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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 1 (setup 2, season 18)
Crystal Palace
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Kasper SCHMEICHEL1Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
James TOMKINS727Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Joel WARD37MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
Cheick Oumar DOUCOURÉ46Jordan HENDERSON
Cheikhou KOUYATÉ657Malang SARR
Jairo RIEDEWALD666Ethan AMPADU
Emiliano BUENDIA Stati77Jorge Luiz Frello Filho, JORGINHO
Wilfried Armal ZAHA Dazet8Hakim ZIYECH
Jean-Philippe MATETA79Robert LEWANDOWSKI
Milot RASHICA610Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK
Jordan AYEW11Christian PULISIC
ManagerRobert Johnson
Jamal LEWIS12Ross BARKLEY
VICENTE GUAITA Panadero13RUI Pedro dos Santos PATRÍCIO
Nathan REDMOND148Thierno BALLO
Will HUGHES15Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN
Danny IMRAY16Jesse LINGARD

Crystal Palace 1 Chelsea 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 26,131, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Barry KNIGHT 7½)
1 MatetaScorers
60 Buendia <=> HughesSubstitutions59 Jorginho <=> Ballo
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners4
9Fouls11
2Offsides3
2Shots on5
6Shots off6
8Total shots11
1Shots saved4
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Thierno BALLO
1GOAL!! On the right wing BUENDIA collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for MATETA to slip it into the roof of the net. (1-0 Crystal Palace)
3A corner fell to LEWANDOWSKI who forced an effort just beyond the far post.
23ZAHA was put clear by DOUCOURÉ and he raced past the Chelsea 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar.
24A brilliant strike from LEWANDOWSKI was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
25A free-kick from AYEW floated over.
27ZAHA's shot was well held by LLORIS.
28AZPILICUETA beat a number of Crystal Palace players and fired an effort wide.
32ZIYECH waltzed away from RASHICA and rattled a poor shot past the post.
40MATETA nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
45BUENDIA placed a right foot shot inches over from twenty-five yards out.
 
47RASHICA made space on the left and touched the ball to AYEW who rasped the ball over.
52A mix up in the Chelsea defence enabled MATETA to hammer an effort inches wide.
54A neatly crafted pass from ZIYECH, was tapped goalbound by LEWANDOWSKI only for SCHMEICHEL to palm clear.
56ZIYECH ran onto a great ball from JORGINHO but toe-poked his effort wide.
58A twenty yard shot from ZIYECH caused SCHMEICHEL no problem.
64A fine ball from PULISIC on the left bobbled toward ZIYECH who sliced his effort just beyond the near post.
71ZIYECH worked the ball to BALLO, LEWANDOWSKI controlled his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
83The 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame header from ZIYECH.
88A great effort from ZIYECH scraped the outside of the post.