Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

10 April 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–3

Christian Benteke 63’

Kai Havertz 8’
Christian Pulisic 10’, 78’
Kurt Zouma 30’

Match summary

Chelsea won comfortably, 4-1 away at Crystal Palace. Chelsea led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kai Havertz put Chelsea ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Callum Hudson-Odoi, Christian Pulisic made it 0-2 in the 10th minute, set up by Kai Havertz, and Kurt Zouma made it 0-3 with a header in the 30th minute, set up by Mason Mount. In the second half, Christian Benteke pulled one back to make it 1-3 with a header in the 63rd minute, set up by Jeffrey Schlupp and Pulisic made it 1-4 in the 78th minute.

The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 3.85 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.60 from 1.

Match stats

1 Shots 23

1 Shots on Target 10

0 Corners 8

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.60 xG 3.85

0.60 Non-penalty xG 3.85

0 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Crystal Palace Chelsea

Kick-off

8’

Kai Havertz
Assist: Callum Hudson-Odoi

0-1

10’

Christian Pulisic
Assist: Kai Havertz

0-2

30’

Kurt Zouma
Assist: Mason Mount

0-3

Half-time0-3

Christian Benteke
Assist: Jeffrey Schlupp

1-3

63’

78’

Christian Pulisic

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Cheikhou Kouyaté

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 0.60 xGChelsea 3.85 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Chelsea 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
Vicente Guaita	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gary Cahill	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick van Aanholt	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	MID	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jairo Riedewald	MID	60			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	MID	60			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Benteke	FWD	90	1		1	0.60	0.00	0
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	Sub	30		1	0	0.00	0.60	1
James McCarthy	Sub	30			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andros Townsend	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Edouard Mendy	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kurt Zouma	DEF	90	1		2	0.48	0.00	0
Antonio Rüdiger	DEF	90			2	0.12	0.03	1
César Azpilicueta	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Callum Hudson-Odoi	MID	77		1	2	0.15	0.34	5
Ben Chilwell	MID	90			3	0.20	0.08	1
Mateo Kovacic	MID	84			0	0.00	0.25	3
Jorginho	MID	62			0	0.00	0.39	1
Christian Pulisic	MID	90	2		3	1.19	0.64	4
Mason Mount	MID	90		1	5	0.38	0.92	4
Kai Havertz	FWD	90	1	1	5	1.29	0.10	1
N'Golo Kanté	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Reece James	Sub	13			1	0.05	0.06	1
Hakim Ziyech	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.34	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 13% Avg odds 7.34

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.20

Chelsea win 64% Avg odds 1.50

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace D D L W D

Chelsea D W W D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Chelsea 4-0 Crystal Palace, 03 Oct 20 Next meeting: Chelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace, 14 Aug 21 All Crystal Palace vs Chelsea 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.