Crystal Palace vs Norwich

28 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

Odsonne Edouard 8’ (pen)
Jean-Philippe Mateta 38’
Jeffrey Schlupp 42’

Match summary

Crystal Palace won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Norwich. Crystal Palace led 3-0 at half-time.

Odsonne Edouard put Crystal Palace ahead from the penalty spot in the 8th minute, Jean-Philippe Mateta made it 2-0 in the 38th minute, set up by Odsonne Edouard, and Jeffrey Schlupp made it 3-0 in the 42nd minute, set up by Odsonne Edouard.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 2.42 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Norwich's 0.59 from 12.

Match stats

19 Shots 12

6 Shots on Target 3

8 Corners 8

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.39 xG 0.59

1.63 Non-penalty xG 0.59

8 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Crystal Palace Norwich

Kick-off

Odsonne Edouard
Penalty

1-0

8’

Jean-Philippe Mateta
Assist: Odsonne Edouard

2-0

38’

Jeffrey Schlupp
Assist: Odsonne Edouard

3-0

42’

Half-time3-0

Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Odsonne Edouard

Norwich

Sam Byram
Ben Gibson

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 2.42 xGNorwich 0.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Norwich attacking Crystal Palace attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Vicente Guaita	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Joachim Andersen	DEF	88			1	0.02	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	90	1		6	0.39	0.12	1
Cheikhou Kouyaté	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Will Hughes	MID	78			0	0.00	0.15	3
Jordan Ayew	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.14	2
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	86	1		4	0.78	0.00	0
Odsonne Edouard	FWD	90	1	2	6	1.16	0.25	3
Luka Milivojevic	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.14	2
Christian Benteke	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Tomkins	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Angus Gunn	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Sam Byram	DEF	90	1	0.05	0.06	1
Ben Gibson	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.01	1
Jacob Sørensen	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Dimitris Giannoulis	DEF	51	0	0.00	0.00	0
Kenny McLean	MID	90	2	0.08	0.00	0
Billy Gilmour	MID	90	1	0.01	0.00	0
Przemyslaw Placheta	MID	86	3	0.16	0.05	1
Pierre Lees-Melou	MID	90	4	0.21	0.06	2
Christos Tzolis	MID	73	1	0.09	0.04	1
Adam Idah	FWD	90	0	0.00	0.08	1
Brandon Williams	Sub	39	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Rowe	Sub	17	0	0.00	0.08	1
Joshua Sargent	Sub	4	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 55% Avg odds 1.74

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.59

Norwich win 18% Avg odds 5.35

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace L L W D L

Norwich D L L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Norwich 1-1 Crystal Palace, 01 Jan 20 Next meeting: Norwich 1-1 Crystal Palace, 09 Feb 22 All Crystal Palace vs Norwich 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.