Crystal Palace vs Southampton

1 September 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

Danny Ings 47’
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 90+2’

Match summary

Southampton won 2-0 away at Crystal Palace. It was goalless at half-time.

Danny Ings put Southampton ahead in the 47th minute, set up by Cédric Soares and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg made it 0-2 in stoppage time, set up by Matt Targett.

The chances backed that up: Southampton created 3.16 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Crystal Palace's 2.37 from 20. Charlie Austin had a penalty saved for Southampton.

Match stats

20 Shots 19

6 Shots on Target 6

7 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.35 xG 3.14

2.35 Non-penalty xG 2.37

5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Crystal Palace Southampton

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

47’

Danny Ings
Assist: Cédric Soares

0-1

90+2’

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
Assist: Matt Targett

0-2

Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Southampton

Jannik Vestergaard

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 2.37 xGSouthampton 3.16 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	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Wayne Hennessey	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.60	3
Mamadou Sakho	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Martin Kelly	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick van Aanholt	DEF	90	3	0.14	0.21	2
Andros Townsend	MID	73	0	0.00	0.04	2
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90	1	0.01	0.29	2
James McArthur	MID	90	4	0.19	0.47	3
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	77	1	0.04	0.04	1
Christian Benteke	FWD	90	6	1.75	0.02	1
Jordan Ayew	FWD	77	3	0.22	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	Sub	17	1	0.01	0.05	2
Max Meyer	Sub	13	1	0.02	0.03	1
Alexander Sørloth	Sub	13	0	0.00	0.54	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex McCarthy	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cédric Soares	DEF	90		1	2	0.04	0.68	3
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wesley Hoedt	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Bertrand	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.04	1
Mohamed Elyounoussi	MID	74			2	0.50	0.15	2
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90	1		3	0.29	0.04	2
Mario Lemina	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Redmond	MID	90			3	0.10	0.01	1
Danny Ings	FWD	79	1		2	0.33	0.09	2
Shane Long	FWD	63			3	0.51	0.02	1
Charlie Austin	Sub	27			3	1.38	0.00	0
Matt Targett	Sub	16		1	0	0.00	0.25	1
Oriol Romeu	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 49% Bet365 odds 2.00

Draw 28% Bet365 odds 3.50

Southampton win 23% Bet365 odds 4.20

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace W L L

Southampton D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Southampton 1-1 Crystal Palace, 30 Jan 19 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.