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Match report · Premier League

Manchester United 2:1 Crystal Palace

Manchester United Home 2.12 xG · 20 shots
Crystal Palace Away 0.38 xG · 8 shots
21 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

  1. 4' Maxence Lacroix Crystal Palace · 0.02 xG chance 0–1
  2. 57' Bruno Fernandes (pen.) Manchester United · 0.82 xG chance 1–1
  3. 65' Benjamin Šeško Manchester United · 0.17 xG chance 2–1

The shots behind it

Manchester United Crystal Palace
Shots
20
8
On target
11
3
Inside the box
11
5
xG per shot
0.11
0.05
Open play xG
0.86
0.36
Set-piece xG
0.46
0.03
Penalties
1
0
Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.33 for Manchester United and 0.39 for Crystal Palace.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Manchester United · Bruno Fernandes · 57' · Goal · 12 m · 0.82 xG Manchester United · Joshua Zirkzee · 90' · No goal · 14 m · 0.22 xG Manchester United · Casemiro · 74' · No goal · 5 m · 0.21 xG Manchester United · Benjamin Šeško · 65' · Goal · 9 m · 0.17 xG Manchester United · Joshua Zirkzee · 90' · No goal · 14 m · 0.13 xG Manchester United · Casemiro · 43' · No goal · 8 m · 0.12 xG Crystal Palace · Jørgen Strand Larsen · 51' · No goal · 14 m · 0.11 xG Crystal Palace · Jørgen Strand Larsen · 2' · No goal · 15 m · 0.08 xG Crystal Palace · Ismaïla Sarr · 12' · No goal · 12 m · 0.08 xG Manchester United · Benjamin Šeško · 38' · No goal · 10 m · 0.06 xG Manchester United · Harry Maguire · 31' · No goal · 8 m · 0.05 xG Manchester United · Noussair Mazraoui · 37' · No goal · 20 m · 0.05 xG Manchester United · Bruno Fernandes · 42' · No goal · 24 m · 0.05 xG Crystal Palace · Will Hughes · 77' · No goal · 13 m · 0.05 xG Manchester United · Benjamin Šeško · 47' · No goal · 9 m · 0.04 xG Manchester United · Kobbie Mainoo · 90' · No goal · 26 m · 0.04 xG Manchester United · Casemiro · 48' · No goal · 11 m · 0.03 xG Manchester United · Matheus Cunha · 82' · No goal · 25 m · 0.03 xG Manchester United · Amad Diallo · 90' · No goal · 25 m · 0.03 xG Crystal Palace · Ismaïla Sarr · 3' · No goal · 19 m · 0.02 xG Crystal Palace · Maxence Lacroix · 4' · Goal · 10 m · 0.02 xG Manchester United · Benjamin Šeško · 50' · No goal · 14 m · 0.02 xG Crystal Palace · Ismaïla Sarr · 64' · No goal · 27 m · 0.02 xG Manchester United · Bruno Fernandes · 64' · No goal · 22 m · 0.02 xG Manchester United · Matheus Cunha · 67' · No goal · 22 m · 0.02 xG Manchester United · Amad Diallo · 80' · No goal · 21 m · 0.02 xG Manchester United · Bruno Fernandes · 3' · No goal · 30 m · 0.01 xG Crystal Palace · Tyrick Mitchell · 84' · No goal · 25 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

28 shots · 2.53 xG

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  • Manchester United
  • Crystal Palace
  • Filled = goal
  • Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Manchester United

1.33 xG created 0.91 xGA

  • W 2.27 created, 0.45 conceded against Manchester City
  • W 0.73 created, 1.20 conceded against Arsenal
  • W 1.74 created, 1.97 conceded against Fulham
  • W 1.79 created, 0.49 conceded against Tottenham Hotspur
  • D 0.62 created, 1.08 conceded against West Ham United
  • W 0.85 created, 0.29 conceded against Everton
Crystal Palace

1.51 xG created 1.24 xGA

  • L 0.61 created, 1.71 conceded against Sunderland
  • L 1.88 created, 2.20 conceded against Chelsea
  • D 1.92 created, 0.49 conceded against Nottingham Forest
  • W 1.16 created, 0.85 conceded against Brighton & Hove Albion
  • L 1.80 created, 0.53 conceded against Burnley
  • W 1.67 created, 1.68 conceded against Wolverhampton

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Manchester United: 1 won · 0 drawn · 0 lost

Model details

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Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.