Premier League · 2024

Brighton & Hove Albion 1–3 Crystal Palace · Premier League

1–3Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Crystal Palace won 1–3.

Shots
1713
Shots on target
55
Expected goals
12.31
Possession
65%35%

Full time

What the match recorded

Crystal Palace beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1. Recorded in this match (Brighton & Hove Albion – Crystal Palace): shots 17–13, shots on target 5–5, expected goals 1–2.31, possession 65%–35%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

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 · Season1.06 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

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

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for1.8 goals/match1.06 goals/match1.5 goals/match

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

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Brighton & Hove Albion have recorded the higher season possession share.

53.7% ●PossessionBrighton & Hove Albion · Crystal Palace43.5%
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 10.2 percentage points.

Window: season

MetricBrighton & Hove AlbionCrystal PalaceBaseline
Possession53.7%43.5%50.2%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots17 shots13 shotsBrighton & Hove Albion 17 shots, Crystal Palace 13 shots
  • Shots on target5 shots5 shotsBrighton & Hove Albion 5 shots, Crystal Palace 5 shots
  • Expected goals1 xG2.31 xGBrighton & Hove Albion 1 xG, Crystal Palace 2.31 xG
  • Possession65%35%Brighton & Hove Albion 65%, Crystal Palace 35%
  • Corners8 corners5 cornersBrighton & Hove Albion 8 corners, Crystal Palace 5 corners
  • Fouls11 fouls15 foulsBrighton & Hove Albion 11 fouls, Crystal Palace 15 fouls

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Brighton & Hove Albion
3Draws
0Crystal Palace
Brighton & Hove Albion — Crystal Palace · Premier League4–1
Crystal Palace — Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League1–1
Brighton & Hove Albion — Crystal Palace · Premier League1–0
Crystal Palace — Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League1–1
Brighton & Hove Albion — Crystal Palace · Premier League1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Brighton & Hove Albion favored in 3 of 11 directional metrics · Crystal Palace in 2 · 6 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Brighton & Hove Albion16 matchesCrystal Palace16 matches
1.63 goals/match ▲Goals scored16/161.06 goals/match
1.56 goals/matchGoals allowed16/16▲ 1.31 goals/match
1.45 xG/matchExpected goals16/161.39 xG/match
14.6 shots/matchShots16/1614.1 shots/match
4.75 shots/matchShots on target16/164.69 shots/match
53.7% ●Possession16/1643.5%
5.38 corners/match ●Corners16/165.13 corners/match
11.4 fouls/matchFouls16/1610.9 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples16 / 16home / 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: Sun, 15 Dec 2024, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4

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