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Crystal Palace FC vs Grimsby Town FC, FA Cup 2018-19 ROUND 3

FA Cup · 2018-19
Crystal Palace FC
1 – 0
Full Time
Grimsby Town FC
Sat 5 Jan 2019 · 17:30 UTC Selhurst Park HT 45' · FT 45'
R 2' Andrew Fox
Y 45' Luke Hendrie
Y 74' Mitchell Rose

Overview

Match Preview

Crystal Palace FC vs Grimsby Town FC — FA Cup at Selhurst Park.

Match Details

  • Referee John Busby
  • Referee Harry Lennard
  • Referee Jonathan Moss
  • Referee Lee Betts
  • Referee Martin Atkinson

Head-to-Head

1
Crystal Palace FC 1 games · Avg 1.0 goals Grimsby Town FC
Last 5 meetings
2019-01-05 Crystal Palace FC 1–0 Grimsby Town FC

Recent Form

Crystal Palace FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Jan Grimsby Town FC H 1–0 W
02 Jan Wolverhampton Wanderers FC A 2–0 W
30 Dec Chelsea FC H 0–1 L
26 Dec Cardiff City FC H 0–0 D
22 Dec Manchester City FC A 3–2 W
15 Dec Leicester City FC H 1–0 W
Grimsby Town FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Jan Crystal Palace FC A 0–1 L
02 Dec Chesterfield FC A 2–0 W
10 Nov Milton Keynes Dons FC H 3–1 W

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Crystal Palace FC this season
25% Clean Sheets
Grimsby Town FC this season

Top Scorers (This Season)

Grimsby Town FC
Jaze Kabia 3 G
Kieran Green 2 G
Danny Rose 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Selhurst Park that hosts another battle between Crystal Palace FC and Grimsby Town FC.
  • 2' A meaty challenge results in booking for Andrew Fox on 2.
  • 7' It looks like no one’s ball. Grimsby Town FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 12' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 17' Grimsby Town FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 22' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Grimsby Town FC that had 21 games and scored 30 goals.
  • 27' It looks surprising Grimsby Town FC does not make any changes. Andrew Fox has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 32' The travelling Grimsby Town FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 36' Cheikhou Kouyate is replacing Pape Ndiaye Souare for the Crystal Palace FC side.
  • 41' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jordan Cook made 21 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 45' Grimsby Town FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 45.
  • 50' Supporters expect more eagerness from Martin Kelly, as he is very good at scoring at Selhurst Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 55' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 60' Alexander Sorloth needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 61' Connor Wickham is replacing Alexander Sorloth for the Crystal Palace FC side.
  • 66' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 68' Another substitution for Crystal Palace FC to replace Jairo Riedewald by Jordan Ayew on 68 minute.
  • 73' Grimsby Town FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 74' It’s a booking for Grimsby Town FC player. Mitchell Rose gets a Yellow card.
  • 75' Charles Vernam has so much to prove this time. He replaces Wesley Thomas on 75 minute.
  • 80' Jordan Ayew has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 1 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
  • 85' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
  • 86' What a strike from Jordan Ayew! The score is 1-0.
  • 89' Jordan Cook has so much to prove this time. He replaces Martyn Woolford on 89 minute.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Grimsby Town FC.

Lineups

Crystal Palace FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Roy Hodgson

Grimsby Town FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael Jolley

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.02 Crystal Palace FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.72 Grimsby Town FC xG
I would bet for: Crystal Palace FC or Draw 77% + Under 2.5 goals 75%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Crystal Palace FC44% Draw33% Grimsby Town FC23%
Actual: Crystal Palace FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes34% 0% No66%
Avg goals/match: 1.74
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 80%
20%
± 1.5 52%
48%
± 2.5 25%
75%
± 3.5 11%
89%
± 4.5 4%
96%

Double Chance

Crystal Palace FC or Draw
77%
Draw or Grimsby Town FC
56%
Crystal Palace FC or Grimsby Town FC
67%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Crystal Palace FC26% Draw58% Grimsby Town FC16%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
20.2%
1 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
13.8%
0 – 1
11.2%
2 – 0
8.6%
2 – 1
6.5%
1 – 2
4.5%
0 – 2
4.2%
3 – 0
2.9%
2 – 2
2.5%
3 – 1
2.3%
1 – 3
1.1%

Asian Handicap — Crystal Palace FC

Handicap Crystal Palace FC covers Push Grimsby Town FC covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 11% 84%
-1.5 16% — 84%
-1 16% 24% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 77% — 23%
+1 77% 16% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Crystal Palace FC keeps clean sheet
49% ✗
Grimsby Town FC keeps clean sheet
37% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.