Crystal Palace
CRY · finished 15th in 2025-26 on 45 points · Elo 1,804
Squad
29
xG/match
1.64
xGA/match
1.58
Clean sheets
32%
PPDA
15.0
How they play
2025-26, from Understat. Ranks are out of the 17 clubs with a top-flight record — the three promoted sides have none.
Attack rank
8th
Defence rank
14th
Press rank
17th
Goals
41
Conceded
51
xG diff
0.1
npxG/match
1.48
Deep passes
7.0
xPts
53.9
Set-piece threat
What decides whether this club's defenders and target men are worth owning. Shots from corners, not corners won — Understat records the shot, and the shot is what scores points.
Corner xG
11.14
Corner goals
7
Corner shots
77
Header xG
17.56
Header goals
11
Headed shots
97
Last ten
Points against expected points: the gap is where a season was luckier or unluckier than it played.
| Opponent | Score | xG | xGA | PPDA | Pts | xPts | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | ARS | 1–2 | 1.00 | 3.91 | 17.8 | 0 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| D | bre | 2–2 | 1.82 | 1.55 | 31.6 | 1 | 1.60 | -0.60 |
| L | mci | 0–3 | 0.43 | 1.96 | 28.1 | 0 | 0.30 | -0.31 |
| D | EVE | 2–2 | 3.29 | 2.10 | 6.4 | 1 | 2.09 | -1.09 |
| L | bou | 0–3 | 0.68 | 2.30 | 9.9 | 0 | 0.31 | -0.31 |
| L | liv | 1–3 | 2.20 | 1.45 | 15.4 | 0 | 1.90 | -1.90 |
| D | 0–0 | 0.73 | 0.62 | 10.3 | 1 | 1.42 | -0.42 | |
| W | NEW | 2–1 | 3.14 | 1.27 | 10.2 | 3 | 2.60 | +0.40 |
| D | LEE | 0–0 | 0.53 | 1.14 | 8.2 | 1 | 0.69 | +0.32 |
| W | tot | 3–1 | 1.92 | 1.30 | 10.5 | 3 | 1.87 | +1.13 |
Squad
29 players. Rates from 2025-26 — a summer signing's numbers describe his previous club.
Goalkeepers3
Defenders9
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lacroix | £6.0 | 12.2% | 90% | 154 | 4.49 | 0.096 | 10.8 | 15.4 |
 Muñoz | £5.5 | 12.4% | 70% | 136 | 5.10 | 0.240 | 7.3 | 17.6 |
 Mitchell | £4.5 | 7.5% | 95% | 135 | 3.74 | 0.114 | 6.8 | 13.8 |
 Richards | £5.0 | 0.8% | 83% | 128 | 4.08 | 0.127 | 9.9 | 14.4 |
 Canvot | £5.0 | 0.4% | 39% | 72 | 4.87 | 0.122 | 11.4 | 14.6 |
 Chadi Riad | £4.5 | 0.1% | 16% | 20 | 3.27 | 0.075 | 7.4 | 13.8 |
 Sosa | £4.5 | 0.1% | 3% | 6 | — | — | — | — |
 Cardines | £4.5 | 0.0% | 3% | 2 | — | — | — | — |
 Mingueza | £4.5 | 0.1% | 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
Midfielders13
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sarr | £6.5 | 11.4% | 64% | 117 | 4.85 | 0.501 | 5.7 | 14.9 |
 Wharton⚠ | £5.5 | 0.2% | 75% | 112 | 3.95 | 0.317 | 10.7 | 18.0 |
 Yeremy | £5.5 | 0.2% | 61% | 77 | 3.34 | 0.462 | 7.3 | 14.4 |
 Lerma | £5.0 | 0.1% | 50% | 69 | 3.61 | 0.174 | 11.5 | 15.5 |
 Kamada | £5.0 | 0.3% | 56% | 67 | 3.18 | 0.231 | 9.9 | 15.7 |
 Johnson | £6.0 | 0.2% | 50% | 65 | 3.42 | 0.198 | 6.4 | 11.4 |
 Hughes | £4.5 | 10.1% | 46% | 45 | 2.60 | 0.176 | 8.5 | 12.5 |
 Devenny | £5.0 | 0.0% | 23% | 36 | 4.13 | 0.318 | 8.3 | 12.4 |
 Esse | £5.0 | 0.1% | 1% | 4 | — | — | — | — |
 Drakes-Thomas | £4.5 | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | — | — | — | — |
 J.Rak-Sakyi | £5.0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0 | — | — | — | — |
 M.França | £5.0 | 0.1% | 0% | 0 | — | — | — | — |
 Doucouré | £5.0 | 0.1% | 0% | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Forwards4
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mateta | £6.5 | 7.6% | 65% | 114 | 4.64 | 0.641 | 5.1 | 16.2 |
 Strand Larsen | £6.0 | 0.6% | 67% | 75 | 2.93 | 0.251 | 3.7 | 8.4 |
 Nketiah | £5.5 | 0.4% | 12% | 23 | — | — | — | — |
 Uche⚠ | £5.0 | 0.0% | 5% | 17 | — | — | — | — |