The Numbers: Eagles fly high at Elland Road

First-team

11 Apr 2023

If the most important numbers of them all – 5-1 to Crystal Palace – didn’t impress you enough in Sunday’s game, check out a handful more stunning stats from Elland Road…

Five

Goals for Palace – the club’s largest-ever haul away at Leeds (breaking the previous record of three, in November 1985)

21 years, 118 days

Michael Olise became the youngest player in Premier League history to assist three goals in the same game from open play

One

Only one other player currently aged 21 or younger has picked up more Premier League assists than Olise’s 12 since the start of last season (Bukayo Saka, with 17 for Arsenal)

52

The number of goal-scoring opportunities Olise has created this season (including six on Sunday), producing…

Eight

Assists for Olise this season – Palace’s high, and the fourth-highest of any Premier League player

34

Successful dribbles made by Crystal Palace players – the most by a team in a Premier League match since records began in 2003

Nine

Of these were produced by Ebere Eze, with six apiece from Olise and Jeffrey Schlupp

91.9%

Eze’s passing accuracy at Elland Road – a team-high figure

Seven

Saves made by Sam Johnstone on his Premier League debut for Palace

Four

Palace players named in the WhoScored.com Team of the Week across Europe – which scores players on their statistical outputs

20

Points Palace have now won from losing positions in the Premier League this season – a competition high (five more than second-placed Arsenal)

37

Years since Palace’s last league double over Leeds (1985/86)

17

Years since Palace had previously won away at Leeds (March 2006, Jobi McAnuff with the winner in a 1-0 victory)

With credit to The Times:

First

League team to score five times on Easter Sunday

42.9%

The percentage of top-flight points Palace have won away from home (431 out of 1004) – the highest proportion among the 65 clubs to have played in the top division (since 1888)

Related News

More News