Crystal Palace vs Liverpool

19 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 0 – 7

Half-time: 0–3

Takumi Minamino 3’
Sadio Mané 35’
Roberto Firmino 44’, 68’
Jordan Henderson 52’
Mohamed Salah 81’, 84’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 7-0 away at Crystal Palace. Liverpool led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Takumi Minamino put Liverpool ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Sadio Mané, Sadio Mané made it 0-2 in the 35th minute, set up by Roberto Firmino, and Roberto Firmino made it 0-3 in the 44th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson. In the second half, Jordan Henderson made it 0-4 in the 52nd minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, Firmino made it 0-5 in the 68th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, Mohamed Salah made it 0-6 with a header in the 81st minute, set up by Joel Matip, and Salah made it 0-7 in the 84th minute, set up by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.87 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.49 from 5.

Match stats

5 Shots 14

3 Shots on Target 8

5 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.49 xG 2.87

0.49 Non-penalty xG 2.87

4 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Crystal Palace Liverpool

Kick-off

3’

Takumi Minamino
Assist: Sadio Mané

0-1

35’

Sadio Mané
Assist: Roberto Firmino

0-2

44’

Roberto Firmino
Assist: Andrew Robertson

0-3

Half-time0-3

52’

Jordan Henderson
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

0-4

68’

Roberto Firmino
Assist: Mohamed Salah

0-5

81’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Joel Matip

0-6

84’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

0-7

Full-time0-7

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Nathaniel Clyne

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 0.49 xGLiverpool 2.87 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	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Vicente Guaita	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathaniel Clyne	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Gary Cahill	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	DEF	65	0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick van Aanholt	DEF	90	1	0.06	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	90	1	0.03	0.05	1
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90	1	0.01	0.35	1
James McArthur	MID	77	0	0.00	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	MID	71	0	0.00	0.03	1
Jordan Ayew	FWD	90	1	0.35	0.00	0
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90	1	0.05	0.06	1
James Tomkins	Sub	25	0	0.00	0.00	0
Michy Batshuayi	Sub	19	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jairo Riedewald	Sub	13	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		1	1	0.16	0.07	2
Fabinho	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Matip	DEF	90		1	2	0.10	0.33	1
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.81	4
Naby Keita	MID	90			0	0.00	0.54	1
Jordan Henderson	MID	90	1		1	0.05	0.00	0
Georginio Wijnaldum	MID	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sadio Mané	FWD	59	1	1	3	0.27	0.45	1
Roberto Firmino	FWD	77	2	1	2	0.85	0.11	1
Takumi Minamino	FWD	90	1		3	1.09	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	Sub	31	2	1	2	0.36	0.28	1
Curtis Jones	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	Sub	13		1	0	0.00	0.03	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 18% Avg odds 5.27

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.07

Liverpool win 58% Avg odds 1.65

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace L L W D D

Liverpool W D W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 4-0 Crystal Palace, 24 Jun 20 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace, 23 May 21 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.