Crystal Palace vs Liverpool

20 August 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • James Milner 45’ (pen)
  • Sadio Mané 90+3’

Match summary

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

James Milner put Liverpool ahead from the penalty spot in the 45th minute and Sadio Mané made it 0-2 in stoppage time, set up by Mohamed Salah.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.82 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.37 from 8. Crystal Palace had a player sent off.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Liverpool
8 Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
0.37 xG 2.82
0.37 Non-penalty xG 2.06
3 Deep Completions 17

Key events

Crystal Palace Liverpool
Kick-off
45’
James Milner
Penalty0-1 (Liverpool)
Half-time0-1
90+3’
Sadio Mané
Assist: Mohamed Salah0-2 (Liverpool)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • Aaron Wan-Bissaka
  • Patrick van Aanholt
Liverpool
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold

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 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.37 2.82 45’ James Milner (Liverpool), 0-1 45’ 90+3’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 0-2 90+3’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.37 2.82 45’ James Milner (Liverpool), 0-1 Milner 45’ 90+3’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 0-2 Mané 90+3’
Crystal Palace 0.37 xGLiverpool 2.82 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
45’ James Milner (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+3’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.69 xG, goal 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 27’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 77’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, blocked 81’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 49’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 85’ Max Meyer (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 27’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 35’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 84’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 3’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 53’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 73’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 54’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 61’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 30’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 60’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ James Milner (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+3’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.69 xG, goal 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 27’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 77’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, blocked 81’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 85’ Max Meyer (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 49’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 27’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 35’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 84’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 3’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 53’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 73’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 54’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 61’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 30’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 60’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Wayne Hennessey GK900 0.000.000
Aaron Wan-Bissaka DEF760 0.000.041
Mamadou Sakho DEF900 0.000.000
James Tomkins DEF900 0.000.000
Patrick van Aanholt DEF901 0.040.000
Andros Townsend MID801 0.020.021
Luka Milivojevic MID901 0.060.000
James McArthur MID900 0.000.000
Jeffrey Schlupp MID841 0.020.041
Wilfried Zaha FWD902 0.100.111
Christian Benteke FWD711 0.030.021
Alexander Sørloth Sub190 0.000.000
Joel Ward Sub100 0.000.000
Max Meyer Sub61 0.110.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 14% Bet365 odds 7.00
Draw 19% Bet365 odds 5.00
Liverpool win 67% Bet365 odds 1.44

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace W
Liverpool W

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Previous and next meeting

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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.