Leicester vs Crystal Palace

15 January 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

Jean-Philippe Mateta 52’
Marc Guehi 78’

Match summary

Crystal Palace beat Leicester 2-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Jean-Philippe Mateta put Crystal Palace ahead in the 52nd minute, set up by Ismaila Sarr and Marc Guehi made it 0-2 in the 78th minute, set up by Eberechi Eze.

There was little between the sides on chances: Leicester created 2.10 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots, Crystal Palace 2.27 from 9.

Match stats

21 Shots 9

4 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.10 xG 2.26

2.10 Non-penalty xG 2.26

7 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Leicester Crystal Palace

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

52’

Jean-Philippe Mateta
Assist: Ismaila Sarr

0-1

78’

Marc Guehi
Assist: Eberechi Eze

0-2

Full-time0-2

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 2.10 xGCrystal Palace 2.27 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	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jakub Stolarczyk	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
James Justin	DEF	83	2	0.09	0.03	2
Wout Faes	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.11	1
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Kristiansen	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.19	2
Boubakary Soumare	MID	90	2	0.09	0.00	0
Harry Winks	MID	69	1	0.01	0.00	0
Facundo Buonanotte	MID	69	1	0.02	0.15	2
Bilal El Khannouss	MID	69	2	0.03	0.07	1
Stephy Mavididi	MID	90	2	0.37	0.66	3
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90	6	1.26	0.03	1
Patson Daka	Sub	21	4	0.20	0.00	0
Oliver Skipp	Sub	21	0	0.00	0.02	1
Kasey McAteer	Sub	21	0	0.00	0.41	3
Jordan Ayew	Sub	7	1	0.03	0.30	1

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
Marc Guehi	DEF	90	1		1	0.39	0.00	0
Daniel Muñoz	MID	90			0	0.00	0.45	2
Tyrick Mitchell	MID	83			2	0.42	0.07	1
Will Hughes	MID	65			1	0.04	0.00	0
Jefferson Lerma	MID	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ismaila Sarr	MID	90		1	1	0.08	1.23	2
Eberechi Eze	MID	82		1	1	0.07	0.39	1
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	83	1		2	1.20	0.03	1
Cheick Oumar Doucoure	Sub	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daichi Kamada	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Justin Devenny	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathaniel Clyne	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	7			1	0.06	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 24% Avg odds 3.93

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.61

Crystal Palace win 49% Avg odds 1.95

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

Form going into the game

Leicester L L L L L

Crystal Palace W L D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 2-2 Leicester, 14 Sep 24 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.