Crystal Palace vs Man City

1 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee David Coote

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Sergio Agüero 57’
  • Ferrán Torres 59’

Match summary

Man City took a 2-0 win at Crystal Palace. It was goalless at half-time.

Sergio Agüero put Man City ahead in the 57th minute, set up by Benjamin Mendy and Ferrán Torres made it 0-2 in the 59th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 2.16 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.36 from 9.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Man City
9 Shots 20
4 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.36 xG 2.04
0.36 Non-penalty xG 2.04
3 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Crystal Palace Man City
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
57’
Sergio Agüero
Assist: Benjamin Mendy
0-1 (Man City)
59’
Ferrán Torres0-2 (Man City)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • Cheikhou Kouyaté
  • Luka Milivojevic

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.36 2.16 57’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 0-1 57’ 59’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), 0-2 59’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.36 2.16 57’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 0-1 Agüero 57’ 59’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), 0-2 Torres 59’
Crystal Palace 0.36 xGMan City 2.16 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
65’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.64 xG, blocked 17’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.19 xG, off target 65’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), from a corner, 0.15 xG, blocked 78’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 28’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 57’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 38’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 74’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 88’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 62’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 83’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 70’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 10’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 59’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 10’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 36’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 89’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 82’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 30’ Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 39’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 71’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 80’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 14’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 64’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 65’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.64 xG, blocked 17’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.19 xG, off target 65’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), from a corner, 0.15 xG, blocked 78’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 28’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 57’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 38’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 74’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 88’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 62’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 83’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 70’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 10’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 59’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 10’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 36’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 89’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 82’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 30’ Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 71’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 39’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 14’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 64’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Christian Benteke (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 DEF900 0.000.000
Cheikhou Kouyaté DEF900 0.000.041
Scott Dann DEF900 0.000.000
Tyrick Mitchell DEF900 0.000.000
Eberechi Eze MID901 0.040.032
Luka Milivojevic MID902 0.050.000
Jairo Riedewald MID592 0.060.041
Andros Townsend FWD820 0.000.061
Christian Benteke FWD673 0.180.000
Wilfried Zaha FWD900 0.000.031
Jeffrey Schlupp Sub311 0.040.000
Jean-Philippe Mateta Sub230 0.000.000
Jordan Ayew Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 10% Avg odds 9.74
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.43
Man City win 72% Avg odds 1.33

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

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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.