Southampton vs Crystal Palace

2 April 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Paul Onuachu 20’
  • Matheus França 90+2’

Match summary

Southampton and Crystal Palace drew 1-1. Southampton led 1-0 at half-time.

Paul Onuachu put Southampton ahead with a header in the 20th minute, set up by Mateus Fernandes and Matheus França equalised with a header in stoppage time, set up by Jefferson Lerma.

There was little between the sides on chances: Southampton created 0.69 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Crystal Palace 0.94 from 9.

Match stats

Southampton Crystal Palace
8 Shots 9
2 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.69 xG 0.94
0.69 Non-penalty xG 0.94
3 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Southampton Crystal Palace
Kick-off
Paul Onuachu
Assist: Mateus Fernandes1-0 (Southampton)
20’
Half-time1-0
90+2’
Matheus França
Assist: Jefferson Lerma1-1 (Crystal Palace)
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • Jan Bednarek
  • Flynn Downes
Crystal Palace
  • Adam Wharton

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 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.69 0.94 20’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), 1-0 20’ 90+2’ Matheus França (Crystal Palace), 1-1 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.69 0.94 20’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), 1-0 Onuachu 20’ 90+2’ Matheus França (Crystal Palace), 1-1 França 90+2’
Southampton 0.69 xGCrystal Palace 0.94 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Southampton attacking 
72’ Eddie Nketiah (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 20’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 51’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 58’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 9’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 9’ Mateus Fernandes (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+2’ Matheus França (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 36’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 33’ Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 69’ Chimuanya Ugochukwu (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 41’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 18’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 90+4’ Eddie Nketiah (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Mateus Fernandes (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 86’ Matheus França (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 2’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 72’ Eddie Nketiah (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 20’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 51’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 58’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 9’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 9’ Mateus Fernandes (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+2’ Matheus França (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 36’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 33’ Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 69’ Chimuanya Ugochukwu (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 41’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 18’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 90+4’ Eddie Nketiah (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 65’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Mateus Fernandes (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 86’ Matheus França (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 2’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Aaron Ramsdale GK900 0.000.000
Jan Bednarek DEF900 0.000.000
Jack Stephens DEF900 0.000.000
Taylor Harwood-Bellis DEF900 0.000.041
Kyle Walker-Peters MID901 0.100.000
Ryan Manning MID820 0.000.182
Flynn Downes MID900 0.000.000
Chimuanya Ugochukwu MID721 0.070.192
Mateus Fernandes MID9012 0.130.161
Kamaldeen Sulemana MID820 0.000.000
Paul Onuachu FWD9014 0.390.000
Joe Ayodele-Aribo Sub180 0.000.000
Welington Sub80 0.000.000
Tyler Dibling Sub80 0.000.000
Yukinari Sugawara Sub10 0.000.000
Cameron Archer Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 17% Avg odds 5.68
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.04
Crystal Palace win 59% Avg odds 1.61

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

Form going into the game

Southampton LLLLL
Crystal Palace WLWWW

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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.