Crystal Palace FC vs Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Premier League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2024-25

Crystal Palace FC

4 – 2

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Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

Tue 20 May 2025 · 19:00 UTC Selhurst Park 24,766 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 24' Emmanuel Agbadou

Eddie Nketiah 27' 1–1

Eddie Nketiah 32' 2–1

Ben Chilwell 50' 3–1

3–2 62' Jorgen Strand Larsen

Eberechi Eze 86' 4–2

Y 22' Emmanuel Agbadou

Y 59' Toti Gomes

Joel Ward 69' Y

Overview

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Crystal Palace FC vs Wolverhampton Wanderers FC — Premier League at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace FC 10 games · 7 pts (2026/27)
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee David Webb
Assistant 1 Matt Wilkes (England)
Assistant 2 Marc Perry

4 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 5.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Arsenal FC	10	27
2	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	10	22
3	Manchester City FC	10	21
4	Liverpool FC	10	18
5	Chelsea FC	10	16
6	Everton FC	10	16
7	AFC Bournemouth	10	15
8	Brentford FC	10	14
9	Leeds United FC	10	14
10	Aston Villa FC	10	13
11	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10	12
12	Newcastle United FC	10	12
13	Hull City AFC	10	11
14	Ipswich Town FC	10	11
15	Fulham FC	10	10
16	Nottingham Forest FC	10	9
17	Coventry City FC	10	9
18	Manchester United FC	10	8
19	Sunderland AFC	10	8
20	Crystal Palace FC	10	7

Head-to-Head

Crystal Palace FC 17 games · Avg 2.5 goals Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-05-20 Crystal Palace FC 4–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2024-11-02 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2–2 Crystal Palace FC 2024-05-11 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1–3 Crystal Palace FC 2023-09-03 Crystal Palace FC 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2023-04-25 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2–0 Crystal Palace FC

Recent Form

Crystal Palace FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 May	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	H	4–2	W
17 May	Manchester City FC	H	1–0	W
11 May	Tottenham Hotspur FC	A	2–0	W
05 May	Nottingham Forest FC	H	1–1	D
26 Apr	Aston Villa FC	H	3–0	W
23 Apr	Arsenal FC	A	2–2	D

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 May	Crystal Palace FC	A	2–4	L
10 May	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	H	0–2	L
02 May	Manchester City FC	A	0–1	L
26 Apr	Leicester City FC	H	3–0	W
20 Apr	Manchester United FC	A	1–0	W
13 Apr	Tottenham Hotspur FC	H	4–2	W

Key Stats

35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

10% Clean Sheets
Crystal Palace FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Crystal Palace FC

0-15

1/4

16-30

–/3

31-45

3/4

46-60

2/7

61-75

1/1

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Crystal Palace FC

Tyrick Mitchell

2 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace FC are looking to make home advantage count against Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.
5' Nasser Djiga needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
10' Over 10 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
15' Crystal Palace 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.
20' Wolverhampton Wanderers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
22' The referee calls foul for Emmanuel Agbadou. He receives a card.
24' Emmanuel Agbadou doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
27' Eddie Nketiah adds to his 2 season tally! Crystal Palace FC lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
32' Eddie Nketiah puts Crystal Palace FC on the lead.
37' With 0 assists to his name this season, Chris Richards is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.
42' It is a cagey affair so far. Crystal Palace FC in their 3-4-2-1 trying to find a way past Wolverhampton Wanderers FC's compact 3-4-2-1.
46' Crystal Palace FC ring the changes. Will Hughes has done his job and it is now time for Justin Devenny to step up.
50' Ben Chilwell adds to his 1 season tally! Crystal Palace FC lead 3-1 — and this changes everything.
55' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
59' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Toti Gomes on 59 minutes.
62' Assisted by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jorgen Strand Larsen makes no mistake. 3-2!
63' Matheus Franca is replacing Ismaila Sarr for the Crystal Palace FC side.
67' The Wolverhampton Wanderers FC bench stirs into life. Jorgen Strand Larsen is withdrawn and Marshall Munetsi gets his opportunity.
69' That looks like a foul for a card for Joel Ward.
72' Another substitution for Crystal Palace FC to replace Joel Ward by Daichi Kamada on 72 minute.
77' Wolverhampton Wanderers FC come into this ranked 14 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
81' The supporters are chanting for Eberechi Eze. He replaces Romain Esse on 81 minute.
86' Magnificent from Eberechi Eze! That is 65 goals in 393 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
Crystal Palace FC celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Crystal Palace FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

9
Eddie Nketiah ↓ Jean-Philippe Mateta 81'
25
Ben Chilwell
19
Will Hughes ↓ Justin Devenny 46'
2
Joel Ward ↓ Daichi Kamada 72'
8
Jefferson Lerma
1
Dean Henderson
7
Ismaila Sarr ↓ Matheus Franca 63'
5
Maxence Lacroix
26
Chris Richards
12
Daniel Munoz
21
Romain Esse ↓ Eberechi Eze 81'

Bench

Coach Oliver Glasner

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

25
Daniel Bentley
3
Rayan Ait Nouri
27
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
29
Goncalo Guedes
21
Pablo Sarabia ↓ Matheus Cunha 67'
7
Andre ↓ Joao Gomes 46'
12
Emmanuel Agbadou
19
Rodrigo Gomes
24
Toti Gomes
34
Nasser Djiga ↓ Nelson Semedo 46'
9
Jorgen Strand Larsen ↓ Marshall Munetsi 67'

Bench

Coach Vítor Pereira

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Eberechi Eze	5
Wilfried Zaha	4
Jorgen Strand Larsen	2
Jean-Philippe Mateta	2
Eddie Nketiah	2
Odsonne Edouard	2
Daniel Podence	2
Matheus Cunha	2

Head to Head

Crystal Palace FC Form

2025-05-20 Crystal Palace FC 4–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC W 2025-05-17 Crystal Palace FC 1–0 Manchester City FC W 2025-05-11 Tottenham Hotspur FC 0–2 Crystal Palace FC W 2025-05-05 Crystal Palace FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest FC D 2025-04-26 Crystal Palace FC 3–0 Aston Villa FC W 2025-04-23 Arsenal FC 2–2 Crystal Palace FC D

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Form

2025-05-20 Crystal Palace FC 4–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC L 2025-05-10 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L 2025-05-02 Manchester City FC 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC L 2025-04-26 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 3–0 Leicester City FC W 2025-04-20 Manchester United FC 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC W 2025-04-13 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 4–2 Tottenham Hotspur FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.83 Crystal Palace FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Crystal Palace FC54% Draw24% Wolverhampton Wanderers FC22%

Actual: Crystal Palace FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.03

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Crystal Palace FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

46%

Crystal Palace FC or Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Crystal Palace FC37% Draw43% Wolverhampton Wanderers FC20%

Actual: Crystal Palace FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

11.5%

2 – 1

9.3%

1 – 0

2 – 0

0 – 0

6.5%

1 – 2

6.1%

3 – 1

5.7%

2 – 2

5.6%

0 – 1

3 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

3.5%

0 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Crystal Palace FC

Handicap	Crystal Palace FC covers	Push	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	16%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	22%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	14%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Crystal Palace FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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