Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

30 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • N'Golo Kanté 51’

Match summary

Chelsea won 1-0 away at Crystal Palace. It was goalless at half-time.

N'Golo Kanté put Chelsea ahead in the 51st minute, set up by David Luiz.

The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 0.74 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.20 from 4.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Chelsea
4 Shots 12
0 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.20 xG 0.74
0.20 Non-penalty xG 0.74
2 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Crystal Palace Chelsea
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
51’
N'Golo Kanté
Assist: David Luiz0-1 (Chelsea)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Chelsea
  • Marcos Alonso

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.20 0.74 51’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), 0-1 51’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.20 0.74 51’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), 0-1 Kanté 51’
Crystal Palace 0.20 xGChelsea 0.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Chelsea attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
51’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 89’ Connor Wickham (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 35’ Willian (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 68’ Willian (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 37’ Ross Barkley (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 14’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 85’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 86’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 20’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Ross Barkley (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 68’ Ross Barkley (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 30’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 33’ Jorginho (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Willian (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 51’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 89’ Connor Wickham (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 35’ Willian (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 68’ Willian (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 37’ Ross Barkley (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 14’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 85’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 86’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 20’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 46’ Ross Barkley (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 23’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 68’ Ross Barkley (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 30’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 33’ Jorginho (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Willian (Chelsea), from a corner, 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
Mamadou Sakho DEF900 0.000.000
James Tomkins DEF900 0.000.081
Patrick van Aanholt DEF901 0.040.000
Andros Townsend MID900 0.000.031
Luka Milivojevic MID900 0.000.000
James McArthur MID900 0.000.041
Cheikhou Kouyaté MID790 0.000.000
Jeffrey Schlupp MID701 0.030.000
Wilfried Zaha FWD901 0.040.041
Connor Wickham Sub201 0.080.000
Max Meyer Sub110 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 20% Bet365 odds 4.75
Draw 23% Bet365 odds 4.00
Chelsea win 57% Bet365 odds 1.66

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace LLWWD
Chelsea LWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Chelsea 3-1 Crystal Palace, 04 Nov 18 Next meeting: Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace, 09 Nov 19  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.