Crystal Palace vs Liverpool

9 December 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

Jean-Philippe Mateta 57’ (pen)

Mohamed Salah 76’
Harvey Elliott 90+1’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 2-1 away at Crystal Palace, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was goalless at half-time.

Jean-Philippe Mateta put Crystal Palace ahead from the penalty spot in the 57th minute, Mohamed Salah equalised in the 76th minute, set up by Curtis Jones, and Harvey Elliott won it in stoppage time, set up by Mohamed Salah.

Crystal Palace can feel hard done by, creating 1.79 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Liverpool's 1.38 from 14. Crystal Palace had a player sent off.

Match stats

8 Shots 14

4 Shots on Target 2

6 Corners 5

5 Yellow Cards 2

1 Red Cards 0

1.79 xG 1.37

1.03 Non-penalty xG 1.37

4 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Crystal Palace Liverpool

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Jean-Philippe Mateta
Penalty

1-0

57’

76’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Curtis Jones

1-1

90+1’

Harvey Elliott
Assist: Mohamed Salah

1-2

Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Jordan Ayew
Joel Ward
Joachim Andersen
Jefferson Lerma
Chris Richards
Naouirou Ahamada

Liverpool

Luis Díaz
Joseph Gomez

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 1.79 xGLiverpool 1.38 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	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sam Johnstone	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90		1	0.36	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathaniel Clyne	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Chris Richards	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Will Hughes	MID	90		0	0.00	0.11	3
Jefferson Lerma	MID	73		3	0.54	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	FWD	80		0	0.00	0.46	1
Odsonne Edouard	FWD	51		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	FWD	89		2	0.07	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	Sub	39	1	2	0.82	0.04	1
Michael Olise	Sub	17		0	0.00	0.42	2
Naouirou Ahamada	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Remi Matthews	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
David Ozoh	Sub	1		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	0.93	6
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			1	0.41	0.00	0
Jarell Quansah	DEF	62			0	0.00	0.00	0
Konstantinos Tsimikas	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.02	1
Dominik Szoboszlai	MID	79			2	0.08	0.00	0
Ryan Gravenberch	MID	62			1	0.04	0.00	0
Wataru Endo	MID	51			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90	1	1	3	0.26	0.03	1
Darwin Núñez	FWD	79			2	0.44	0.00	0
Luis Díaz	FWD	90			2	0.05	0.17	3
Joseph Gomez	Sub	39			0	0.00	0.07	1
Ibrahima Konaté	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cody Gakpo	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harvey Elliott	Sub	11	1		2	0.09	0.00	0
Curtis Jones	Sub	11		1	0	0.00	0.10	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 15% Avg odds 6.59

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.62

Liverpool win 64% Avg odds 1.49

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace W L L D L

Liverpool D W D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool, 25 Feb 23 Next meeting: Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace, 14 Apr 24 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.