Manchester United 2-1 Crystal Palace
Key numbers
- Possession 61% – 39%
- Shots 20 (11 on target) – 8 (3)
- Decisive moment: 65' Benjamin Šeško, FN xPts +1.1
Bruno Fernandes 57' (pen)
Benjamin Šeško 65'
Benjamin Šeško 65'
HT 0:1
Maxence Lacroix 4'
Manchester United 4th → 3rd · 51 pts|Crystal Palace 13th · 35 pts
Manchester United won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.16–0.38).
Player of the matchBruno FernandesDecisive moment65' Benjamin Šeško+1.1
Player of the match
Bruno Fernandes Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.9 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester United ahead 25 min · level 12 min · Crystal Palace ahead 53 min
- Crystal Palace: Red card 56' → ~34 min a player down
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.
4'
Maxence Lacroix
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Brennan Johnson +0.2
+0.7
56'
Maxence Lacroix
Red card
−0.3
57'
Bruno Fernandes
Pen goal
+1.0
65'
Benjamin Šeško
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Bruno Fernandes +0.3
+1.1
Manchester United
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +2.1Opponent moments −0.5Time effect 0.0→ League points won 3
Crystal Palace
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +0.4Opponent moments −1.9Time 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
Manchester UnitedCrystal Palace
61%Possession39%
2.16Expected goals (xG)0.38
0.11xG per shot0.05
20Shots8
11Shots on target3
55%Shots on target %38%
11Shots in box5
612Passes399
86%Pass accuracy77%
7Corners1
2Saves9
13Fouls12
2Yellow cards2
1Offsides2
Compared with usual
Manchester United
29 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 2.16 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 0.38 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 20 | 16.4 | |
| On target | 11 | 5.8 | high |
| Shots faced | 8 | 11 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 61% | 53.9% | |
| Passes | 612 | 472.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 82.3% | |
| Corners | 7 | 4.4 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 9.3 |
Crystal Palace
41 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.2 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | |
| xG | 0.38 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 2.16 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 8 | 13.2 | |
| On target | 3 | 4.3 | |
| Shots faced | 20 | 10.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.05 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 39% | 48.8% | |
| Passes | 399 | 421.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 77% | 78.2% | |
| Corners | 1 | 4.6 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 10.9 |
Timeline
- 4' Goal Maxence Lacroix league goal #1 assist Brennan Johnson
- 6' Yellow Daichi Kamada
- 24' Sub Luke Shaw → Noussair Mazraoui
- 36' Yellow Diogo Dalot
- 49' Yellow Dean Henderson
- 55' VAR Matheus Cunha
- 56' Red Maxence Lacroix
- 57' Goal Bruno Fernandes (pen) league goal #7
- 58' Sub Brennan Johnson → Evann Guessand
- 58' Sub Jørgen Strand Larsen → Chadi Riad
- 65' Goal Benjamin Šeško league goal #8 assist Bruno Fernandes
- 68' Sub Adam Wharton → Will Hughes
- 75' Sub Benjamin Šeško → Amad Diallo
- 85' Sub Harry Maguire → Ayden Heaven
- 85' Sub Daichi Kamada → Yéremy Pino
- 86' Sub Bryan Mbeumo → Joshua Zirkzee
- 89' Yellow Ayden Heaven
Category leaders
- Key passesBruno Fernandes6
- Duels wonCasemiro11/13
- DribblesBruno Fernandes2/3
- Defensive actionsCasemiro5
- ShotsBruno Fernandes4 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonBryan Mbeumo3
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.