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Premier League · 2025Selhurst Park

Crystal Palace 3–3 Bournemouth · Premier League

3–3Historical match

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

Match at a glance

Crystal Palace and Bournemouth drew 3–3.

Shots
208
Shots on target
75
Possession
52%48%

Full time

What the match recorded

Crystal Palace and Bournemouth drew 3–3. Recorded in this match (Crystal Palace – Bournemouth): shots 20–8, shots on target 7–5, possession 52%–48%, corners 6–5. 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

weak

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

16.6 shots/match ▲ShotsLast 5 · Season13.5 shots/match
Evidence and caveat

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

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Shots16.6 shots/match13.5 shots/match11.7 shots/match

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

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Bournemouth have recorded the higher season possession share.

42.6%PossessionCrystal Palace · Bournemouth● 50.6%
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 8.0 percentage points.

Window: season

MetricCrystal PalaceBournemouthBaseline
Possession42.6%50.6%49.3%

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

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots20 shots8 shotsCrystal Palace 20 shots, Bournemouth 8 shots
  • Shots on target7 shots5 shotsCrystal Palace 7 shots, Bournemouth 5 shots
  • Possession52%48%Crystal Palace 52%, Bournemouth 48%
  • Corners6 corners5 cornersCrystal Palace 6 corners, Bournemouth 5 corners
  • Fouls8 fouls16 foulsCrystal Palace 8 fouls, Bournemouth 16 fouls
  • Yellow cards1 card4 cardsCrystal Palace 1 card, Bournemouth 4 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Crystal Palace
2Draws
2Bournemouth
Crystal Palace — Bournemouth · Premier League0–0
Bournemouth — Crystal Palace · Premier League0–0
Bournemouth — Crystal Palace · Premier League1–0
Crystal Palace — Bournemouth · Premier League0–2
Crystal Palace — Bournemouth · Premier League2–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Crystal Palace favored in 4 of 9 directional metrics · Bournemouth in 4 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Crystal Palace8 matchesBournemouth8 matches
1.5 goals/matchGoals scored8/8▲ 1.75 goals/match
1 goal/match ▲Goals allowed8/81.38 goals/match
13.5 shots/match ▲Shots8/812.4 shots/match
5.38 shots/match ▲Shots on target8/84.5 shots/match
42.6%Possession8/8● 50.6%
3.63 corners/matchCorners8/8● 5.63 corners/match
2.25 cards/matchCards8/82.5 cards/match
10.8 fouls/matchFouls8/812 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited
Season samples8 / 8home / 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, 18 Oct 2025, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Premier League

Goals per match rankingShots per match rankingShots on target per match ranking
TeamsCrystal PalaceBournemouth
CompetitionPremier LeaguePremier League 2025/26
Head-to-headCrystal Palace — Bournemouth
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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