Crystal Palace — refereeing decisions
Panel-confirmed errors involving Crystal Palace · 2023-24 onward
Since the Premier League's independent Key Match Incidents panel began publishing, 11 confirmed refereeing errors have involved Crystal Palace — 4 in their favour and 7 against them, a net expected-goals swing of -2.14 across 11 matches.
More calls against a club is not evidence of bias — the spread between clubs is close to what chance produces. RefCard publishes the ledger, not an accusation.
By season
| Season | Errors involving them | In their favour | Against them |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024-25 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023-24 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Every confirmed error involving Crystal Palace
- 2025-26 · Crystal Palace v Leeds (2026-03-15) — referee Thomas Bramall; the decision went in their favour. Panel: 2025-26 wrongly-shown second yellow (Gabriel Gudmundsson, Leeds). No votes.
- 2025-26 · Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (2026-05-03) — referee Robert Jones; the decision went against them. Panel: 2025-26 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): penalty_awarded — Bournemouth v Crystal Palace. OF vote 0-5, VAR vote 0-5.
- 2025-26 · Fulham v Crystal Palace (2025-12-07) — referee Sam Barrott; the decision went against them. Panel: 2025-26 on-field below-threshold (B#11): penalty_not_awarded — Fulham v Crystal Palace. No votes (below clear-and-obvious threshold). | Match-report confirmed 2026-06-23: Andersen (Fulham) fouled Clyne (Palace) on box edge, pen not given. affected=Crystal Palace.
- 2025-26 · Crystal Palace v Bournemouth (2025-10-18) — referee Jarred Gillett; the decision went against them. Panel: The majority felt that Sarr was very likely to gain possession with the ability to create an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
- 2025-26 · Crystal Palace v Wolves (2026-02-22) — referee Tom Kirk; the decision went in their favour. Panel: 2025-26 wrongly-shown second yellow (Ladislav Krejci, Wolves). No votes.
- 2024-25 · Brentford v Crystal Palace (2024-08-18) — referee Sam Barrott; the decision went against them. Panel: Referee blew whistle for foul by Will Hughes on Nathan Collins before Eberechi Eze scored, disallowing a goal that should have stood.
- 2024-25 · Aston Villa v Crystal Palace (2024-11-23) — referee Tim Robinson; the decision went against them. Panel: Sarr is in control, touches the ball towards the goal and would have had an obvious opportunity to have a shot on goal. The panel (3:2) felt the VAR should have intervened for a clear and obvious error.
- 2024-25 · Crystal Palace v Bournemouth (2025-04-19) — referee Sam Barrott; the decision went against them. Panel: Chris Richards was wrongly given a second yellow card resulting in a red card dismissal.
- 2024-25 · Crystal Palace v Manchester City (2024-12-07) — referee Robert Jones; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Rico Lewis was wrongly given a second yellow card resulting in a red card.
- 2023-24 · Aston Villa v Crystal Palace (2023-09-16) — referee Darren England; the decision went against them. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (wrong_rejected_overturn): penalty_awarded_wrongly (England rejected overturn at monitor) — Aston Villa 3-1 Crystal Palace, min 93. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.
- 2023-24 · Crystal Palace v Tottenham (2023-10-27) — referee Andy Madley; the decision went in their favour. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): goal_allowed (Ayew; handball) — Crystal Palace 1-2 Tottenham, min 90+. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.