Stoke City 1-2 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 May 2018

Result

Stoke City 1-2 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 5 May 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Stoke City 1-2 Crystal Palace: match report

Stoke City lost to Crystal Palace 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 May 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Xherdan Shaqiri opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Stoke City's goal came from Xherdan Shaqiri (43'). Crystal Palace scored through James McArthur (68') and Patrick van Aanholt (86').

Discipline: Stoke City received 5 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 19th on 30 points from 36 and Crystal Palace 12th on 38 points from 36. Stoke City went on to finish that season 19th with 33 points, and Crystal Palace 11th with 44.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Xherdan Shaqiri of Stoke City (7.8), ahead of Patrick van Aanholt (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Goal · Xherdan ShaqiriStoke City · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace
  • 63'Yellow card · Moritz BauerStoke City
  • 64'Yellow card · Glen JohnsonStoke City
  • 64'Yellow card · James TomkinsCrystal Palace
  • 68'Goal · James McArthurCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Badou NdiayeStoke City
  • 85'Yellow card · Erik PietersStoke City
  • 86'Goal · Patrick van AanholtCrystal Palace · 1-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Xherdan ShaqiriStoke City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Stoke City 2, draws 2, Crystal Palace 5.

Team news

Stoke City line-up (4-4-2)

Jack Butland, Glen Johnson, Ryan Shawcross, Kurt Zouma, Erik Pieters, Xherdan Shaqiri, Joe Allen, Badou Ndiaye, Moritz Bauer, Mame Diouf, Peter Crouch

Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)

Wayne Hennessey, Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, James McArthur, Yohan Cabaye, Luka Milivojevic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Andros Townsend, Wilfried Zaha