West Brom vs Crystal Palace

6 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 1 – 5

Half-time: 1–1

Conor Gallagher 30’

Darnell Furlong 8’ (og)
Wilfried Zaha 55’, 68’
Christian Benteke 59’, 82’

Match summary

Crystal Palace won comfortably, 5-1 away at West Brom. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Furlong's own goal put Crystal Palace ahead in the 8th minute and Conor Gallagher equalised in the 30th minute, set up by Darnell Furlong. In the second half, Wilfried Zaha put Crystal Palace back in front in the 55th minute, set up by James McArthur, Christian Benteke made it 1-3 with a header in the 59th minute, set up by Patrick van Aanholt, Zaha made it 1-4 in the 68th minute, set up by Eberechi Eze, and Benteke made it 1-5 in the 82nd minute, set up by Nathaniel Clyne.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 1.69 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to West Brom's 0.57 from 9. West Brom had a player sent off.

Match stats

9 Shots 18

4 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 2

1 Red Cards 0

0.57 xG 1.69

0.57 Non-penalty xG 1.69

7 Deep Completions 14

Key events

West Brom Crystal Palace

Kick-off

8’

Darnell Furlong
Own goal

0-1

Conor Gallagher
Assist: Darnell Furlong

1-1

30’

Half-time1-1

55’

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: James McArthur

1-2

59’

Christian Benteke
Assist: Patrick van Aanholt

1-3

68’

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Eberechi Eze

1-4

82’

Christian Benteke
Assist: Nathaniel Clyne

1-5

Full-time1-5

Bookings

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

West Brom

Matheus Pereira
Romaine Sawyers
Conor Gallagher

Crystal Palace

Luka Milivojevic
James McArthur

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.

West Brom 0.57 xGCrystal Palace 1.69 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crystal Palace attacking West Brom 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
Sam Johnstone	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Branislav Ivanovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Bartley	DEF	90			1	0.13	0.00	0
Semi Ajayi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Darnell Furlong	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.09	1
Conor Gallagher	MID	90	1		1	0.09	0.00	0
Romaine Sawyers	MID	82			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Phillips	MID	90			1	0.02	0.32	4
Matheus Pereira	MID	33			1	0.11	0.02	1
Karlan Grant	FWD	64			2	0.13	0.00	0
Grady Diangana	FWD	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Filip Krovinovic	Sub	42			2	0.03	0.00	0
Callum Robinson	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dara O'Shea	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.01	1

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	0.13	1
Cheikhou Kouyaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gary Cahill	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.14	1
Patrick van Aanholt	DEF	90		1	2	0.08	0.16	3
Jeffrey Schlupp	MID	77			2	0.10	0.14	2
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90			1	0.02	0.03	1
James McArthur	MID	75		1	0	0.00	0.08	1
Eberechi Eze	MID	90		1	1	0.03	0.75	4
Christian Benteke	FWD	90	2		5	0.50	0.24	4
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	83	2		6	0.91	0.00	0
Jairo Riedewald	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michy Batshuayi	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Brom win 32% Avg odds 3.01

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.29

Crystal Palace win 39% Avg odds 2.46

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

Form going into the game

West Brom D L L L W

Crystal Palace W L W L L

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Previous and next meeting

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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.