Sheffield United vs Crystal Palace

12 August 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee John Brooks

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

Odsonne Edouard 49’

Match summary

Crystal Palace took a 1-0 win at Sheffield United. It was goalless at half-time.

Odsonne Edouard put Crystal Palace ahead in the 49th minute, set up by Jordan Ayew.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 2.28 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Sheffield United's 0.42 from 8.

Match stats

8 Shots 24

1 Shots on Target 8

5 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.42 xG 2.28

0.42 Non-penalty xG 2.28

2 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Sheffield United Crystal Palace

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

49’

Odsonne Edouard
Assist: Jordan Ayew

0-1

Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Sheffield United

Anel Ahmedhodzic
William Osula
Anis Ben Slimane

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 0.42 xGCrystal Palace 2.28 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

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Wes Foderingham	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Anel Ahmedhodzic	DEF	90	2	0.08	0.00	0
John Egan	DEF	90	1	0.05	0.00	0
Jack Robinson	DEF	81	0	0.00	0.00	0
George Baldock	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Max Lowe	MID	81	0	0.00	0.01	1
Oliver Norwood	MID	90	2	0.03	0.12	2
Ben Osborn	MID	88	1	0.11	0.00	0
Chris Basham	MID	81	0	0.00	0.00	0
William Osula	FWD	90	2	0.15	0.00	0
Bénie Traoré	FWD	88	0	0.00	0.24	2
Vinicius Souza	Sub	9	0	0.00	0.00	0
Yasser Larouci	Sub	9	0	0.00	0.00	0
Anis Ben Slimane	Sub	9	0	0.00	0.00	0
Andre Brooks	Sub	2	0	0.00	0.00	0
Antwoine Hackford	Sub	2	0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sam Johnstone	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.16	2
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.02	1
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jefferson Lerma	MID	90			1	0.01	0.01	1
Cheick Oumar Doucoure	MID	90			1	0.01	0.11	3
Jordan Ayew	MID	90		1	2	0.12	0.73	2
Eberechi Eze	MID	90			8	0.53	0.84	7
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	90			2	0.12	0.05	2
Odsonne Edouard	FWD	90	1		7	1.36	0.19	2
James Tomkins	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sheffield United win 25% Avg odds 3.81

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.16

Crystal Palace win 45% Avg odds 2.16

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

Form going into the game

Sheffield United L L W L W

Crystal Palace W L W D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sheffield United 0-2 Crystal Palace, 08 May 21 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 3-2 Sheffield United, 30 Jan 24 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.