Crystal Palace vs Wolves

3 September 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

Odsonne Edouard 56’, 84’
Eberechi Eze 78’

Hee-Chan Hwang 65’
Matheus Cunha 90+6’

Match summary

Crystal Palace beat Wolves 3-2. It was goalless at half-time.

Odsonne Edouard put Crystal Palace ahead in the 56th minute, set up by Tyrick Mitchell, Hee-Chan Hwang equalised with a header in the 65th minute, set up by Pedro Neto, Eberechi Eze put Crystal Palace back in front in the 78th minute, set up by Jean-Philippe Mateta, Edouard made it 3-1 in the 84th minute, set up by Jean-Philippe Mateta, and Matheus Cunha pulled one back to make it 3-2 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Pedro Neto.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 2.36 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Wolves's 1.14 from 12.

Match stats

16 Shots 12

11 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.33 xG 1.14

2.33 Non-penalty xG 1.14

11 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Crystal Palace Wolves

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Odsonne Edouard
Assist: Tyrick Mitchell

1-0

56’

65’

Hee-Chan Hwang
Assist: Pedro Neto

1-1

Eberechi Eze
Assist: Jean-Philippe Mateta

2-1

78’

Odsonne Edouard
Assist: Jean-Philippe Mateta

3-1

84’

90+6’

Matheus Cunha
Assist: Pedro Neto

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace

Joel Ward

Wolves

Nélson Semedo
Rayan Ait Nouri
João Gomes

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 2.36 xGWolves 1.14 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
Sam Johnstone	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.59	1
Jefferson Lerma	MID	90			1	0.04	0.56	2
Cheick Oumar Doucoure	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	MID	90			2	0.51	0.08	1
Eberechi Eze	MID	90	1		3	0.65	0.20	4
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	74			2	0.12	0.06	1
Odsonne Edouard	FWD	90	2		7	1.03	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	Sub	16		2	0	0.00	0.60	2
Will Hughes	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.12	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
José Sá	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.01	1
Craig Dawson	DEF	90			1	0.28	0.05	1
Max Kilman	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rayan Ait Nouri	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pablo Sarabia	MID	63			1	0.05	0.19	3
Mario Lemina	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	2
João Gomes	MID	84			1	0.04	0.00	0
Pedro Neto	MID	90		2	3	0.12	0.75	3
Matheus Cunha	MID	90	1		2	0.48	0.00	0
Fabio Silva	FWD	77			2	0.06	0.07	1
Hee-Chan Hwang	Sub	27	1		1	0.07	0.00	0
Boubacar Traore	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sasa Kalajdzic	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hugo Bueno	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 51% Avg odds 1.90

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.54

Wolves win 22% Avg odds 4.32

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

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace D D W L D

Wolves D L L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolves 2-0 Crystal Palace, 25 Apr 23 Next meeting: Wolves 1-3 Crystal Palace, 11 May 24 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.