Crystal Palace vs Sheffield United

2 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Jeffrey Schlupp 4’
  • Eberechi Eze 45+6’

Match summary

Crystal Palace saw off Sheffield United 2-0. Crystal Palace led 2-0 at half-time.

Jeffrey Schlupp put Crystal Palace ahead in the 4th minute and Eberechi Eze made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time, set up by James McArthur.

There was little between the sides on chances: Crystal Palace created 0.60 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Sheffield United 0.32 from 7.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Sheffield United
9 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.60 xG 0.32
0.60 Non-penalty xG 0.32
5 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Crystal Palace Sheffield United
Kick-off
Jeffrey Schlupp1-0 (Crystal Palace)
4’
Eberechi Eze
Assist: James McArthur
2-0 (Crystal Palace)
45+6’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • Eberechi Eze
Sheffield United
  • Jayden Bogle
  • John Fleck
  • Oliver Norwood

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.60 0.32 4’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), 1-0 4’ 45+6’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), 2-0 45+6’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.60 0.32 4’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), 1-0 Schlupp 4’ 45+6’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), 2-0 Eze 45+6’
Crystal Palace 0.60 xGSheffield United 0.32 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sheffield United attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
31’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, hit the woodwork 84’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 45’ Chris Basham (Sheffield United), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+1’ Antwoine Hackford (Sheffield United), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 79’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 4’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 51’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 43’ Jayden Bogle (Sheffield United), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 47’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 83’ David McGoldrick (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 55’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ John Fleck (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 87’ John Fleck (Sheffield United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ David McGoldrick (Sheffield United), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 84’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 31’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, hit the woodwork 45’ Chris Basham (Sheffield United), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+1’ Antwoine Hackford (Sheffield United), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 79’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 4’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 51’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 43’ Jayden Bogle (Sheffield United), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 47’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 83’ David McGoldrick (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 55’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ John Fleck (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+4’ David McGoldrick (Sheffield United), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 87’ John Fleck (Sheffield United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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 0.000.000
James Tomkins DEF900 0.000.000
Tyrick Mitchell DEF900 0.000.000
Andros Townsend MID903 0.240.021
Luka Milivojevic MID900 0.000.062
James McArthur MID9010 0.000.162
Jeffrey Schlupp MID3911 0.090.000
Wilfried Zaha FWD902 0.070.252
Christian Benteke FWD541 0.130.000
Eberechi Eze Sub5111 0.060.021
Jordan Ayew Sub361 0.020.000
Jairo Riedewald Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 46% Avg odds 2.08
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.26
Sheffield United win 25% Avg odds 3.90

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.