Southampton vs Crystal Palace

11 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Danny Ings 19’, 75’
Che Adams 48’

Christian Benteke 2’

Match summary

Southampton came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Crystal Palace. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Christian Benteke put Crystal Palace ahead in the 2nd minute and Danny Ings equalised in the 19th minute, set up by Nathan Redmond. In the second half, Che Adams put Southampton in front from a corner in the 48th minute, set up by Stuart Armstrong and Ings made it 3-1 in the 75th minute, set up by Che Adams.

There was little between the sides on chances: Southampton created 1.62 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Crystal Palace 1.33 from 11. Luka Milivojevic had a penalty saved for Crystal Palace.

Match stats

13 Shots 11

6 Shots on Target 4

12 Corners 8

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.59 xG 1.33

1.59 Non-penalty xG 0.56

5 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Southampton Crystal Palace

Kick-off

2’

Christian Benteke

0-1

Danny Ings
Assist: Nathan Redmond

1-1

19’

Half-time1-1

Che Adams
Assist: Stuart Armstrong

2-1

48’

Danny Ings
Assist: Che Adams

3-1

75’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Southampton

Jannik Vestergaard
Jan Bednarek

Crystal Palace

Cheikhou Kouyaté
Jordan Ayew
Wilfried Zaha

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 1.62 xGCrystal Palace 1.33 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			1	0.07	0.00	0
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Bednarek	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jack Stephens	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Takumi Minamino	MID	90			1	0.11	0.04	1
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90			2	0.10	0.14	3
Stuart Armstrong	MID	90		1	1	0.05	0.59	1
Nathan Redmond	MID	90		1	3	0.15	0.22	3
Che Adams	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.63	0.53	3
Danny Ings	FWD	78	2		2	0.47	0.00	0
Mohammed Salisu	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Obafemi	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Vicente Guaita	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90		1	0.04	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Scott Dann	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jairo Riedewald	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Eberechi Eze	MID	90		0	0.00	0.05	2
Luka Milivojevic	MID	67		2	0.85	0.04	1
Jordan Ayew	FWD	74		1	0.04	0.07	1
Christian Benteke	FWD	80	1	5	0.30	0.00	0
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90		2	0.09	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	Sub	23		0	0.00	0.00	0
Michy Batshuayi	Sub	16		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	Sub	10		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 51% Avg odds 1.88

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.78

Crystal Palace win 24% Avg odds 4.09

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

Form going into the game

Southampton W L L D L

Crystal Palace D L L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-0 Southampton, 12 Sep 20 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 2-2 Southampton, 15 Dec 21 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.