Everton 2-1 Crystal Palace
Key numbers
- Possession 40% – 60%
- Shots 8 (2 on target) – 17 (5)
- Decisive moment: 54' Dwight McNeil, FN xPts +1.2
Dwight McNeil 47'
Dwight McNeil 54'
Dwight McNeil 54'
HT 0:1
Marc Guéhi 10'
Everton 20th → 15th · 4 pts|Crystal Palace 16th → 17th · 3 pts
Crystal Palace edged xG (0.89–0.95) but Everton took the win.
Player of the matchMarc GuéhiDecisive moment54' Dwight McNeil+1.2
Player of the match
Marc Guéhi Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.7 (Dominant)
Game state
Everton ahead 36 min · level 17 min · Crystal Palace ahead 37 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
10'
Marc Guéhi
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Maxence Lacroix +0.2
+0.8
47'
Dwight McNeil
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Ashley Young +0.3
+0.9
54'
Dwight McNeil
Goal
+1.2
Everton
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments +2.1Opponent moments −0.7Time effect +0.3→ League points won 3
Crystal Palace
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +0.8Opponent moments −2.0Time effect −0.2→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
EvertonCrystal Palace
40%Possession60%
0.89Expected goals (xG)0.95
0.11xG per shot0.06
8Shots17
2Shots on target5
25%Shots on target %29%
5Shots in box11
347Passes535
75%Pass accuracy81%
5Corners8
3Saves0
13Fouls11
2Yellow cards0
2Offsides0
Compared with usual
Everton
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2.1 | |
| xG | 0.89 | 0.77 | |
| xG against | 0.95 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 8 | 12.9 | |
| On target | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Shots faced | 17 | 12.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.07 | |
| Possession | 40% | 38.4% | |
| Passes | 347 | 330.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 75% | 78.3% | |
| Corners | 5 | 4.9 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 11.3 |
Crystal Palace
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.4 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 0.95 | 0.95 | |
| xG against | 0.89 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 17 | 12.4 | |
| On target | 5 | 4 | |
| Shots faced | 8 | 11.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.07 | |
| Possession | 60% | 50% | |
| Passes | 535 | 488.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 82% | |
| Corners | 8 | 4.1 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 11.4 |
Timeline
- 10' Goal Marc Guéhi league goal #1 assist Maxence Lacroix
- 46' Sub Jesper Lindstrøm → Jack Harrison
- 47' Goal Dwight McNeil league goal #2 assist Ashley Young
- 54' Goal Dwight McNeil league goal #3
- 62' Sub Daichi Kamada → Ismaïla Sarr
- 73' Sub Edward Nketiah → Jeffrey Schlupp
- 83' Sub Orel Mangala → James Garner
- 83' Sub Dwight McNeil → Idrissa Gueye
- 84' Yellow Dominic Calvert-Lewin
- 88' Sub Adam Wharton → Will Hughes
- 90+3' Yellow Jordan Pickford
Category leaders
- Key passesAdam Wharton3
- Duels wonJames Tarkowski12/18
- DribblesIliman Ndiaye3/4
- Defensive actionsOrel Mangala9
- ShotsDwight McNeil3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonEdward Nketiah3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.