Southampton 1-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 December 2019

Result

Southampton 1-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 28 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Southampton 1-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Southampton drew with Crystal Palace 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

James Tomkins opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Southampton's goal came from D. Ings (74'). Crystal Palace scored through James Tomkins (50').

Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 15th on 21 points from 19 and Crystal Palace 9th on 26 points from 19. Southampton went on to finish that season 11th with 52 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 43.

Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Tomkins of Crystal Palace (8.3), ahead of James Ward-Prowse (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Southampton wins, 1 draw and 3 for Crystal Palace.

Going into the match Southampton's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Crystal Palace's W-L-D-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace
  • 50'Goal · James TomkinsCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 74'Goal · D. IngsSouthampton · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton
  • 85'Yellow card · James McArthurCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 6, draws 1, Crystal Palace 3.

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Cédric Soares, Jack Stephens, Jan Bednarek, Ryan Bertrand, Sofiane Boufal, James Ward-Prowse, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Nathan Redmond, Ché Adams, Danny Ings

Crystal Palace line-up (4-5-1)

Vicente Guaita, Martin Kelly, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Jaïro Riedewald, Max Meyer, James McCarthy, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Wilfried Zaha, Jordan Ayew