Premier League · 2024Sun, 1 Sept 2024, 12:30 UTCFull timeHistorical match

Chelsea

1–1Historical match

Crystal Palace

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

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Chelsea	Crystal Palace
Shots	13 shots/match▲	9 shots/match
Shots on target	7 shots/match▲	3 shots/match
Expected goals	2.37 xG/match▲	0.54 xG/match
Possession	63%●	37%
Corners	4 corners/match	4 corners/match
Fouls	9 fouls/match	13 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
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size = xG

Chelsea: 12 shots, 6 on target, 1.43 xG. Crystal Palace: 9 shots, 3 on target, 0.55 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: Chelsea 1.43 xG · Crystal Palace 0.55 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The available record does not support a clear cross-team pattern. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.

History

Head-to-head

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

5Chelsea

0Draws

0Crystal Palace

12 Feb 2024Crystal Palace — Chelsea · Premier League1–3

27 Dec 2023Chelsea — Crystal Palace · Premier League2–1

15 Jan 2023Chelsea — Crystal Palace · Premier League1–0

1 Oct 2022Crystal Palace — Chelsea · Premier League1–2

19 Feb 2022Crystal Palace — Chelsea · Premier League0–1

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

Chelsea favored in 0 of 13 directional metrics · Crystal Palace in 0 · 13 too close

2.33 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 3/30.67 goals/match

1.67 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 3/31.67 goals/match

1.69 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 3/31.02 xG/match

1.09 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 3/31.78 xG/match

12.3 shots/matchShotsseason · 3/312.3 shots/match

10.7 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 3/313.3 shots/match

6 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 3/33.67 shots/match

4 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 3/35 shots/match

57%●Possessionseason · 3/349.7%

4.33 corners/matchCornersseason · 3/3●4.67 corners/match

4 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 3/33.67 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

11.3 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 3/312.3 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—

0%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 3/30%

67%Scoring frequencyseason · 3/367%

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.

Chelsea75

Crystal Palace52.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Chelsea72.5

Crystal Palace31.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

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

Chelsea53.3

Crystal Palace37.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

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

Chelsea22.5

Crystal Palace52.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Chelsea27.5

Crystal Palace47.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Chelsea37.5

Crystal Palace45

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

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

Chelsea48.1

Crystal Palace43.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Chelsea3 matchesCrystal Palace3 matches

2.33 goals/match▲Goals scored3/30.67 goals/match

1.67 goals/matchGoals allowed3/31.67 goals/match

1.69 xG/match▲Expected goals3/31.02 xG/match

12.3 shots/matchShots3/312.3 shots/match

6 shots/match▲Shots on target3/33.67 shots/match

57%●Possession3/349.7%

4.33 corners/matchCorners3/3●4.67 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

11.3 fouls/matchFouls3/312.3 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Chelsea2 matchesCrystal Palace2 matches

—Goals scored2/2—

—Goals allowed2/2—

—Expected goals2/2—

—Shots2/2—

—Shots on target2/2—

—Possession2/2—

—Corners2/2—

—Cards0/0—

—Fouls2/2—

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

6.98 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.94 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidencelimited

Season samples3 / 3home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 3last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.

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 completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 1 Sept 2024, 16:30 UTC · analysis-v4