Crystal Palace 3-1 AZ Alkmaar
Key numbers
- Possession 35% – 65%
- Shots 21 (7 on target) – 9 (4)
- Decisive moment: 22' Maxence Lacroix, FN xPts +0.6
Maxence Lacroix 22'
Ismaïla Sarr 45'
Ismaïla Sarr 57'
Ismaïla Sarr 45'
Ismaïla Sarr 57'
HT 2:0
Sven Mijnans 54'
Crystal Palace 19th → 7th · 6 pts|AZ Alkmaar 23rd → 24th · 3 pts
Crystal Palace won on the scoreboard and on xG (3.82–1.18).
Player of the matchIsmaïla SarrDecisive moment22' Maxence Lacroix+0.6
Player of the match
Ismaïla Sarr Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Crystal Palace ahead 68 min · level 22 min · AZ Alkmaar ahead 0 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.
22'
Maxence Lacroix
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Marc Guéhi +0.2
+0.6
45'
Ismaïla Sarr
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Maxence Lacroix +0.1
+0.3
54'
Sven Mijnans
Goal · assist Kees Smit
+0.2
57'
Ismaïla Sarr
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Jean-Philippe Mateta +0.1
+0.3
Crystal Palace
Expected (last two seasons) 2.2Own moments +1.2Opponent moments −0.3Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
AZ Alkmaar
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 0.6Own moments +0.2Opponent moments −0.9Time effect +0.1→ 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
Crystal PalaceAZ Alkmaar
35%Possession65%
3.82Expected goals (xG)1.18
0.18xG per shot0.13
21Shots9
7Shots on target4
33%Shots on target %44%
14Shots in box3
273Passes507
68%Pass accuracy82%
2Corners1
3Saves4
14Fouls14
2Yellow cards2
3Offsides2
Compared with usual
Crystal Palace
16 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.69 | |
| xG | 3.82 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 1.18 | 0.82 | |
| Shots | 21 | 13.8 | |
| On target | 7 | 4.9 | |
| Shots faced | 9 | 9.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.18 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 35% | 47.9% | |
| Passes | 273 | 413.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 68% | 78.8% | |
| Corners | 2 | 4.4 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 10.4 |
Timeline
- 16' VAR Ismaïla Sarr
- 22' Goal Maxence Lacroix competition goal #1 assist Marc Guéhi
- 25' VAR Maxence Lacroix
- 45' Goal Ismaïla Sarr competition goal #1 assist Maxence Lacroix
- 52' Yellow Ismaïla Sarr
- 54' Goal Sven Mijnans assist Kees Smit
- 57' Goal Ismaïla Sarr competition goal #2 assist Jean-Philippe Mateta
- 61' Sub Weslley Patati → Isak Steiner Jensen
- 61' Sub Elijah Dijkstra → Mees de Wit
- 65' Sub Ismaïla Sarr → Daichi Kamada
- 65' Sub Will Hughes → Adam Wharton
- 67' Yellow Ibrahim Sadiq
- 73' Sub Yéremy Pino → Justin Devenny
- 74' Sub Troy Parrott → Lequincio Zeefuik
- 75' Yellow Kees Smit
- 80' Sub Peer Koopmeiners → Maxim Dekker
- 80' Sub Kees Smit → Kasper Boogaard
- 86' Sub Jean-Philippe Mateta → Christantus Uche
- 86' Sub Daniel Muñoz → Nathaniel Clyne
- 90+3' Yellow Marc Guéhi
Category leaders
- Key passesJefferson Lerma2
- Duels wonChris Richards11/14
- DribblesKees Smit3/4
- Defensive actionsChris Richards10
- ShotsIsmaïla Sarr4 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonJean-Philippe Mateta4
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.