Liverpool vs Crystal Palace

23 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Sadio Mané 36’, 74’

Match summary

Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 2-0. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Sadio Mané put Liverpool ahead from a corner in the 36th minute, set up by Roberto Firmino and Mané made it 2-0 in the 74th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.20 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.77 from 5.

Match stats

Liverpool Crystal Palace
19 Shots 5
5 Shots on Target 4
14 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.20 xG 0.77
2.20 Non-penalty xG 0.77
17 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Liverpool Crystal Palace
Kick-off
Sadio Mané
Assist: Roberto Firmino1-0 (Liverpool)
36’
Half-time1-0
Sadio Mané
Assist: Mohamed Salah2-0 (Liverpool)
74’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold
  • James Milner
Crystal Palace
  • Jairo Riedewald
  • Jordan Ayew

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 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.20 0.77 36’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-0 36’ 74’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 2-0 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.20 0.77 36’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-0 Mané 36’ 74’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 2-0 Mané 74’
Liverpool 2.20 xGCrystal Palace 0.77 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Liverpool attacking 
36’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.74 xG, goal 86’ Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.35 xG, saved 14’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 20’ Rhys Williams (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.25 xG, off target 85’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 19’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 32’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 74’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 80’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 4’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 77’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 48’ Nathaniel Phillips (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 6’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 18’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 21’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 26’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Rhys Williams (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Rhys Williams (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Rhys Williams (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 36’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.74 xG, goal 86’ Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.35 xG, saved 14’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 20’ Rhys Williams (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.25 xG, off target 85’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 19’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 80’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 32’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 74’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 77’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 4’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Nathaniel Phillips (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 6’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 18’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 21’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 36’ Rhys Williams (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Rhys Williams (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Rhys Williams (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alisson GK900 0.000.000
Trent Alexander-Arnold DEF901 0.040.092
Nathaniel Phillips DEF901 0.070.000
Rhys Williams DEF904 0.330.000
Andrew Robertson DEF901 0.030.434
Fabinho MID900 0.000.000
Thiago Alcántara MID900 0.000.291
Georginio Wijnaldum MID831 0.070.081
Mohamed Salah FWD9016 0.720.112
Roberto Firmino FWD9012 0.040.863
Sadio Mané FWD9023 0.910.203
James Milner Sub70 0.000.000
Diogo Jota Sub10 0.000.000
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 83% Avg odds 1.16
Draw 11% Avg odds 8.57
Crystal Palace win 6% Avg odds 16.09

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool DWWWW
Crystal Palace LWLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 0-7 Liverpool, 19 Dec 20 Next meeting: Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace, 18 Sep 21  All Liverpool 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.