West Ham vs Crystal Palace

16 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee David Coote

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Sébastien Haller 55’
  • Christian Benteke 35’

Match summary

West Ham and Crystal Palace shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

Christian Benteke put Crystal Palace ahead with a header in the 35th minute, set up by Joel Ward and Sébastien Haller equalised in the 55th minute, set up by Vladimir Coufal.

Crystal Palace had the better of the chances, with 1.09 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to West Ham's 0.45 from 9. Crystal Palace had a player sent off.

Match stats

West Ham Crystal Palace
9 Shots 8
2 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 3
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
0.45 xG 1.09
0.45 Non-penalty xG 1.09
3 Deep Completions 4

Key events

West Ham Crystal Palace
Kick-off
35’
Christian Benteke
Assist: Joel Ward
0-1 (Crystal Palace)
Half-time0-1
Sébastien Haller
Assist: Vladimir Coufal
1-1 (West Ham)
55’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • Christian Benteke
  • Luka Milivojevic

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 0.45 1.09 35’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), 0-1 35’ 55’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), 1-1 55’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.45 1.09 35’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), 0-1 Benteke 35’ 55’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), 1-1 Haller 55’
West Ham 0.45 xGCrystal Palace 1.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking West Ham attacking 
43’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.51 xG, saved 35’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.25 xG, goal 3’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 55’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 77’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 14’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+3’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 16’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 48’ Aaron Cresswell (West Ham), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 41’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 69’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Scott Dann (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 43’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.51 xG, saved 35’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.25 xG, goal 3’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 55’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 77’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 14’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+3’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 16’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 48’ Aaron Cresswell (West Ham), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 41’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 69’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Scott Dann (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Fabianski GK900 0.000.000
Vladimir Coufal DEF9010 0.000.344
Issa Diop DEF900 0.000.000
Angelo Ogbonna DEF900 0.000.000
Aaron Cresswell DEF901 0.030.000
Tomas Soucek MID900 0.000.000
Declan Rice MID902 0.030.000
Jarrod Bowen MID822 0.050.000
Said Benrahma MID900 0.000.000
Pablo Fornals MID481 0.070.011
Sébastien Haller FWD9013 0.280.000
Manuel Lanzini Sub420 0.000.032
Andriy Yarmolenko Sub80 0.000.000
Robert Snodgrass Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 44% Avg odds 2.17
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.37
Crystal Palace win 28% Avg odds 3.49

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

Form going into the game

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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.