Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace's chances have been 1.05 goals a match worse than its opponents' this season, the worst in the league; results have put it 12th in the table.

-1.05
expected-goals difference a match, 20th in the league
7
points from 6 matches, 12th in the table
4.9
points the chances deserved
1.18 / 1.31
rating now: creates / allows, expected goals a match as the rating counts them

Crystal Palace has 7 points from chances that deserved 4.9: 2.1 ahead of its performance. The rating, which remembers past seasons, puts it at -0.13 expected goals a match as the rating counts them, against an average opponent; it is -1.05 from this season's chances in full.

Performance match by match

-2.5-1.30+1.3+2.5Match 1, at Everton: +0.62 expected goalsMatch 2, v Man City: -2.05 expected goalsMatch 3, at Fulham: -2.52 expected goalsMatch 4, v Ipswich: -0.97 expected goalsMatch 5, at Leeds: -0.29 expected goalsMatch 6, v Nottingham Forest: -1.08 expected goalsMatch of the season; above the line the team created more than it allowed

Points and the points the chances deserved

02460123456Match of the seasonAfter match 1: 0 pointsAfter match 2: 0 pointsAfter match 3: 3 pointsAfter match 4: 3 pointsAfter match 5: 4 pointsAfter match 6: 7 pointsAfter match 1: the chances deserved 1.9After match 2: the chances deserved 2.1After match 3: the chances deserved 2.3After match 4: the chances deserved 3.0After match 5: the chances deserved 4.1After match 6: the chances deserved 4.9PointsPoints the chances deserved

The rating through the season

Before each match: the expected goals a match as the rating counts them that the rating says the team creates and allows against an average opponent. It remembers past seasons with the recent matches counting most, and leans on what the squad is worth while the record is short.

0.000.501.000123456Match of the seasonBefore match 1: creates 1.18 a matchBefore match 2: creates 1.17 a matchBefore match 3: creates 1.15 a matchBefore match 4: creates 1.17 a matchBefore match 5: creates 1.17 a matchBefore match 6: creates 1.16 a matchBefore match 1: allows 1.24 a matchBefore match 2: allows 1.24 a matchBefore match 3: allows 1.28 a matchBefore match 4: allows 1.30 a matchBefore match 5: allows 1.32 a matchBefore match 6: allows 1.30 a matchAttack: expected goals created a matchDefence: allowed a match

How Crystal Palace creates and concedes

Share of expected goalscreatedleagueallowedleague
Open play81%73% 76%73%
of which counter-attacks22%10% 7%10%
Set pieces19%22% 24%22%
Penalties0%5% 0%5%
Headers15%16% 17%16%
Inside the box86%82% 90%82%
Expected goals a shot0.110.110.130.11

Matches

DateOpponentResultxG forxG againstDiffPtsDeserved
2026-08-22at Everton 0–2 2.031.41+0.6201.9
2026-08-28v Man City 1–4 0.462.51-2.0500.2
2026-09-05at Fulham 3–2 1.283.80-2.5230.3
2026-09-12v Ipswich 2–3 0.811.78-0.9700.7
2026-09-20at Leeds 0–0 0.871.16-0.2911.1
2026-10-11v Nottingham Forest 3–1 1.782.86-1.0830.8

Expected goals here leave penalties out, as the rating does; the match pages count them. The squad the rating reads is worth about 579 million euros at its latest match.