Crystal Palace vs Everton

12 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Conor Gallagher 41’, 90+3’
James Tomkins 62’

Salomón Rondón 70’

Match summary

Crystal Palace saw off Everton 3-1. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Conor Gallagher put Crystal Palace ahead in the 41st minute, set up by Jordan Ayew. In the second half, James Tomkins made it 2-0 from a corner in the 62nd minute, set up by Will Hughes, Salomón Rondón pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 70th minute, and Gallagher made it 3-1 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 2.10 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Everton's 1.33 from 12.

Match stats

17 Shots 12

6 Shots on Target 6

8 Corners 2

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.10 xG 1.28

2.10 Non-penalty xG 1.28

8 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Crystal Palace Everton

Kick-off

Conor Gallagher
Assist: Jordan Ayew

1-0

41’

Half-time1-0

James Tomkins
Assist: Will Hughes

2-0

62’

70’

Salomón Rondón

2-1

Conor Gallagher

3-1

90+3’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Everton

Abdoulaye Doucouré
Demarai Gray

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 2.10 xGEverton 1.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Everton 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
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
James Tomkins	DEF	90	1		1	0.56	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Conor Gallagher	MID	90	2		7	0.76	0.29	3
Will Hughes	MID	75		1	0	0.00	0.56	1
Jordan Ayew	FWD	90		1	1	0.35	0.53	3
Odsonne Edouard	FWD	76			3	0.23	0.02	1
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90			2	0.04	0.17	2
Jeffrey Schlupp	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.04	1
Christian Benteke	Sub	14			1	0.12	0.00	0
Nathaniel Clyne	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jordan Pickford	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Seamus Coleman	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mason Holgate	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Keane	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Godfrey	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.06	1
Fabian Delph	MID	60		0	0.00	0.00	0
Andros Townsend	MID	90		1	0.08	0.31	1
Abdoulaye Doucouré	MID	90		1	0.09	0.00	0
André Gomes	MID	90		3	0.10	0.01	1
Demarai Gray	MID	90		4	0.10	0.01	1
Richarlison	FWD	60		0	0.00	0.00	0
Salomón Rondón	Sub	30	1	1	0.63	0.17	2
Anthony Gordon	Sub	30		1	0.31	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 43% Avg odds 2.25

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.19

Everton win 27% Avg odds 3.56

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace W D L L L

Everton D L L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace, 05 Apr 21 Next meeting: Everton 3-2 Crystal Palace, 19 May 22 All Crystal Palace vs Everton 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.