Crystal Palace vs Wolves

20 May 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee David Webb

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Eddie Nketiah 27’, 32’
Ben Chilwell 50’
Eberechi Eze 86’

Emmanuel Agbadou 24’
Jørgen Strand Larsen 62’

Match summary

Crystal Palace came from behind to win 4-2 at home to Wolves. Crystal Palace led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Emmanuel Agbadou put Wolves ahead with a header in the 24th minute, set up by Jørgen Strand Larsen, Eddie Nketiah equalised in the 27th minute, set up by Romain Esse, and Nketiah put Crystal Palace in front in the 32nd minute, set up by Ismaila Sarr. In the second half, Ben Chilwell made it 3-1 with a direct free kick in the 50th minute, Jørgen Strand Larsen pulled one back to make it 3-2 with a header in the 62nd minute, set up by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, and Eberechi Eze made it 4-2 in the 86th minute, set up by Justin Devenny.

There was little between the sides on chances: Crystal Palace created 1.68 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Wolves 1.43 from 12.

Match stats

14 Shots 12

10 Shots on Target 3

0 Corners 10

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.68 xG 1.43

1.68 Non-penalty xG 1.43

12 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Crystal Palace Wolves

Kick-off

24’

Emmanuel Agbadou
Assist: Jørgen Strand Larsen

0-1

Eddie Nketiah
Assist: Romain Esse

1-1

27’

Eddie Nketiah
Assist: Ismaila Sarr

2-1

32’

Half-time2-1

Ben Chilwell

3-1

50’

62’

Jørgen Strand Larsen
Assist: Jean-Ricner Bellegarde

3-2

Eberechi Eze
Assist: Justin Devenny

4-2

86’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Joel Ward

Wolves

Toti
Emmanuel Agbadou

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 1.68 xGWolves 1.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Wolves 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
Dean Henderson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxence Lacroix	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Chris Richards	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	74			0	0.00	0.07	1
Daniel Muñoz	MID	90			1	0.13	0.11	2
Ben Chilwell	MID	90	1		3	0.14	0.17	2
Jefferson Lerma	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Will Hughes	MID	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Romain Esse	MID	84		1	0	0.00	0.22	2
Ismaila Sarr	MID	66		1	3	0.34	0.54	1
Eddie Nketiah	FWD	84	2		2	0.62	0.04	1
Justin Devenny	Sub	41		1	1	0.04	0.14	1
Matheus França	Sub	24			2	0.15	0.00	0
Daichi Kamada	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	Sub	6			1	0.13	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	Sub	6	1		1	0.14	0.25	2

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Daniel Bentley	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Toti	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emmanuel Agbadou	DEF	90	1		1	0.43	0.00	0
Nasser Djiga	DEF	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rodrigo Gomes	MID	84			1	0.09	0.00	0
Rayan Ait Nouri	MID	90			0	0.00	0.33	5
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde	MID	90		1	1	0.06	0.48	1
André	MID	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gonçalo Guedes	MID	90			4	0.17	0.00	0
Pablo Sarabia	MID	70			0	0.00	0.08	2
Jørgen Strand Larsen	FWD	70	1	1	1	0.48	0.43	1
João Gomes	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matheus Cunha	Sub	20			3	0.17	0.05	2
Marshall Munetsi	Sub	20			1	0.03	0.00	0
Hee-Chan Hwang	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 40% Avg odds 2.37

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.31

Wolves win 31% Avg odds 3.12

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace L D D D W

Wolves W W W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolves 2-2 Crystal Palace, 02 Nov 24 Next meeting: Wolves 0-2 Crystal Palace, 22 Nov 25 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.