Pascal Groß

1-1

Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Dean Henderson
Tyrick Mitchell
Will Hughes
Jean-Philippe Mateta
David Ozoh

Brighton

Igor Julio
Carlos Baleba

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 1.66 xGBrighton 1.34 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brighton 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			0	0.00	0.06	1
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Jefferson Lerma	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Chris Richards	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Will Hughes	MID	61			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Olise	FWD	90		1	2	0.19	0.81	4
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	90			4	0.28	0.60	3
Jordan Ayew	FWD	72	1		2	0.67	0.00	0
David Ozoh	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	Sub	18			2	0.49	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bart Verbruggen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jack Hinshelwood	DEF	77			2	0.39	0.06	1
Jan Paul van Hecke	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.06	1
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			1	0.32	0.00	0
Igor Julio	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Billy Gilmour	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Carlos Baleba	MID	48			1	0.05	0.02	1
Simon Adingra	MID	48			1	0.05	0.00	0
Pascal Groß	MID	90		1	3	0.08	0.59	6
Kaoru Mitoma	MID	85			2	0.07	0.00	0
João Pedro	FWD	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Facundo Buonanotte	Sub	42			1	0.04	0.03	1
Danny Welbeck	Sub	42	1		3	0.18	0.36	2
Adam Lallana	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jakub Moder	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 29% Avg odds 3.24

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.33

Brighton win 42% Avg odds 2.30

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace L D L L D

Brighton W L W D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Brighton 1-0 Crystal Palace, 15 Mar 23 Next meeting: Brighton 4-1 Crystal Palace, 03 Feb 24 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.