Premier League · Matchweek 4
Anan Khalaili 14'
Jørgen Strand Larsen 75'
HT 1:2
Emersonn 23'
Leif Davis 45'
Zian Flemming 90'
Sat, 12 Sept 2026, 15:00 (UK) · Selhurst Park, London
Crystal Palace 13th → 14th · 3 pts|Ipswich 14th → 5th · 6 pts

Palace fought back from a red card to level at 2-2, but substitute Zian Flemming struck in the 90th minute to give Ipswich a 3-2 win.

Player of the matchLeif Davis8.1Decisive moment90' Zian Flemming+1.8

Crystal Palace 2-3 Ipswich: Flemming strikes late after Disasi red

Key numbers

  • xG 0.62 v 1.67: Ipswich had the better chances
  • Shots conceded: 12 despite the 34' red card
  • Flemming's 90' winner: +1.8 FN xPts

Ipswich climb from 14th to fifth

Crystal Palace went ahead in the 14th minute, saw Ipswich turn the match around before the break, and pulled level in the 75th minute, only to concede again in the 90th. Ipswich's late winner lifted them from 14th to fifth in the table, while Palace stayed 14th on three points.

Palace stayed in it despite Disasi's red

Axel Disasi was sent off in the 34th minute, yet Palace were not simply pinned back. They allowed 12 shots, below their four-match season average of 18.8. Quinten Timber's work in midfield, 13 duels won from 15, appears to be part of the reason they were not overrun.

Ipswich's shots were the sharper ones

Both sides outscored their xG, Palace by 1.38 and Ipswich by 1.33, but Ipswich's shots were the more dangerous ones, at 0.14 xG per shot against Palace's 0.06. Palace did get nine of their 11 shots away from inside the box, but only four of them found the target.

Flemming, off the bench, finishes it

Palace hit back through Jørgen Strand Larsen in the 75th minute, a goal set up by Daichi Kamada and worth +0.9 FN xPts. But Zian Flemming, introduced in the 63rd minute, struck in the 90th minute. At 2-2 that goal was worth +1.8 FN xPts to Ipswich. Flemming had three shots in 27 minutes, two on target.

Player of the match
Leif Davis 8.1Dominant

He scored once and assisted once, both before half-time.

Leif Davis did his damage in attack. He set up Emersonn's equaliser in the 23rd minute and scored the 45th-minute goal that put Ipswich 2-1 up at the break, adding two shots and a key pass. That lead gave Ipswich about 30 minutes in front before Palace levelled in the 75th minute.

Game state

1-01-11-22-22-3
Crystal Palace ahead 9 min · level 51 min · Ipswich ahead 30 min
  • Crystal Palace: Red card 34' → ~56 min a player down
  • Zian Flemming — off the bench 27 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.

14' Anan Khalaili Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Daichi Kamada +0.2 +0.7
23' Emersonn Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Leif Davis +0.2 +0.7
34' Axel Disasi Red card −0.4
45' Leif Davis Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Emersonn +0.3 +0.9
75' Jørgen Strand Larsen Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Daichi Kamada +0.3 +0.9
90' Zian Flemming Goal +1.8
Crystal Palace Expected (last two seasons) 1.6Own moments +1.2Opponent moments −2.5Time effect −0.3→ League points won 0
Ipswich Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +3.4Opponent moments −1.7Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3

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.

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Match stats

Crystal PalaceIpswich
47%Possession53%
0.62Expected goals (xG)1.67
0.06xG per shot0.14
11Shots12
4Shots on target6
36%Shots on target %50%
9Shots in box8
388Passes445
81%Pass accuracy82%
6Corners3
3Saves2
6Fouls16
1Yellow cards3
0Offsides1

Compared with usual

Crystal Palace

4 matches this season, all competitions baseline
This matchAvg
Goals21.8
Conceded32
Shots119.5
On target43.8
Shots faced1218.8
Possession47%40.8%
Passes388416
Pass accuracy81%82.5%
Corners61
Fouls610

Ipswich

4 matches this season, all competitions baseline
This matchAvg
Goals31.8
Conceded22.3
Shots1212
On target65.5
Shots faced1119
Possession53%41.5%
Passes445371.5
Pass accuracy82%81.8%
Corners34
Fouls1610.3

Timeline

  • 14' Goal Anan Khalaili league goal #1 assist Daichi Kamada
  • 23' Goal Emersonn league goal #2 assist Leif Davis
  • 34' Red Axel Disasi
  • 37' Sub Yéremy Pino → Takehiro Tomiyasu
  • 43' Yellow Jack Clarke
  • 45' Goal Leif Davis league goal #2 assist Emersonn
  • 58' Yellow Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
  • 62' Sub Abdul Fatawu Issahaku → Jaden Philogene-Bidace
  • 63' Sub Emersonn → Zian Flemming
  • 63' Sub Jack Clarke → Daizen Maeda
  • 70' Yellow Saša Lukić
  • 75' Goal Jørgen Strand Larsen league goal #1 assist Daichi Kamada
  • 77' Sub Tyrick Mitchell → Ben Chilwell
  • 77' Sub Adam Wharton → Will Hughes
  • 77' Sub Saša Lukić → Florentino Luís
  • 84' Sub Daichi Kamada → Jefferson Lerma
  • 84' Sub Jørgen Strand Larsen → Zavier Gozo
  • 88' Sub Jacob Greaves → Abdoul Ouattara
  • 90' Goal Zian Flemming league goal #1
  • 90+4' Yellow Chris Richards

Category leaders

  • Key passesDara O'Shea3
  • Duels wonQuinten Timber13/15
  • DribblesQuinten Timber3/4
  • Defensive actionsQuinten Timber8
  • ShotsAnan Khalaili4 (on target 1)
  • Fouls wonHonest Ahanor5
#Premier League#Crystal Palace#Ipswich#Leif Davis#Zian Flemming#Quinten Timber

This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.