Crystal Palace vs Wolves

6 October 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Matt Doherty 56’

Match summary

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

Matt Doherty put Wolves ahead in the 56th minute, set up by Raúl Jiménez.

Crystal Palace can feel hard done by, creating 1.08 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Wolves's 0.76 from 7.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Wolves
11 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.04 xG 0.76
1.04 Non-penalty xG 0.76
6 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Crystal Palace Wolves
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
56’
Matt Doherty
Assist: Raúl Jiménez0-1 (Wolves)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • Patrick van Aanholt
  • James McArthur
  • Cheikhou Kouyaté
Wolves
  • Conor Coady
  • Jonny
  • João Moutinho
  • Ivan Cavaleiro

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 1.08 0.76 56’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), 0-1 56’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.08 0.76 56’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), 0-1 Doherty 56’
Crystal Palace 1.08 xGWolves 0.76 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
69’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.64 xG, saved 26’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 78’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.11 xG, blocked 56’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 22’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 81’ Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 35’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 34’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 69’ Max Meyer (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 44’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 76’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 77’ Hélder Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 54’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 66’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 69’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.64 xG, saved 26’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 78’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.11 xG, blocked 56’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 22’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 81’ Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 35’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 34’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 69’ Max Meyer (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 44’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 76’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 77’ Hélder Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 54’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 66’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Wayne Hennessey GK900 0.000.000
Aaron Wan-Bissaka DEF900 0.000.000
Mamadou Sakho DEF900 0.000.011
James Tomkins DEF900 0.000.000
Patrick van Aanholt DEF901 0.010.000
Andros Townsend MID902 0.050.061
Luka Milivojevic MID902 0.070.061
James McArthur MID640 0.000.000
Jeffrey Schlupp MID833 0.810.000
Wilfried Zaha FWD901 0.010.041
Jordan Ayew FWD731 0.060.011
Max Meyer Sub261 0.060.000
Cheikhou Kouyaté Sub170 0.000.111
Alexander Sørloth Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 33% Bet365 odds 3.00
Draw 30% Bet365 odds 3.20
Wolves win 37% Bet365 odds 2.62

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace LLWDL
Wolves DWWDW

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Wolves 0-2 Crystal Palace, 02 Jan 19  All Crystal Palace vs Wolves 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.