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      Crystal Palace vs Brighton and Hove Albion

      Palace 1 Brighton 1

      Palace1
      Ayew45+1'
      Brighton1
      Welbeck82'
      Thu 21 Dec 20:00(KO listed in users′ timezone)

      Premier LeagueSelhurst Park

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      CRYCrystal Palace
      38
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      BHABrighton and Hove Albion
      38
      12
      12
      14
      55
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      48
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      38
      13
      9
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      54
      67
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      48
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      38
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      47
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      56
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      Match Summary

      Summary:

      • Three changes for Palace; Hughes, Lerma & Ayew all return to starting XI
      • Nervy opening sees visitors enjoy majority of possession
      • Henderson keeps out Adingra’s rising drive across goal
      • Mateta tests Verbruggen’s handling from distance after 25 minutes
      • Forward sees first-time effort blocked as Palace finish the half strongly
      • Richards, Mateta and Olise all denied by last-ditch Brighton defending
      • Ayew stoops to head home Olise cross in closing moments of the half
      • HT: Palace 1-0 Brighton
      • Verbruggen smothers Mateta’s poked shot as match picks up tempo
      • Dunk heads wide of the far post as visitors push back
      • Henderson denies Gilmour's drive and Hinshelwood blazes over as Brighton up the pressure
      • Goalkeeper involved in goalmouth scramble as Guéhi blocks from Van Hecke
      • Eze sees effort on the breakaway blocked by Brighton defender
      • Welbeck’s impressive looping header draws Brighton level
      • Brighton striker comes close to scoring fortunate late winner
      • FT: Palace 1-1 Brighton

      Palace had clinched a superb result at Manchester City the Saturday prior – particularly given, as manager Roy Hodgson had pointed out, the number of absences from his regular starting XI at the Etihad Stadium.

      Three stalwarts of the team were once again fit and eligible for the visit of arch-rivals Brighton to Selhurst Park, with midfielders Jefferson Lerma and Will Hughes restored to the side following injury and illness respectively, and Ayew returning from suspension.

      Setting out to give their supporters a lead-up to Christmas to remember, Palace’s raucous support – all four sides of the stadium bouncing – set the tone for a thunderous atmosphere in SE25.

      Yet despite its setting, the match began slowly, Brighton – as you might expect – enjoying the majority of possession without really threatening the Palace goal.

      Their first real chance arrived after 18 minutes from a raking pass from left-back Igor Julio, which drifted across the box for Simon Adingra to touch and hit. Palace home debutant Dean Henderson did well to beat the strike away, before Carlos Baleba – under pressure from Hughes – skewed the rebound wide.

      It was to prove Brighton’s best chance of the half – and paved the way for a spell of Palace domination.

      Jean-Philippe Mateta, scorer of goals against both Liverpool and Manchester City in his last two appearances, was heavily involved throughout, testing goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen’s handling with a dipping effort from 30 yards following good work from Tyrick Mitchell.

      Then, on the half-hour mark, Palace took hold of proceedings, a pair of teasing Olise deliveries – the first requiring Brighton defender Paul Van Hecke to head just wide of his own goal on the stretch, the second rebounding off an unsighted Ayew six yards out – setting the tone.

      The crowd was roaring and the chances kept flowing, Olise feeding Mateta inside the box; the forward’s first-time shot on the spin was blocked by the covering Lewis Dunk.

      Moments later and three Palace players all saw themselves denied by last-ditch blocks in quick succession: Chris Richards, Mateta and Olise were all denied clean strikes at goal.

      It was one-way traffic as half-time approached and – as the clocked ticked into injury-time – Palace were finally able to profit from their dominance.

      The goal owed much to the perseverance of Richards, who came close to nicking the ball off Verbruggen on the Brighton goal-line – but instead forced the ‘keeper to play the ball straight to Olise.

      The winger did well to exchange passes with Hughes and curl in a delightful, dipping cross which Ayew – inside the six-yard box – stooped to head home with south London’s glee.

      It was the last action of note in a half Palace had grown to dominate – and they resumed that tempo immediately after the restart. A hopeful ball forwards invited Mateta to show his strength, wrestling past Dunk and stretching out a long leg to prod it goalwards – but Verbruggen, racing from his line, was able to smother.

      Buoyed by the fresh energy of two half-time substitutes, Brighton admittedly then went up the gears, Dunk’s header from a deep free-kick drifting back across goal, but thankfully wide of the far post.

      A flurry of bookings followed for both sides and 18-year-old David Ozoh – so impressive off the bench against Manchester City – was introduced as Palace looked to reassert themselves in the contest.

      But Brighton’s opportunities kept coming, and Henderson was called upon to produce a firm low block to deny Billy Gilmour’s fizzing first-time shot, seconds before Jack Hinshelwood blazed over when picked out at the back post by Pascal Gross.

      There was a moment of difficulty for the ‘keeper when a deep cross proved too hot to handle at the first attempt, but he did well to improvise and keep the ball away from the onrushing Joao Pedro, before Marc Guéhi blocked from Van Hecke.

      Under increasing pressure, Palace were having to choose their moments to break forwards – but only a fine last-ditch challenge from Van Hecke prevented late substitute Ebere Eze from sliding in a second for the hosts after cute approach play from Olise and Mateta.

      Then, with eight minutes left, the sucker-punch: an in-swinging cross from Gross was flicked goalwards by substitute Danny Welbeck and looped slowly, highly – and agonisingly – into the top corner of the net.

      It could have gotten worse for Palace in the closing seconds as Henderson punched a long ball forwards from Billy Gilmour onto Welbeck's head – but thankfully the ricochet trickled wide of the mark.

      Late frustration for Palace, but a battling point for the Eagles ahead of festive fixtures away at Chelsea and home to Brentford.

      Palace: Henderson (GK), Clyne, Guéhi, Andersen, Mitchell, Richards, Hughes (Ozoh, 59), Lerma, Olise, Ayew (Eze, 70), Mateta

      Subs: Matthews (GK), Tomkins, Riedewald, Schlupp, Ahamada, Ebiowei, França

      Brighton: Verbruggen (GK), Igor Julio, Van Hecke, Dunk, Hinshelwood (Lallana, 75), Gross, Gilmour, Adingra (Welbeck, 45), Baleba (Buonanotte, 45), Mitoma (Moder, 83), Pedro

      Subs: Steele (GK), Milner, Dahoud, Ferguson, Kavanagh

      Match Blog

      90'

      Yellow Card

      Henderson(30)
      85'

      Yellow Card

      Ozoh(52)
      83'

      Substitution

      Brighton and Hove Albion
      Kaoru
      Mitoma(22)
      off
      Jakub
      Moder(15)
      on
      82'

      Brighton and Hove Albion Goal

      Brighton and Hove Albion
      Goal!
      Brighton and Hove Albion
      Danny
      Welbeck(18)
      75'

      Substitution

      Brighton and Hove Albion
      Jack
      Hinshelwood(41)
      off
      Adam
      Lallana(14)
      on
      70'

      Substitution

      Crystal Palace
      Jordan Ayew
      Jordan
      Ayew(9)
      off
      Eberechi Eze
      Eberechi
      Eze(10)
      on
      59'

      Substitution

      Crystal Palace
      Will Hughes
      Will
      Hughes(19)
      off
      David Ozoh
      David
      Ozoh(52)
      on
      57'

      Yellow Card

      Igor Julio(3)
      54'

      Yellow Card

      Mitchell(3)
      50'

      Yellow Card

      Hughes(19)
      45'

      Substitution

      Brighton and Hove Albion
      Carlos
      Baleba(20)
      off
      Facundo
      Buonanotte(40)
      on
      45'

      Substitution

      Brighton and Hove Albion
      Simon
      Adingra(24)
      off
      Danny
      Welbeck(18)
      on
      45+1'

      Crystal Palace Goal!

      Crystal Palace
      Goal!
      Crystal Palace
      Jordan
      Ayew(9)
      Jordan Ayew
      31'

      Yellow Card

      Baleba(20)
      29'

      Yellow Card

      Mateta(14)

      Starting lineup

      1
      Bart Verbruggen
      GK
      29
      Jan Paul van Hecke
      DF
      5
      Lewis Dunk
      DF
      41
      Jack Hinshelwood
      DF
      substitution icon75'
      3
      Igor Julio
      DF
      57'
      22
      Kaoru Mitoma
      MF
      substitution icon83'
      24
      Simon Adingra
      MF
      substitution icon45'
      11
      Billy Gilmour
      MF
      20
      Carlos Baleba
      MF
      31'
      substitution icon45'
      13
      Pascal Groß
      MF
      9
      João Pedro
      S

      Substitutes

      6
      James Milner
      8
      Mahmoud Dahoud
      14
      Adam Lallana
      substitution icon75'
      15
      Jakub Moder
      substitution icon83'
      18
      Danny Welbeck
      substitution icon45'
      82'
      23
      Jason Steele
      28
      Evan Ferguson
      40
      Facundo Buonanotte
      substitution icon45'
      52
      Leigh Kavanagh

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      Starting lineup

      1
      Bart Verbruggen
      GK
      29
      Jan Paul van Hecke
      DF
      5
      Lewis Dunk
      DF
      41
      Jack Hinshelwood
      DF
      substitution icon75'
      3
      Igor Julio
      DF
      57'
      22
      Kaoru Mitoma
      MF
      substitution icon83'
      24
      Simon Adingra
      MF
      substitution icon45'
      11
      Billy Gilmour
      MF
      20
      Carlos Baleba
      MF
      31'
      substitution icon45'
      13
      Pascal Groß
      MF
      9
      João Pedro
      S

      Substitutes

      6
      James Milner
      8
      Mahmoud Dahoud
      14
      Adam Lallana
      substitution icon75'
      15
      Jakub Moder
      substitution icon83'
      18
      Danny Welbeck
      substitution icon45'
      82'
      23
      Jason Steele
      28
      Evan Ferguson
      40
      Facundo Buonanotte
      substitution icon45'
      52
      Leigh Kavanagh

      No scores found

      There have been no matches played today
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      MCIManchester City
      38
      28
      7
      3
      96
      34
      +62
      91
      2
      ARSArsenal
      38
      28
      5
      5
      91
      29
      +62
      89
      3
      LIVLiverpool
      38
      24
      10
      4
      86
      41
      +45
      82
      4
      AVLAston Villa
      38
      20
      8
      10
      76
      61
      +15
      68
      5
      TOTTottenham Hotspur
      38
      20
      6
      12
      74
      61
      +13
      66
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      CHEChelsea
      38
      18
      9
      11
      77
      63
      +14
      63
      7
      NEWNewcastle United
      38
      18
      6
      14
      85
      62
      +23
      60
      8
      MUNManchester United
      38
      18
      6
      14
      57
      58
      -1
      60
      9
      WHUWest Ham United
      38
      14
      10
      14
      60
      74
      -14
      52
      10
      CRYCrystal Palace
      38
      13
      10
      15
      57
      58
      -1
      49
      11
      BHABrighton and Hove Albion
      38
      12
      12
      14
      55
      62
      -7
      48
      12
      BOUBournemouth
      38
      13
      9
      16
      54
      67
      -13
      48
      13
      FULFulham
      38
      13
      8
      17
      55
      61
      -6
      47
      14
      WOLWolverhampton Wanderers
      38
      13
      7
      18
      50
      65
      -15
      46
      15
      EVEEverton
      38
      13
      9
      16
      40
      51
      -11
      40
      16
      BREBrentford
      38
      10
      9
      19
      56
      65
      -9
      39
      17
      FORNottingham Forest
      38
      9
      9
      20
      49
      67
      -18
      32
      18
      LUTLuton Town
      38
      6
      8
      24
      52
      85
      -33
      26
      19
      BURBurnley
      38
      5
      9
      24
      41
      78
      -37
      24
      20
      SHUSheffield United
      38
      3
      7
      28
      35
      104
      -69
      16

      Match Summary

      Summary:

      • Three changes for Palace; Hughes, Lerma & Ayew all return to starting XI
      • Nervy opening sees visitors enjoy majority of possession
      • Henderson keeps out Adingra’s rising drive across goal
      • Mateta tests Verbruggen’s handling from distance after 25 minutes
      • Forward sees first-time effort blocked as Palace finish the half strongly
      • Richards, Mateta and Olise all denied by last-ditch Brighton defending
      • Ayew stoops to head home Olise cross in closing moments of the half
      • HT: Palace 1-0 Brighton
      • Verbruggen smothers Mateta’s poked shot as match picks up tempo
      • Dunk heads wide of the far post as visitors push back
      • Henderson denies Gilmour's drive and Hinshelwood blazes over as Brighton up the pressure
      • Goalkeeper involved in goalmouth scramble as Guéhi blocks from Van Hecke
      • Eze sees effort on the breakaway blocked by Brighton defender
      • Welbeck’s impressive looping header draws Brighton level
      • Brighton striker comes close to scoring fortunate late winner
      • FT: Palace 1-1 Brighton

      Palace had clinched a superb result at Manchester City the Saturday prior – particularly given, as manager Roy Hodgson had pointed out, the number of absences from his regular starting XI at the Etihad Stadium.

      Three stalwarts of the team were once again fit and eligible for the visit of arch-rivals Brighton to Selhurst Park, with midfielders Jefferson Lerma and Will Hughes restored to the side following injury and illness respectively, and Ayew returning from suspension.

      Setting out to give their supporters a lead-up to Christmas to remember, Palace’s raucous support – all four sides of the stadium bouncing – set the tone for a thunderous atmosphere in SE25.

      Yet despite its setting, the match began slowly, Brighton – as you might expect – enjoying the majority of possession without really threatening the Palace goal.

      Their first real chance arrived after 18 minutes from a raking pass from left-back Igor Julio, which drifted across the box for Simon Adingra to touch and hit. Palace home debutant Dean Henderson did well to beat the strike away, before Carlos Baleba – under pressure from Hughes – skewed the rebound wide.

      It was to prove Brighton’s best chance of the half – and paved the way for a spell of Palace domination.

      Jean-Philippe Mateta, scorer of goals against both Liverpool and Manchester City in his last two appearances, was heavily involved throughout, testing goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen’s handling with a dipping effort from 30 yards following good work from Tyrick Mitchell.

      Then, on the half-hour mark, Palace took hold of proceedings, a pair of teasing Olise deliveries – the first requiring Brighton defender Paul Van Hecke to head just wide of his own goal on the stretch, the second rebounding off an unsighted Ayew six yards out – setting the tone.

      The crowd was roaring and the chances kept flowing, Olise feeding Mateta inside the box; the forward’s first-time shot on the spin was blocked by the covering Lewis Dunk.

      Moments later and three Palace players all saw themselves denied by last-ditch blocks in quick succession: Chris Richards, Mateta and Olise were all denied clean strikes at goal.

      It was one-way traffic as half-time approached and – as the clocked ticked into injury-time – Palace were finally able to profit from their dominance.

      The goal owed much to the perseverance of Richards, who came close to nicking the ball off Verbruggen on the Brighton goal-line – but instead forced the ‘keeper to play the ball straight to Olise.

      The winger did well to exchange passes with Hughes and curl in a delightful, dipping cross which Ayew – inside the six-yard box – stooped to head home with south London’s glee.

      It was the last action of note in a half Palace had grown to dominate – and they resumed that tempo immediately after the restart. A hopeful ball forwards invited Mateta to show his strength, wrestling past Dunk and stretching out a long leg to prod it goalwards – but Verbruggen, racing from his line, was able to smother.

      Buoyed by the fresh energy of two half-time substitutes, Brighton admittedly then went up the gears, Dunk’s header from a deep free-kick drifting back across goal, but thankfully wide of the far post.

      A flurry of bookings followed for both sides and 18-year-old David Ozoh – so impressive off the bench against Manchester City – was introduced as Palace looked to reassert themselves in the contest.

      But Brighton’s opportunities kept coming, and Henderson was called upon to produce a firm low block to deny Billy Gilmour’s fizzing first-time shot, seconds before Jack Hinshelwood blazed over when picked out at the back post by Pascal Gross.

      There was a moment of difficulty for the ‘keeper when a deep cross proved too hot to handle at the first attempt, but he did well to improvise and keep the ball away from the onrushing Joao Pedro, before Marc Guéhi blocked from Van Hecke.

      Under increasing pressure, Palace were having to choose their moments to break forwards – but only a fine last-ditch challenge from Van Hecke prevented late substitute Ebere Eze from sliding in a second for the hosts after cute approach play from Olise and Mateta.

      Then, with eight minutes left, the sucker-punch: an in-swinging cross from Gross was flicked goalwards by substitute Danny Welbeck and looped slowly, highly – and agonisingly – into the top corner of the net.

      It could have gotten worse for Palace in the closing seconds as Henderson punched a long ball forwards from Billy Gilmour onto Welbeck's head – but thankfully the ricochet trickled wide of the mark.

      Late frustration for Palace, but a battling point for the Eagles ahead of festive fixtures away at Chelsea and home to Brentford.

      Palace: Henderson (GK), Clyne, Guéhi, Andersen, Mitchell, Richards, Hughes (Ozoh, 59), Lerma, Olise, Ayew (Eze, 70), Mateta

      Subs: Matthews (GK), Tomkins, Riedewald, Schlupp, Ahamada, Ebiowei, França

      Brighton: Verbruggen (GK), Igor Julio, Van Hecke, Dunk, Hinshelwood (Lallana, 75), Gross, Gilmour, Adingra (Welbeck, 45), Baleba (Buonanotte, 45), Mitoma (Moder, 83), Pedro

      Subs: Steele (GK), Milner, Dahoud, Ferguson, Kavanagh

      Match Blog

      90'

      Yellow Card

      Henderson(30)
      85'

      Yellow Card

      Ozoh(52)
      83'

      Substitution

      Brighton and Hove Albion
      Kaoru
      Mitoma(22)
      off
      Jakub
      Moder(15)
      on
      82'

      Brighton and Hove Albion Goal

      Brighton and Hove Albion
      Goal!
      Brighton and Hove Albion
      Danny
      Welbeck(18)
      75'

      Substitution

      Brighton and Hove Albion
      Jack
      Hinshelwood(41)
      off
      Adam
      Lallana(14)
      on
      70'

      Substitution

      Crystal Palace
      Jordan Ayew
      Jordan
      Ayew(9)
      off
      Eberechi Eze
      Eberechi
      Eze(10)
      on
      59'

      Substitution

      Crystal Palace
      Will Hughes
      Will
      Hughes(19)
      off
      David Ozoh
      David
      Ozoh(52)
      on
      57'

      Yellow Card

      Igor Julio(3)
      54'

      Yellow Card

      Mitchell(3)
      50'

      Yellow Card

      Hughes(19)
      45'

      Substitution

      Brighton and Hove Albion
      Carlos
      Baleba(20)
      off
      Facundo
      Buonanotte(40)
      on
      45'

      Substitution

      Brighton and Hove Albion
      Simon
      Adingra(24)
      off
      Danny
      Welbeck(18)
      on
      45+1'

      Crystal Palace Goal!

      Crystal Palace
      Goal!
      Crystal Palace
      Jordan
      Ayew(9)
      Jordan Ayew
      31'

      Yellow Card

      Baleba(20)
      29'

      Yellow Card

      Mateta(14)