West Ham vs Crystal Palace

8 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Robert Snodgrass 48’
Chicharito 62’
Felipe Anderson 65’

James McArthur 6’
Jeffrey Schlupp 76’

Match summary

West Ham came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, James McArthur put Crystal Palace ahead in the 6th minute, set up by James Tomkins. In the second half, Robert Snodgrass equalised in the 48th minute, Chicharito put West Ham in front in the 62nd minute, Felipe Anderson made it 3-1 in the 65th minute, and Jeffrey Schlupp pulled one back to make it 3-2 with a header in the 76th minute, set up by Max Meyer.

The chances backed that up: West Ham created 1.57 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.93 from 8.

Match stats

13 Shots 8

6 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.54 xG 0.93

1.54 Non-penalty xG 0.93

4 Deep Completions 4

Key events

West Ham Crystal Palace

Kick-off

6’

James McArthur
Assist: James Tomkins

0-1

Half-time0-1

Robert Snodgrass

1-1

48’

Chicharito

2-1

62’

Felipe Anderson

3-1

65’

76’

Jeffrey Schlupp
Assist: Max Meyer

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

West Ham

Issa Diop

Crystal Palace

James Tomkins
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.

West Ham 1.57 xGCrystal Palace 0.93 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	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Fabianski	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Pablo Zabaleta	DEF	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Issa Diop	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabián Balbuena	DEF	90		1	0.05	0.00	0
Arthur Masuaku	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.14	1
Robert Snodgrass	MID	90	1	1	0.02	0.23	3
Declan Rice	MID	90		2	0.12	0.02	1
Mark Noble	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Felipe Anderson	MID	87	1	3	0.17	0.00	0
Chicharito	FWD	78	1	3	1.04	0.00	0
Lucas Pérez	FWD	49		1	0.04	0.49	1
Andy Carroll	Sub	41		0	0.00	0.06	1
Grady Diangana	Sub	12		1	0.11	0.00	0
Pedro Obiang	Sub	3		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Wayne Hennessey	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Mamadou Sakho	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Tomkins	DEF	90		1	1	0.01	0.55	1
Patrick van Aanholt	DEF	58			0	0.00	0.00	0
James McArthur	MID	69	1		1	0.55	0.18	2
Cheikhou Kouyaté	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90			2	0.09	0.01	1
Max Meyer	MID	87		1	1	0.15	0.09	2
Andros Townsend	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	Sub	32	1		1	0.07	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jason Puncheon	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 42% Bet365 odds 2.30

Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.40

Crystal Palace win 29% Bet365 odds 3.40

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

West Ham W D L W W

Crystal Palace L L D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Crystal Palace 1-1 West Ham, 09 Feb 19 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.