Liverpool vs Crystal Palace

19 January 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 4 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Mohamed Salah 46’, 75’
  • Roberto Firmino 53’
  • Sadio Mané 90+3’
  • Andros Townsend 34’
  • James Tomkins 65’
  • Max Meyer 90+5’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 4-3 at home to Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Andros Townsend put Crystal Palace ahead in the 34th minute, set up by Wilfried Zaha. In the second half, Mohamed Salah equalised in the 46th minute, Roberto Firmino put Liverpool in front from a corner in the 53rd minute, set up by Naby Keita, James Tomkins equalised with a header in the 65th minute, set up by Luka Milivojevic, Salah put Liverpool back in front in the 75th minute, Sadio Mané made it 4-2 in stoppage time, set up by Andrew Robertson, and Max Meyer pulled one back to make it 4-3 in stoppage time, set up by Connor Wickham.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.84 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.70 from 9. Liverpool had a player sent off.

Match stats

Liverpool Crystal Palace
19 Shots 9
9 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 3
0 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
2.83 xG 0.70
2.83 Non-penalty xG 0.70
14 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool Crystal Palace
Kick-off
34’
Andros Townsend
Assist: Wilfried Zaha0-1 (Crystal Palace)
Half-time0-1
Mohamed Salah1-1 (Liverpool)
46’
Roberto Firmino
Assist: Naby Keita2-1 (Liverpool)
53’
65’
James Tomkins
Assist: Luka Milivojevic2-2 (Crystal Palace)
Mohamed Salah3-2 (Liverpool)
75’
Sadio Mané
Assist: Andrew Robertson4-2 (Liverpool)
90+3’
90+5’
Max Meyer
Assist: Connor Wickham4-3 (Crystal Palace)
Full-time4-3

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • James Milner
Crystal Palace
  • 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 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.84 0.70 34’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), 0-1 34’ 46’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-1 46’ 53’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 2-1 53’ 65’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), 2-2 65’ 75’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 3-2 75’ 90+3’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 4-2 90+3’ 90+5’ Max Meyer (Crystal Palace), 4-3 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.84 0.70 34’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), 0-1 Townsend 34’ 46’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-1 Salah 46’ 53’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 2-1 Firmino 53’ 65’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), 2-2 Tomkins 65’ 75’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 3-2 Salah 75’ 90+3’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 4-2 Mané 90+3’ 90+5’ Max Meyer (Crystal Palace), 4-3 Meyer 90+5’
Liverpool 2.84 xGCrystal Palace 0.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Liverpool attacking 
75’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.96 xG, goal 46’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 8’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.40 xG, saved 90’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 34’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 62’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 65’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.11 xG, goal 30’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 22’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 80’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 82’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 44’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+3’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 69’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 83’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+5’ Max Meyer (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 24’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 53’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 37’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 65’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 36’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 13’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+6’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 75’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.96 xG, goal 46’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 8’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.40 xG, saved 90’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 34’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 65’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.11 xG, goal 30’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 62’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 22’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 82’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 80’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 44’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+3’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 69’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 83’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+5’ Max Meyer (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 24’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 53’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 37’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 65’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 36’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 13’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+6’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alisson GK900 0.000.000
James Milner DEF901 0.040.674
Joel Matip DEF902 0.510.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF903 0.120.000
Andrew Robertson DEF9012 0.090.153
Jordan Henderson MID900 0.000.011
Fabinho MID892 0.040.143
Sadio Mané MID9015 0.490.011
Roberto Firmino MID9012 0.080.122
Naby Keita MID7410 0.000.061
Mohamed Salah FWD9022 1.470.141
Xherdan Shaqiri Sub160 0.000.000
Rafael Camacho Sub10 0.000.000
Adam Lallana Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 81% Bet365 odds 1.20
Draw 13% Bet365 odds 7.50
Crystal Palace win 6% Bet365 odds 17.00

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

Form going into the game

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Crystal Palace WDLWL

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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.