Crystal Palace vs West Ham

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

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Wilfried Zaha 3’
Michy Batshuayi 90+7’

Tomas Soucek 9’, 25’
Craig Dawson 65’

Match summary

West Ham came from behind to win 3-2 away at Crystal Palace. West Ham led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Wilfried Zaha put Crystal Palace ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Christian Benteke, Tomas Soucek equalised with a header in the 9th minute, set up by Michail Antonio, and Soucek put West Ham in front in the 25th minute, set up by Aaron Cresswell. In the second half, Craig Dawson made it 1-3 with a header in the 65th minute, set up by Jarrod Bowen and Michy Batshuayi pulled one back to make it 2-3 in stoppage time, set up by Jordan Ayew.

The chances backed that up: West Ham created 3.48 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.63 from 6.

Match stats

6 Shots 17

3 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 4

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.63 xG 3.30

0.63 Non-penalty xG 3.30

12 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Crystal Palace West Ham

Kick-off

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Christian Benteke

1-0

3’

9’

Tomas Soucek
Assist: Michail Antonio

1-1

25’

Tomas Soucek
Assist: Aaron Cresswell

1-2

Half-time1-2

65’

Craig Dawson
Assist: Jarrod Bowen

1-3

Michy Batshuayi
Assist: Jordan Ayew

2-3

90+7’

Full-time2-3

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 0.63 xGWest Ham 3.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

West Ham 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
Vicente Guaita	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gary Cahill	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andros Townsend	MID	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
James McArthur	MID	90			1	0.01	0.02	1
Luka Milivojevic	MID	75			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	MID	90			0	0.00	0.41	1
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90	1		4	0.50	0.00	0
Christian Benteke	FWD	75		1	0	0.00	0.05	1
Michy Batshuayi	Sub	22	1		1	0.11	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	Sub	15		1	0	0.00	0.15	3
Jairo Riedewald	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Fabianski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.56	1
Angelo Ogbonna	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Craig Dawson	DEF	90	1		1	0.38	0.00	0
Aaron Cresswell	DEF	90		1	1	0.07	0.46	2
Tomas Soucek	MID	90	2		4	0.88	0.00	0
Declan Rice	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Jarrod Bowen	MID	83		1	1	0.05	0.38	1
Said Benrahma	MID	89			2	0.19	0.96	3
Pablo Fornals	MID	90			2	0.15	0.16	4
Michail Antonio	FWD	85		1	5	1.65	0.56	2
Ryan Fredericks	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andriy Yarmolenko	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mark Noble	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 27% Avg odds 3.53

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.33

West Ham win 44% Avg odds 2.18

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace L D W D L

West Ham D D W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: West Ham 1-1 Crystal Palace, 16 Dec 20 Next meeting: West Ham 2-2 Crystal Palace, 28 Aug 21 All Crystal Palace vs West Ham 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.