Crystal Palace vs Liverpool

23 January 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Odsonne Edouard 55’

Virgil van Dijk 8’
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 32’
Fabinho 89’ (pen)

Match summary

Liverpool took a 3-1 win at Crystal Palace. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Virgil van Dijk put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 8th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made it 0-2 in the 32nd minute, set up by Andrew Robertson. In the second half, Odsonne Edouard pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 55th minute, set up by Jean-Philippe Mateta and Fabinho made it 1-3 from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Crystal Palace created 1.63 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Liverpool 1.50 from 15.

Match stats

8 Shots 15

5 Shots on Target 7

2 Corners 5

4 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.63 xG 1.50

1.63 Non-penalty xG 0.74

5 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Crystal Palace Liverpool

Kick-off

8’

Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Andrew Robertson

0-1

32’

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Assist: Andrew Robertson

0-2

Half-time0-2

Odsonne Edouard
Assist: Jean-Philippe Mateta

1-2

55’

89’

Fabinho
Penalty

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Joel Ward
Jeffrey Schlupp
Will Hughes
Conor Gallagher

Liverpool

Roberto Firmino

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 1.63 xGLiverpool 1.50 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool 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
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.04	1
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Conor Gallagher	MID	90			1	0.61	0.00	0
Will Hughes	MID	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Olise	FWD	90			2	0.12	0.90	2
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	78		1	1	0.29	0.41	1
Odsonne Edouard	FWD	69	1		2	0.51	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.07	1
Christian Benteke	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alisson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Matip	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90	1		1	0.09	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90		2	3	0.09	0.31	3
Fabinho	MID	90	1		3	0.87	0.00	0
Jordan Henderson	MID	90			4	0.20	0.02	1
Curtis Jones	MID	90			0	0.00	0.09	3
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	FWD	61	1		3	0.23	0.11	1
Roberto Firmino	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Jota	FWD	90			1	0.02	0.12	2
Takumi Minamino	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Milner	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joseph Gomez	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 16% Avg odds 5.98

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.18

Liverpool win 61% Avg odds 1.58

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace D L W L D

Liverpool W D L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace, 18 Sep 21 Next meeting: Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace, 15 Aug 22 All Crystal Palace vs Liverpool 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.