Premier League · 2025Sat, 20 Sept 2025, 14:00 UTCFull timeLondon StadiumFull-time recap

West Ham

LLWL

1–2Full-time recap

Crystal Palace

DDWD

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This match

Match statistics

Metric	West Ham	Crystal Palace
Shots	8 shots/match	18 shots/match▲
Shots on target	3 shots/match	3 shots/match
Possession	57%	43%
Corners	8 corners/match	8 corners/match
Fouls	15 fouls/match	5 fouls/match
Yellow cards	3 cards/match	3 cards/match

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: Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

West Ham favored in 2 of 14 directional metrics · Crystal Palace in 7 · 5 too close

1 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 5/5▲1.2 goals/match

2.6 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 5/5▲0.4 goals/match

—Expected goalsseason · 0/0—

—Expected goals allowedseason · 0/0—

10.2 shots/matchShotsseason · 5/5▲11.4 shots/match

13 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 5/5▲11 shots/match

4.6 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 5/54.2 shots/match

4.6 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 5/5▲2.2 shots/match

47.8%Possessionseason · 5/542.2%

6.2 corners/matchCornersseason · 5/53.4 corners/match

8 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 5/5▲7 corners/match

1 cards/match▲Cardsseason · 5/52.6 cards/match

9.2 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 5/510.4 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—

20%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 5/5▲60%

60%Scoring frequencyseason · 5/560%

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.

West Ham37.5

Crystal Palace12.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

West Ham52.5

Crystal Palace56.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

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

West Ham9.2

Crystal Palace77.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

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

West Ham37.5

Crystal Palace87.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

West Ham7.5

Crystal Palace62.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

West Ham75

Crystal Palace17.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

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

West Ham53.1

Crystal Palace44.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

5 / 5 matches

1 goals/matchGoals scored5/5▲1.2 goals/match

2.6 goals/matchGoals allowed5/5▲0.4 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

10.2 shots/matchShots5/5▲11.4 shots/match

4.6 shots/match▲Shots on target5/54.2 shots/match

47.8%Possession5/542.2%

6.2 corners/matchCorners5/53.4 corners/match

1 cards/matchCards5/52.6 cards/match

9.2 fouls/matchFouls5/510.4 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

5 / 5 matches

1 goals/matchGoals scored5/5▲1.2 goals/match

2.6 goals/matchGoals allowed5/5▲0.4 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

10.2 shots/matchShots5/5▲11.4 shots/match

4.6 shots/match▲Shots on target5/54.2 shots/match

47.8%Possession5/542.2%

6.2 corners/matchCorners5/53.4 corners/match

1 cards/matchCards5/52.6 cards/match

9.2 fouls/matchFouls5/510.4 fouls/match

Window

Season

5 / 5 matches

1 goals/matchGoals scored5/5▲1.2 goals/match

2.6 goals/matchGoals allowed5/5▲0.4 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

10.2 shots/matchShots5/5▲11.4 shots/match

4.6 shots/match▲Shots on target5/54.2 shots/match

47.8%Possession5/542.2%

6.2 corners/matchCorners5/53.4 corners/match

1 cards/matchCards5/52.6 cards/match

9.2 fouls/matchFouls5/510.4 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

3 / 3 matches

0.67 goals/matchGoals scored3/3▲1.67 goals/match

3.33 goals/matchGoals allowed3/3▲0.33 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

9 shots/matchShots3/3▲11.7 shots/match

3.67 shots/matchShots on target3/33.67 shots/match

44.7%Possession3/337.7%

5.67 corners/matchCorners3/33.67 corners/match

1.33 cards/matchCards3/33 cards/match

10 fouls/matchFouls3/310.3 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

6.9 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidencelimited

Season samples5 / 5home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 20 Sept 2025, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4

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