Leicester vs Crystal Palace

23 February 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–1

Jonny Evans 64’

Michy Batshuayi 40’
Wilfried Zaha 70’, 90+3’
Luka Milivojevic 81’ (pen)

Match summary

Crystal Palace won comfortably, 4-1 away at Leicester. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Michy Batshuayi put Crystal Palace ahead in the 40th minute, set up by James McArthur. In the second half, Jonny Evans equalised in the 64th minute, set up by Harvey Barnes, Wilfried Zaha put Crystal Palace back in front in the 70th minute, set up by James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic made it 1-3 from the penalty spot in the 81st minute, and Zaha made it 1-4 in stoppage time, set up by Jordan Ayew.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 1.58 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Leicester's 0.95 from 27.

Match stats

27 Shots 7

5 Shots on Target 5

8 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.95 xG 1.58

0.95 Non-penalty xG 0.82

8 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Leicester Crystal Palace

Kick-off

40’

Michy Batshuayi
Assist: James McArthur

0-1

Half-time0-1

Jonny Evans
Assist: Harvey Barnes

1-1

64’

70’

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: James McArthur

1-2

81’

Luka Milivojevic
Penalty

1-3

90+3’

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Jordan Ayew

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Leicester

Kasper Schmeichel
Wilfred Ndidi

Crystal Palace

James McArthur

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.

Leicester 0.95 xGCrystal Palace 1.58 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crystal Palace attacking Leicester 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
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ricardo Pereira	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			3	0.04	0.00	0
Jonny Evans	DEF	90	1		1	0.11	0.05	1
Christian Fuchs	DEF	90			2	0.06	0.13	4
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	90			1	0.01	0.03	1
James Maddison	MID	90			9	0.35	0.10	6
Youri Tielemans	MID	75			4	0.10	0.05	1
Rachid Ghezzal	FWD	47			0	0.00	0.02	1
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90			1	0.05	0.09	2
Harvey Barnes	FWD	86		1	5	0.19	0.16	2
Demarai Gray	Sub	43			1	0.04	0.04	1
Kelechi Iheanacho	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.02	1
Shinji Okazaki	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

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
James Tomkins	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Mamadou Sakho	DEF	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick van Aanholt	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90	1		1	0.76	0.02	1
James McArthur	MID	90		2	1	0.02	0.39	2
Andros Townsend	FWD	81			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michy Batshuayi	FWD	87	1		2	0.12	0.00	0
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90	2		2	0.66	0.00	0
Scott Dann	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	Sub	3		1	0	0.00	0.31	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 43% Bet365 odds 2.25

Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.40

Crystal Palace win 28% Bet365 odds 3.50

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

Form going into the game

Leicester L L D L L

Crystal Palace L L D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester, 15 Dec 18 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 0-2 Leicester, 03 Nov 19 All Leicester vs Crystal Palace 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.