Crystal Palace vs Norwich

28 September 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Luka Milivojevic 21’ (pen)
  • Andros Townsend 90+2’

Match summary

Crystal Palace beat Norwich 2-0. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

Luka Milivojevic put Crystal Palace ahead from the penalty spot in the 21st minute and Andros Townsend made it 2-0 in stoppage time, set up by Wilfried Zaha.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 1.80 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Norwich's 0.71 from 10.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Norwich
15 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.80 xG 0.71
1.04 Non-penalty xG 0.71
11 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Crystal Palace Norwich
Kick-off
Luka Milivojevic
Penalty1-0 (Crystal Palace)
21’
Half-time1-0
Andros Townsend
Assist: Wilfried Zaha2-0 (Crystal Palace)
90+2’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • Luka Milivojevic
  • Jeffrey Schlupp
  • Jordan Ayew
Norwich
  • Marco Stiepermann

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 1.80 0.71 21’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), 1-0 21’ 90+2’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), 2-0 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.80 0.71 21’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), 1-0 Milivojevic 21’ 90+2’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), 2-0 Townsend 90+2’
Crystal Palace 1.80 xGNorwich 0.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Norwich attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
21’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 36’ Todd Cantwell (Norwich), open play, 0.35 xG, blocked 51’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 83’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 90+2’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 63’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 78’ Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 65’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 19’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 1’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 56’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 30’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 57’ Todd Cantwell (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 77’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 5’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 27’ Marco Stiepermann (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 52’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Marco Stiepermann (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 55’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+4’ Josip Drmic (Norwich), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 77’ Max Aarons (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Moritz Leitner (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 19’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 36’ Todd Cantwell (Norwich), open play, 0.35 xG, blocked 51’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 83’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 90+2’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 63’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 78’ Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 65’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 19’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 56’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 1’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 30’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 57’ Todd Cantwell (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 77’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 27’ Marco Stiepermann (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 5’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 52’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Marco Stiepermann (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 55’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+4’ Josip Drmic (Norwich), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 12’ Moritz Leitner (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 19’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Max Aarons (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
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
Martin Kelly DEF900 0.000.000
Gary Cahill DEF901 0.100.000
Patrick van Aanholt DEF901 0.070.021
Wilfried Zaha MID9014 0.400.365
Luka Milivojevic MID9011 0.760.101
James McArthur MID822 0.120.152
Cheikhou Kouyaté MID731 0.020.000
Jeffrey Schlupp MID901 0.030.000
Jordan Ayew FWD903 0.190.132
Andros Townsend Sub1711 0.120.121
James McCarthy Sub80 0.000.000
Max Meyer Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 51% Avg odds 1.91
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.80
Norwich win 24% Avg odds 3.95

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace LWWLD
Norwich WLLWL

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Norwich 1-1 Crystal Palace, 01 Jan 20  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.