Crystal Palace vs Liverpool

23 November 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Wilfried Zaha 82’
  • Sadio Mané 49’
  • Roberto Firmino 85’

Match summary

Liverpool won 2-1 away at Crystal Palace, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

Sadio Mané put Liverpool ahead in the 49th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson, Wilfried Zaha equalised in the 82nd minute, set up by Andros Townsend, and Roberto Firmino won it from a corner in the 85th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.71 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Crystal Palace's 1.03 from 16.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Liverpool
16 Shots 12
6 Shots on Target 4
9 Corners 8
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.02 xG 1.64
1.02 Non-penalty xG 1.64
8 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Crystal Palace Liverpool
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
49’
Sadio Mané
Assist: Andrew Robertson0-1 (Liverpool)
Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Andros Townsend1-1 (Crystal Palace)
82’
85’
Roberto Firmino1-2 (Liverpool)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Fabinho

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 1.03 1.71 49’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 0-1 49’ 82’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), 1-1 82’ 85’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 1-2 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.03 1.71 49’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 0-1 Mané 49’ 82’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), 1-1 Zaha 82’ 85’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 1-2 Firmino 85’
Crystal Palace 1.03 xGLiverpool 1.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
85’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.61 xG, goal 65’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 17’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 90+2’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.22 xG, off target 9’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 48’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 85’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 85’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 90+5’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 49’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 82’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 78’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 13’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 22’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 8’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 52’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 38’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 64’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 55’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 84’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 12’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 85’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.61 xG, goal 65’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 17’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 90+2’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.22 xG, off target 9’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 85’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 48’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 85’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 82’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 90+5’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 49’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 78’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 13’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 22’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 8’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 52’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 38’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 64’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 84’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 12’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 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
Joel Ward DEF720 0.000.000
James Tomkins DEF900 0.000.061
Gary Cahill DEF900 0.000.000
Patrick van Aanholt DEF901 0.020.021
Andros Townsend MID9012 0.040.333
Luka Milivojevic MID904 0.060.021
James McArthur MID900 0.000.102
Cheikhou Kouyaté MID741 0.060.352
Wilfried Zaha MID9015 0.450.000
Jordan Ayew FWD781 0.310.021
Martin Kelly Sub180 0.000.081
Jeffrey Schlupp Sub161 0.020.000
Christian Benteke Sub121 0.080.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 14% Avg odds 6.86
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.49
Liverpool win 65% Avg odds 1.49

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace WLDLL
Liverpool WDWWW

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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.