Fulham — Crystal Palace 2:3

Fulham

2:3

Crystal Palace

EPL · 5 Sep 2026 · season 2026/27

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Score2:3

Home xG2.88Fulham

Away xG2.36Crystal Palace

Expected points1.67 : 1.15

Who deserved it

Fulham created more (2.88 xG against 2.36) and left with nothing.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Fulham	2	2.88	−0.9	1.67
Crystal Palace	3	2.36	+0.6	1.15

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
10'	Joshua King	Fulham	0.12
34'	Tyrick Mitchell	Crystal Palace	0.40	Eddie Nketiah
41'	César Palacios	Fulham	0.54
53'	Tyrick Mitchell	Crystal Palace	0.35
76'	Ben Chilwell	Crystal Palace	0.39	Daichi Kamada

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
41'	César Palacios	Fulham	0.54	goal
22'	Eddie Nketiah	Crystal Palace	0.53	saved
32'	Timothy Castagne	Fulham	0.49	saved

Shots: Fulham 25, Crystal Palace 10; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 2 and 6.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Fulham 1.67, Crystal Palace 0.99: a small edge for Fulham. In the second half xG was Fulham 1.23, Crystal Palace 1.54: a small edge for Crystal Palace. The edge in chances passed from Fulham to Crystal Palace.

Shot data: Understat. xG rates the quality of a chance; it is not a forecast of the result.