Crystal Palace vs Southampton

15 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

Wilfried Zaha 2’
Jordan Ayew 65’

James Ward-Prowse 32’
Armando Broja 36’

Match summary

Crystal Palace and Southampton drew 2-2. Southampton led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Wilfried Zaha put Crystal Palace ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Odsonne Edouard, James Ward-Prowse equalised with a direct free kick in the 32nd minute, and Armando Broja put Southampton in front in the 36th minute, set up by Kyle Walker-Peters. In the second half, Jordan Ayew equalised in the 65th minute.

Crystal Palace had the better of the chances, with 1.59 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Southampton's 0.63 from 15.

Match stats

9 Shots 15

6 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

1.49 xG 0.63

1.49 Non-penalty xG 0.63

4 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Crystal Palace Southampton

Kick-off

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Odsonne Edouard

1-0

2’

32’

James Ward-Prowse

1-1

36’

Armando Broja
Assist: Kyle Walker-Peters

1-2

Half-time1-2

Jordan Ayew

2-2

65’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

James Tomkins
Marc Guehi

Southampton

Willy Caballero
Valentino Livramento
Lyanco
Mohammed Salisu

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 1.59 xGSouthampton 0.63 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Southampton 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
Jack Butland	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Tomkins	DEF	83			1	0.10	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Will Hughes	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Gallagher	MID	90			0	0.00	0.11	2
Cheikhou Kouyaté	MID	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	FWD	77	1		1	0.33	0.27	1
Odsonne Edouard	FWD	90		1	4	0.97	0.10	1
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90	1		2	0.13	0.33	1
Christian Benteke	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Olise	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joachim Andersen	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Willy Caballero	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Valentino Livramento	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lyanco	DEF	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Mohammed Salisu	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Walker-Peters	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.05	2
William Smallbone	MID	72			1	0.07	0.05	1
Oriol Romeu	MID	90			2	0.03	0.00	0
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90	1		4	0.16	0.26	4
Nathan Redmond	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Tella	FWD	84			2	0.08	0.00	0
Armando Broja	FWD	72	1		2	0.07	0.07	1
Shane Long	Sub	18			1	0.08	0.00	0
Moussa Djenepo	Sub	18			1	0.02	0.02	1
Theo Walcott	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 46% Avg odds 2.09

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.41

Southampton win 26% Avg odds 3.77

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace D L L L W

Southampton L L D D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Southampton 3-1 Crystal Palace, 11 May 21 Next meeting: Southampton 1-2 Crystal Palace, 30 Apr 22 All Crystal Palace vs Southampton 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.