Leeds United — Crystal Palace 0:0

Leeds United

0:0

Crystal Palace

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.

Who deserved it

A fair draw: the xG gap is only 0.04.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Leeds United	0	1.09	−1.1	1.33
Crystal Palace	0	1.13	−1.1	1.39

Goals

There were no goals in this match.

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
55'	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	Leeds United	0.39	saved
48'	Jefferson Lerma	Crystal Palace	0.36	off target, from a corner
84'	Daichi Kamada	Crystal Palace	0.32	off target, header

Shots: Leeds United 13, Crystal Palace 12; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 1 and 2.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Leeds United 0.52, Crystal Palace 0.22: a small edge for Leeds United. In the second half xG was Leeds United 0.57, Crystal Palace 0.90: a small edge for Crystal Palace. The edge in chances passed from Leeds United to Crystal Palace. Leeds United scored 0 from 1.09 xG: fewer than they created. Crystal Palace scored 0 from 1.13 xG: fewer than they created. As a rule, finishing like this evens out over time.

How it fits the season

Leeds United: +0.1 for the season (9 in the table). Crystal Palace: −2.5 (20). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

Manchester City — Sunderland 5:3Bournemouth — Liverpool 0:1Fulham — Manchester United 1:1

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