Crystal Palace vs Leicester

28 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Wilfried Zaha 58’
  • Harvey Barnes 83’

Match summary

Crystal Palace and Leicester drew 1-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Wilfried Zaha put Crystal Palace ahead in the 58th minute, set up by Andros Townsend and Harvey Barnes equalised in the 83rd minute, set up by Jonny Evans.

Leicester had the better of the chances, with 1.72 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.32 from 4. Kelechi Iheanacho had a penalty saved for Leicester.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Leicester
4 Shots 17
1 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 5
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.32 xG 1.72
0.32 Non-penalty xG 0.96
1 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Crystal Palace Leicester
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Andros Townsend1-0 (Crystal Palace)
58’
83’
Harvey Barnes
Assist: Jonny Evans1-1 (Leicester)
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Hamza Choudhury

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 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.32 1.72 58’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), 1-0 58’ 83’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 1-1 83’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.32 1.72 58’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), 1-0 Zaha 58’ 83’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), 1-1 Barnes 83’
Crystal Palace 0.32 xGLeicester 1.72 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
19’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 30’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 27’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 90+4’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 49’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 22’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 15’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 25’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+1’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 9’ Daniel Amartey (Leicester), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 83’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 35’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 90+3’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 58’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 13’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 20’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 19’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 30’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 27’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 90+4’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 49’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 22’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 15’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 25’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+1’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 9’ Daniel Amartey (Leicester), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 35’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 83’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 90+3’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 58’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 13’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 20’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Vicente Guaita GK900 0.000.000
Nathaniel Clyne DEF900 0.000.000
Cheikhou Kouyaté DEF900 0.000.000
James Tomkins DEF900 0.000.000
Tyrick Mitchell DEF900 0.000.000
Andros Townsend MID9011 0.110.122
Luka Milivojevic MID900 0.000.000
Jairo Riedewald MID750 0.000.000
Jeffrey Schlupp MID850 0.000.202
Christian Benteke FWD901 0.080.000
Wilfried Zaha FWD9012 0.130.000
James McArthur Sub150 0.000.000
Jordan Ayew Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 29% Avg odds 3.35
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.37
Leicester win 43% Avg odds 2.23

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace WDDLL
Leicester WWLWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 3-0 Crystal Palace, 04 Jul 20 Next meeting: Leicester 2-1 Crystal Palace, 26 Apr 21  All Crystal Palace vs Leicester 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.