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Southampton

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Crystal Palace

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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Southampton	Crystal Palace
Shots	8 shots/match	9 shots/match▲
Shots on target	2 shots/match	3 shots/match▲
Expected goals	0.51 xG/match	0.88 xG/match▲
Possession	43%	57%●
Corners	2 corners/match	2 corners/match
Fouls	14 fouls/match	9 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Southampton: 8 shots, 2 on target, 0.67 xG. Crystal Palace: 9 shots, 3 on target, 0.73 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Southampton 0.67 xG · Crystal Palace 0.73 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Crystal Palace's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. A second useful context is: Crystal Palace's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines. Limitation: The fixture is outside the configured active season.

Crystal Palace's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Crystal Palace's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.8 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.28 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.8 goals/match	1.28 goals/match	1.53 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Crystal Palace show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Crystal Palace's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

9.3 shots/match▲ShotsSouthampton · Crystal Palace13.9 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Southampton	Crystal Palace	Baseline
Shots	9.3 shots/match	13.9 shots/match	13.3 shots/match
Shots against	17.6 shots/match	12.5 shots/match	12.8 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

0Southampton

1Draws

4Crystal Palace

29 Dec 2024Crystal Palace — Southampton · Premier League2–1

15 Apr 2023Southampton — Crystal Palace · Premier League0–2

29 Oct 2022Crystal Palace — Southampton · Premier League1–0

30 Apr 2022Southampton — Crystal Palace · Premier League1–2

15 Dec 2021Crystal Palace — Southampton · Premier League2–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Southampton favored in 0 of 13 directional metrics · Crystal Palace in 10 · 3 too close

0.73 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 30/29▲1.28 goals/match

2.37 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 30/29▲1.17 goals/match

0.94 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 30/29▲1.55 xG/match

2.34 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 30/29▲1.28 xG/match

9.3 shots/matchShotsseason · 30/29▲13.9 shots/match

17.6 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 30/29▲12.5 shots/match

3.07 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 30/29▲4.93 shots/match

6.9 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 30/29▲3.9 shots/match

50.3%●Possessionseason · 30/2944.3%

4.2 corners/matchCornersseason · 30/29●4.66 corners/match

5.9 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 30/295.83 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

12.2 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 30/2910.7 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

7%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 30/29▲31%

60%Scoring frequencyseason · 30/29▲79%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Southampton52.5

Crystal Palace17.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Southampton5.8

Crystal Palace57.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Southampton2.5

Crystal Palace72.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Southampton2.5

Crystal Palace92.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Southampton87.5

Crystal Palace32.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Southampton20

Crystal Palace42.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Southampton30.6

Crystal Palace53.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Southampton30 matchesCrystal Palace29 matches

0.73 goals/matchGoals scored30/29▲1.28 goals/match

2.37 goals/matchGoals allowed30/29▲1.17 goals/match

0.94 xG/matchExpected goals30/29▲1.55 xG/match

9.3 shots/matchShots30/29▲13.9 shots/match

3.07 shots/matchShots on target30/29▲4.93 shots/match

50.3%●Possession30/2944.3%

4.2 corners/matchCorners30/29●4.66 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

12.2 fouls/matchFouls30/2910.7 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Southampton15 matchesCrystal Palace14 matches

0.73 goals/matchGoals scored15/14▲1.43 goals/match

2.67 goals/matchGoals allowed15/14▲0.86 goals/match

1.04 xG/matchExpected goals15/14▲1.34 xG/match

9.33 shots/matchShots15/14▲12.6 shots/match

3.33 shots/matchShots on target15/14▲4.79 shots/match

49.9%●Possession15/1444.4%

3.47 corners/matchCorners15/14●4.43 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

11.7 fouls/matchFouls15/1411.1 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

18.2 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/125.2 days

0 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/10 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidencelimited

Season samples30 / 29home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Wed, 2 Apr 2025, 22:45 UTC · analysis-v4