Here is the xG from the C Palace game which was a game of few chances, as for the second time in a row a team came to Dean Court looking for a 0-0 draw. Palace ended up with an xG below 0.2, although this doesn’t include the goal ruled out for offside. The first 25 minutes were uneventful, with xGs of 0.03 for AFCB and 0.00 for Palace. Then Palace’s big legitimate chance of the evening happened; Scott was caught on the ball in our defensive third and Mateta had a chance that was struck tamely at Neto (rated 1 in 8). Bournemouth’s first big chance came in the 37th minute when Billing met a cross with his header tipped onto the bar by Henderson (rated 1 in 9). From the corner, Kelly headed wide with Henderson stranded (1 in 7). Philip had a similarly rated free kick hit the wall 7 minutes later. Just before half time was the disallowed goal and at the break the xG was AFCB 0.47, C Palace 0.16. In the second half Bournemouth were dominant, without creating many chances. Solanke had a 1 in 10 chance in the 65th minute and we went ahead in the 78th minute, Semenyo cutting in from the right to set up Kluivert who fired home (36%). Despite falling behind Palace still appeared to be in a stupor, with the only remaining good chance falling to Kluivert (1 in 9). The final xG was AFCB 1.10, C Palace 0.19; the xGs produced by Understat were more in our favour being AFCB 1.31, C Palace 0.17.
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