FA Cup · 5th Round
Japhet Tanganga 33' (OG)
Daniel Muñoz 40'
Edward Nketiah 81'
HT 2:1
Wes Harding 45+13'
Sat, 1 Mar 2025, 12:15 (UK) · Selhurst Park, London

Crystal Palace beat Millwall 3-1.

Player of the matchChris Richards8.8

Crystal Palace 3-1 Millwall

Key numbers

  • Possession 77% – 23%
  • Shots 17 (6 on target) – 6 (2)
Player of the match
Chris Richards 8.8Dominant

Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.8 (Dominant)

Game state

1-02-02-13-1
Crystal Palace ahead 57 min · level 33 min · Millwall ahead 0 min
  • Millwall: Red card 8' → ~82 min a player down
  • Edward Nketiah — off the bench 79 min · 1G 0A

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.

8' Liam Roberts Red card −0.2
33' Japhet Tanganga Own goal −0.2
40' Daniel Muñoz Goal +0.1
45+13' Wes Harding Goal +0.1
81' Edward Nketiah Goal · assist Chris Richards +0.1

Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.

Pre-match expectation for Millwall is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.

How FN Score and FN xPts work →

Match stats

Crystal PalaceMillwall
77%Possession23%
17Shots6
6Shots on target2
35%Shots on target %33%
11Shots in box6
610Passes184
87%Pass accuracy55%
3Corners4
1Saves4
9Fouls11
0Yellow cards2
2Offsides0

The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.

Compared with usual

Crystal Palace

33 matches this season, all competitions baseline
This matchAvg
Goals31.5
Conceded11.2
Shots1713.4
On target64.8
Shots faced612.3
Possession77%44.7%high
Passes610404.5
Pass accuracy87%77.1%
Corners34.5
Fouls910.9

Timeline

  • 8' Red Liam Roberts
  • 8' VAR Liam Roberts
  • 13' Sub Luke Cundle → Lukas Jensen
  • 15' Sub Jean-Philippe Mateta → Edward Nketiah
  • 33' Sub Camiel Neghli → Raees Bangura-Williams
  • 33' Goal Japhet Tanganga (OG)
  • 40' Goal Daniel Muñoz competition goal #2
  • 41' VAR Daniel Muñoz
  • 45+6' Yellow Raees Bangura-Williams
  • 45+13' Goal Wes Harding
  • 65' Sub Ismaïla Sarr → Romain Esse
  • 65' Sub Will Hughes → Adam Wharton
  • 66' Sub Billy Mitchell → George Saville
  • 66' Sub Josh Coburn → Mihailo Ivanović
  • 66' Sub Casper De Norre → George Honeyman
  • 74' Yellow Jake Cooper
  • 81' Goal Edward Nketiah competition goal #1 assist Chris Richards
  • 85' Sub Eberechi Eze → Matheus França
  • 85' Sub Femi Azeez → Aidomo Emakhu
  • 90' Sub Daniel Muñoz → Nathaniel Clyne
  • 90' Sub Jefferson Lerma → Justin Devenny

Category leaders

  • Key passesDaniel Muñoz2
  • Duels wonChris Richards16/21
  • Defensive actionsChris Richards8
  • ShotsEdward Nketiah3 (on target 2)
  • Fouls wonJosh Coburn4

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.