Southampton vs Crystal Palace

30 April 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Jarred Gillett

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Oriol Romeu 9’

Eberechi Eze 60’
Wilfried Zaha 90+2’

Match summary

Crystal Palace came from behind to win 2-1 away at Southampton, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Southampton led 1-0 at half-time.

Oriol Romeu put Southampton ahead with a header in the 9th minute, set up by James Ward-Prowse, Eberechi Eze equalised in the 60th minute, set up by Nathaniel Clyne, and Wilfried Zaha won it in stoppage time, set up by James McArthur.

There was little between the sides on chances: Southampton created 0.65 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Crystal Palace 0.76 from 14.

Match stats

8 Shots 14

3 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

0.65 xG 0.76

0.65 Non-penalty xG 0.76

5 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Southampton Crystal Palace

Kick-off

Oriol Romeu
Assist: James Ward-Prowse

1-0

9’

Half-time1-0

60’

Eberechi Eze
Assist: Nathaniel Clyne

1-1

90+2’

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: James McArthur

1-2

Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Southampton

Jan Bednarek

Crystal Palace

Joel Ward
James McArthur
Jean-Philippe Mateta

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.

Southampton 0.65 xGCrystal Palace 0.76 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crystal Palace attacking Southampton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Fraser Forster	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Walker-Peters	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohammed Salisu	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Bednarek	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Romain Perraud	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Redmond	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oriol Romeu	MID	90	1		1	0.12	0.33	4
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90		1	1	0.03	0.12	1
Nathan Tella	MID	83			1	0.02	0.00	0
Shane Long	FWD	68			1	0.13	0.09	1
Che Adams	FWD	68			2	0.18	0.02	1
Armando Broja	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stuart Armstrong	Sub	22			2	0.16	0.00	0
Mohamed Elyounoussi	Sub	7			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
Nathaniel Clyne	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.05	1
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Gallagher	MID	90			2	0.11	0.14	2
James McArthur	MID	90		1	1	0.03	0.07	2
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	77			1	0.10	0.18	3
Jordan Ayew	FWD	90			2	0.10	0.02	1
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	67			4	0.23	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	FWD	87	1		2	0.08	0.03	1
Wilfried Zaha	Sub	23	1		1	0.06	0.05	1
Michael Olise	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Will Hughes	Sub	3			1	0.05	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 39% Avg odds 2.46

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.17

Crystal Palace win 31% Avg odds 3.15

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

Form going into the game

Southampton D L W L D

Crystal Palace D W L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 2-2 Southampton, 15 Dec 21 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 1-0 Southampton, 29 Oct 22 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.