Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

7 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee David Coote

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Wilfried Zaha 34’
Christian Benteke 72’

Olivier Giroud 6’
Christian Pulisic 27’
Tammy Abraham 71’

Match summary

Chelsea took a 3-2 win at Crystal Palace. Chelsea led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Olivier Giroud put Chelsea ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Willian, Christian Pulisic made it 0-2 in the 27th minute, set up by Willian, and Wilfried Zaha pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 34th minute. In the second half, Tammy Abraham made it 1-3 in the 71st minute, set up by Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Christian Benteke made it 2-3 in the 72nd minute, set up by Patrick van Aanholt.

The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 2.66 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Crystal Palace's 1.29 from 13.

Match stats

13 Shots 14

4 Shots on Target 6

7 Corners 9

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.29 xG 2.66

1.29 Non-penalty xG 2.66

7 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Crystal Palace Chelsea

Kick-off

6’

Olivier Giroud
Assist: Willian

0-1

27’

Christian Pulisic
Assist: Willian

0-2

Wilfried Zaha

1-2

34’

Half-time1-2

71’

Tammy Abraham
Assist: Ruben Loftus-Cheek

1-3

Christian Benteke
Assist: Patrick van Aanholt

2-3

72’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Luka Milivojevic

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 1.29 xGChelsea 2.66 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			1	0.02	0.00	0
Scott Dann	DEF	90			2	0.12	0.00	0
Gary Cahill	DEF	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick van Aanholt	DEF	90		1	2	0.08	0.92	3
Wilfried Zaha	MID	90	1		2	0.04	0.10	2
Cheikhou Kouyaté	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	2
James McArthur	MID	84			2	0.03	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	MID	84			1	0.10	0.00	0
Christian Benteke	FWD	90	1		3	0.91	0.00	0
Mamadou Sakho	Sub	83			0	0.00	0.00	0
James McCarthy	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andros Townsend	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Max Meyer	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.03	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kepa	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Reece James	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.41	1
Andreas Christensen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kurt Zouma	DEF	90			1	0.34	0.00	0
César Azpilicueta	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Mason Mount	MID	90			2	0.10	0.00	1
Billy Gilmour	MID	84			0	0.00	0.02	1
Ross Barkley	MID	69			2	0.07	0.00	0
Willian	FWD	90		2	3	0.49	1.06	5
Olivier Giroud	FWD	69	1		2	0.89	0.00	0
Christian Pulisic	FWD	90	1		1	0.09	0.49	3
Tammy Abraham	Sub	21	1		2	0.62	0.00	0
Ruben Loftus-Cheek	Sub	21		1	0	0.00	0.52	1
Jorginho	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 13% Avg odds 7.62

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.36

Chelsea win 65% Avg odds 1.47

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace W W L L L

Chelsea W W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace, 09 Nov 19 Next meeting: Chelsea 4-0 Crystal Palace, 03 Oct 20 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.