Crystal Palace vs Southampton

12 September 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Wilfried Zaha 13’

Match summary

Crystal Palace won 1-0 at home to Southampton. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

Wilfried Zaha put Crystal Palace ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Andros Townsend.

There was little between the sides on chances: Crystal Palace created 1.40 expected goals (xG) from 5 shots, Southampton 1.26 from 9.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Southampton
5 Shots 9
3 Shots on Target 5
7 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.40 xG 1.26
1.40 Non-penalty xG 1.26
1 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Crystal Palace Southampton
Kick-off
Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Andros Townsend1-0 (Crystal Palace)
13’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • James McCarthy
  • Jeffrey Schlupp
Southampton
  • Kyle Walker-Peters

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.40 1.26 13’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), 1-0 13’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.40 1.26 13’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), 1-0 Zaha 13’
Crystal Palace 1.40 xGSouthampton 1.26 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
13’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 53’ Che Adams (Southampton), set piece, 0.51 xG, saved 90+5’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 36’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.36 xG, saved 90+5’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 4’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 46’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 56’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 57’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 80’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 74’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 87’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 32’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Che Adams (Southampton), set piece, 0.51 xG, saved 13’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 90+5’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 36’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.36 xG, saved 90+5’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 4’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 46’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 56’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 57’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 80’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 74’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 87’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 32’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
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 DEF901 0.360.000
Scott Dann DEF900 0.000.000
Tyrick Mitchell DEF900 0.000.000
Andros Townsend MID9010 0.000.872
James McArthur MID901 0.070.421
James McCarthy MID760 0.000.000
Jeffrey Schlupp MID830 0.000.000
Jordan Ayew FWD901 0.040.000
Wilfried Zaha FWD9012 0.920.000
Luka Milivojevic Sub140 0.000.112
Eberechi Eze Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 31% Avg odds 3.08
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.22
Southampton win 39% Avg odds 2.47

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace LLLLD
Southampton DDDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 0-2 Southampton, 21 Jan 20 Next meeting: Southampton 3-1 Crystal Palace, 11 May 21  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.