Southampton vs Crystal Palace

15 April 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Eberechi Eze 54’, 68’

Match summary

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

Eberechi Eze put Crystal Palace ahead in the 54th minute and Eze made it 0-2 in the 68th minute, set up by Cheick Oumar Doucoure.

There was little between the sides on chances: Southampton created 0.68 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Crystal Palace 0.86 from 9.

Match stats

Southampton Crystal Palace
11 Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.68 xG 0.86
0.68 Non-penalty xG 0.86
9 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Southampton Crystal Palace
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
54’
Eberechi Eze0-1 (Crystal Palace)
68’
Eberechi Eze
Assist: Cheick Oumar Doucoure0-2 (Crystal Palace)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • Armel Bella Kotchap
  • Jan Bednarek
  • Romeo Lavia
Crystal Palace
  • Joachim Andersen

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.68 0.86 54’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), 0-1 54’ 68’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), 0-2 68’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.68 0.86 54’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), 0-1 Eze 54’ 68’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), 0-2 Eze 68’
Southampton 0.68 xGCrystal Palace 0.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Southampton attacking 
54’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 23’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.24 xG, off target 82’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 17’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 73’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 12’ Joe Ayodele-Aribo (Southampton), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 90+3’ Michael Olise (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 3’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 20’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 72’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 52’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 1’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 2’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 80’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 7’ Romeo Lavia (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 20’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Armel Bella Kotchap (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 54’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 23’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.24 xG, off target 82’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 17’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 73’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 12’ Joe Ayodele-Aribo (Southampton), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 90+3’ Michael Olise (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 3’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 20’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 72’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 60’ Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 52’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 1’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 2’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 80’ Cheick Oumar Doucoure (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 7’ Romeo Lavia (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 20’ Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Armel Bella Kotchap (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gavin Bazunu GK900 0.000.000
Ainsley Maitland-Niles DEF900 0.000.011
Armel Bella Kotchap DEF901 0.010.000
Jan Bednarek DEF900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker-Peters DEF900 0.000.000
Theo Walcott MID631 0.240.234
Romeo Lavia MID901 0.010.000
James Ward-Prowse MID900 0.000.000
Kamaldeen Sulemana MID812 0.130.252
Carlos Alcaraz FWD814 0.160.000
Joe Ayodele-Aribo FWD631 0.060.000
Moussa Djenepo Sub270 0.000.041
Paul Onuachu Sub271 0.070.000
Samuel Edozie Sub90 0.000.000
Stuart Armstrong Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 33% Avg odds 2.93
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.12
Crystal Palace win 36% Avg odds 2.65

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

Form going into the game

Southampton DLDLL
Crystal Palace LLLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-0 Southampton, 29 Oct 22 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 2-1 Southampton, 29 Dec 24  All Southampton 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.