Wilfried Zaha made his 450th appearance for Crystal Palace in Saturday’s 0-0 draw with Newcastle United – but how do those numbers break down?
Starts for Zaha in a Palace shirt
Substitute appearances
Game was a substitute appearance against Cardiff in March 2010 (a 2-1 defeat at Selhurst)
In Palace’s all-time appearances list, behind Jim Cannon (660) and Terry Long (480)
Premier League games for Palace (129 in the Championship, 19 in the FA Cup and 19 in the Carabao Cup)
Different opposition teams faced for Palace
Times Zaha has played against Southampton, his most regular opposition team (recording five goals and two assists in that time)
Sides Zaha has played against only once for Palace: Exeter, Grimsby, Yeovil, Colchester, Dover, Sheffield Wednesday, Scunthorpe, Shrewsbury and Crawley
The number of minutes Zaha has played alongside Joel Ward, his most regular teammate (James McArthur is second on 15,215; Julian Speroni third on 13,047)
The number of times Zaha has faced Southampton’s James Ward-Prowse, his most regular opponent (second is ex-Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel with 18, third is West Ham’s Aaron Cresswell on 17)
Times Zaha has played in a team that’s beaten Watford – the side he has the most wins against
Goals Zaha has scored against both Leicester and Brighton & Hove Albion - his personal joint-best
Defeats to Norwich City in nine games (six wins, three draws); he is also undefeated against 14 other sides for Palace
Zaha’s biggest home wins in a Palace shirt: versus Ipswich on November 6th, 2012 and against Leicester on April 28th, 2018, in which he recorded a goal and an assist.
Zaha’s biggest away win for Palace, netting a second-half brace against West Bromwich Albion on December 6th, 2020.
Zaha’s first-ever win for Palace, at home to Leicester on August 7th, 2020; he scored and assisted on his first start for the club.
Goals in total for Palace over two spells
Number of headed goals – two against Brighton, the third against Shrewsbury Town!
Of Zaha’s 89 goals (55%) have come in the second-half of matches
Left-footed goals for Palace – interestingly, the Eagles have never lost in such an instance (six were match-winners)
Game-winning goals for the Palace
