Wolves vs Crystal Palace

2 January 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Roger East

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Jordan Ayew 83’
  • Luka Milivojevic 90+5’ (pen)

Match summary

Crystal Palace took a 2-0 win at Wolves. It was goalless at half-time.

Jordan Ayew put Crystal Palace ahead in the 83rd minute, set up by Patrick van Aanholt and Luka Milivojevic made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 1.95 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Wolves's 0.70 from 9.

Match stats

Wolves Crystal Palace
9 Shots 17
1 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 10
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.66 xG 1.95
0.66 Non-penalty xG 1.19
2 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Wolves Crystal Palace
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
83’
Jordan Ayew
Assist: Patrick van Aanholt0-1 (Crystal Palace)
90+5’
Luka Milivojevic
Penalty0-2 (Crystal Palace)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Wolves
  • Willy Boly
  • Ryan Bennett
  • Jonny
  • Romain Saiss
Crystal Palace
  • 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 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.70 1.95 83’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), 0-1 83’ 90+5’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), 0-2 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.70 1.95 83’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), 0-1 Ayew 83’ 90+5’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), 0-2 Milivojevic 90+5’
Wolves 0.70 xGCrystal Palace 1.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Wolves attacking 
90+5’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 83’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 36’ Willy Boly (Wolves), from a corner, 0.27 xG, off target 36’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), from a corner, 0.16 xG, off target 47’ Hélder Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 82’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 65’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 82’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 38’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 20’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 82’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 29’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 59’ Jonny (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 83’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 70’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 28’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 71’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 83’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 63’ Romain Saiss (Wolves), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 11’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+5’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 83’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 36’ Willy Boly (Wolves), from a corner, 0.27 xG, off target 36’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), from a corner, 0.16 xG, off target 47’ Hélder Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 82’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 65’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 82’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 44’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 38’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 20’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 82’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 29’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 59’ Jonny (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 83’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 28’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 70’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 71’ Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 83’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Romain Saiss (Wolves), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 39’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 11’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Rui Patrício GK900 0.000.000
Willy Boly DEF901 0.270.161
Conor Coady DEF900 0.000.000
Ryan Bennett DEF900 0.000.000
Matt Doherty MID901 0.160.031
Jonny MID901 0.030.031
João Moutinho MID900 0.000.000
Romain Saiss MID741 0.010.000
Hélder Costa FWD651 0.140.000
Raúl Jiménez FWD903 0.060.162
Ivan Cavaleiro FWD850 0.000.292
Morgan Gibbs-White Sub250 0.000.000
Rúben Neves Sub161 0.020.000
Adama Traoré Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 49% Bet365 odds 2.00
Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.40
Crystal Palace win 22% Bet365 odds 4.33

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

Form going into the game

Wolves WWLDW
Crystal Palace LWWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 0-1 Wolves, 06 Oct 18 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 1-1 Wolves, 22 Sep 19  All Wolves 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.