West Ham vs Crystal Palace

28 August 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Pablo Fornals 39’
Michail Antonio 68’

Conor Gallagher 58’, 70’

Match summary

The points were shared as West Ham and Crystal Palace drew 2-2. West Ham led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Pablo Fornals put West Ham ahead in the 39th minute, set up by Michail Antonio. In the second half, Conor Gallagher equalised in the 58th minute, set up by Christian Benteke, Michail Antonio put West Ham back in front in the 68th minute, and Gallagher equalised in the 70th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: West Ham created 1.46 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Crystal Palace 1.68 from 9.

Match stats

14 Shots 9

4 Shots on Target 2

5 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.45 xG 1.68

1.45 Non-penalty xG 1.68

11 Deep Completions 6

Key events

West Ham Crystal Palace

Kick-off

Pablo Fornals
Assist: Michail Antonio

1-0

39’

Half-time1-0

58’

Conor Gallagher
Assist: Christian Benteke

1-1

Michail Antonio

2-1

68’

70’

Conor Gallagher

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

West Ham

Declan Rice

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 Ham 1.46 xGCrystal Palace 1.68 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crystal Palace attacking West Ham 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
Lukasz Fabianski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Angelo Ogbonna	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Craig Dawson	DEF	90			1	0.13	0.00	0
Aaron Cresswell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Tomas Soucek	MID	90			2	0.06	0.00	0
Declan Rice	MID	90			0	0.00	0.09	2
Jarrod Bowen	MID	81			1	0.02	0.23	2
Pablo Fornals	MID	89	1		3	0.56	0.02	1
Said Benrahma	MID	90			1	0.09	0.08	1
Michail Antonio	FWD	90	1	1	5	0.56	0.57	4
Manuel Lanzini	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andriy Yarmolenko	Sub	1			1	0.04	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Vicente Guaita	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			2	0.81	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Cheikhou Kouyaté	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Gallagher	MID	90	2		2	0.74	0.77	1
James McArthur	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90			1	0.03	0.04	1
Christian Benteke	FWD	90		1	2	0.04	0.58	2
Jordan Ayew	FWD	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 62% Avg odds 1.57

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.12

Crystal Palace win 15% Avg odds 6.39

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

Form going into the game

West Ham D W W W W

Crystal Palace W L L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 2-3 West Ham, 26 Jan 21 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 2-3 West Ham, 01 Jan 22 All West Ham 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.