Crystal Palace vs Sheffield United

1 February 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Vicente Guaita 58’ (og)

Match summary

Sheffield United beat Crystal Palace 1-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Guaita's own goal put Sheffield United ahead from a corner in the 58th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Crystal Palace created 0.97 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Sheffield United 0.87 from 10.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Sheffield United
13 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 3
9 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.97 xG 0.86
0.97 Non-penalty xG 0.86
6 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Crystal Palace Sheffield United
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
58’
Vicente Guaita
Own goal0-1 (Sheffield United)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • Joel Ward
  • James Tomkins
  • Luka Milivojevic
Sheffield United
  • George Baldock
  • John Fleck

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.97 0.87 58’ Vicente Guaita (Sheffield United) own goal, 0-1 58’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.97 0.87 58’ Vicente Guaita (Sheffield United) own goal, 0-1 Guaita 58’
Crystal Palace 0.97 xGSheffield United 0.87 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sheffield United attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
70’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.37 xG, off target 82’ Enda Stevens (Sheffield United), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 85’ John Egan (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 53’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 25’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 63’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 48’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 88’ Lys Mousset (Sheffield United), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 88’ Enda Stevens (Sheffield United), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 61’ Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 57’ Billy Sharp (Sheffield United), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 43’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 40’ Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Lys Mousset (Sheffield United), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+3’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ John Lundstram (Sheffield United), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ John Fleck (Sheffield United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 69’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ James McCarthy (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 58’ Vicente Guaita (Crystal Palace), own goal 70’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.37 xG, off target 82’ Enda Stevens (Sheffield United), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 85’ John Egan (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 53’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 25’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 63’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 88’ Lys Mousset (Sheffield United), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 48’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 88’ Enda Stevens (Sheffield United), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 61’ Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 57’ Billy Sharp (Sheffield United), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 43’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 40’ Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Lys Mousset (Sheffield United), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+3’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ John Lundstram (Sheffield United), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 69’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ John Fleck (Sheffield United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ James McCarthy (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 58’ Vicente Guaita (Crystal Palace), own goal
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
James Tomkins DEF901 0.370.000
Gary Cahill DEF902 0.070.000
Patrick van Aanholt DEF902 0.060.000
Jordan Ayew MID900 0.000.122
Luka Milivojevic MID901 0.020.142
James McArthur MID872 0.120.412
James McCarthy MID811 0.020.000
Wilfried Zaha MID902 0.130.203
Christian Benteke FWD782 0.190.042
Andros Townsend Sub120 0.000.000
Max Meyer Sub90 0.000.000
Cheikhou Kouyaté Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 31% Avg odds 3.09
Draw 32% Avg odds 3.03
Sheffield United win 37% Avg odds 2.58

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace DDDDL
Sheffield United LLWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sheffield United 1-0 Crystal Palace, 18 Aug 19 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 2-0 Sheffield United, 02 Jan 21  All Crystal Palace vs Sheffield United 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.