Sheffield United vs Crystal Palace

8 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Christian Benteke 2’
Eberechi Eze 88’

Match summary

Crystal Palace won 2-0 away at Sheffield United. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

Christian Benteke put Crystal Palace ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Eberechi Eze and Eberechi Eze made it 0-2 in the 88th minute, set up by Gary Cahill.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 2.25 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Sheffield United's 0.64 from 7.

Match stats

7 Shots 21

0 Shots on Target 8

5 Corners 11

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.64 xG 2.25

0.64 Non-penalty xG 2.25

2 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Sheffield United Crystal Palace

Kick-off

2’

Christian Benteke
Assist: Eberechi Eze

0-1

Half-time0-1

88’

Eberechi Eze
Assist: Gary Cahill

0-2

Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Sheffield United

Oliver Norwood

Crystal Palace

Joel Ward

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.

Sheffield United 0.64 xGCrystal Palace 2.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crystal Palace attacking Sheffield United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
John Egan	DEF	90	1	0.05	0.00	0
Chris Basham	DEF	90	1	0.09	0.00	0
Kean Bryan	DEF	81	0	0.00	0.00	0
George Baldock	MID	90	0	0.00	0.05	1
Enda Stevens	MID	90	0	0.00	0.03	1
John Fleck	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Oliver Norwood	MID	90	1	0.04	0.07	2
Sander Berge	MID	61	0	0.00	0.00	0
David McGoldrick	FWD	90	2	0.04	0.00	0
Oliver Burke	FWD	66	1	0.05	0.00	0
Ben Osborn	Sub	29	0	0.00	0.36	1
Daniel Jebbison	Sub	24	1	0.36	0.00	0
John Lundstram	Sub	9	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
Cheikhou Kouyaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gary Cahill	DEF	90		1	3	0.09	0.15	1
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	MID	90	1	1	3	0.25	0.47	3
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90			1	0.02	0.23	5
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	72			1	0.10	0.39	1
Andros Townsend	FWD	76			3	0.09	0.12	2
Christian Benteke	FWD	90	1		7	0.92	0.03	1
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90			1	0.24	0.53	2
Jairo Riedewald	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	Sub	14			2	0.55	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sheffield United win 33% Avg odds 2.96

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.19

Crystal Palace win 37% Avg odds 2.58

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

Form going into the game

Sheffield United L L L W L

Crystal Palace W D L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 2-0 Sheffield United, 02 Jan 21 Next meeting: Sheffield United 0-1 Crystal Palace, 12 Aug 23 All Sheffield United 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.