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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 26 (setup 4, season 28)
Crystal Palace
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
VICENTE GUAITA Panadero1Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Martin KELLY726Omar BOGLE
Jeffrey SCHLUPP83Joe BENNETT
Luka MILIVOJEVIC4Ibrahim AFELLAY
Danny BATTH85Loďc DAMOUR
Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK66Aron Einar GUNNARSSON
James McARTHUR7Matty KENNEDY
Wilfried Armal ZAHA Dazet88Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING
Christian BENTEKE79Bobby DECORDOVA-REID
Alexander SŘRLOTH106Peter CROUCH
Hugo RODALLEGA Martínez711Danny WARD
Manager
Sullay KAIKAI12Lee TOMLIN
Balázs MEGYERI13Jonas LÖSSL
Jason PUNCHEON14Rhys HEALEY
Andros TOWNSEND15Kenneth ZOHORE
Aaron WAN-BISSAKA16Gary MADINE

Crystal Palace 1 Cardiff City 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 26,326, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Graham SCOTT 6)
15 ZahaScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings48 Gunnarsson
2Corners0
4Fouls6
0Offsides1
5Shots on3
14Shots off5
19Total shots8
4Shots saved3
62%Possession38%
Man of the match: Jeffrey SCHLUPP
5BENTEKE was put clear by RODALLEGA and he stepped inside the 'keeper but drilled his shot inches over.
15GOAL!! After being forced wide ZAHA was able to drive the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (1-0 Crystal Palace)
15A tame strike from DECORDOVA-REID bounced agonisingly wide.
17DECORDOVA-REID headed just beyond the far post.
26A good effort from LOFTUS-CHEEK scraped the woodwork.
29RODALLEGA nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
37VICENTE GUAITA was able to claw away a powerful effort.
40A shot from BENTEKE seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
40WARD made space on the left and pulled the ball to AFELLAY who touched the ball wide.
41The Crystal Palace 'keeper saved a neatly crafted strike from CROUCH.
 
48GUNNARSSON receives a yellow card for a late challenge.
51BENTEKE rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
58SŘRLOTH beat BOGLE and drove the ball to MCARTHUR who fired his effort wide.
61A good ball from ZAHA on the left fell to RODALLEGA who scuffed his shot inches wide.
69A corner found ZAHA who turned an effort just beyond the far post.
71A cross from SŘRLOTH left BENTEKE in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
77MCARTHUR poked an easy chance past the near post.
81ZAHA ran onto a wonderful ball from SŘRLOTH but fired his shot wide.
82ZAHA brought the ball round BENNETT and rifled a poor shot over.
83CROUCH's shot was well held by the Crystal Palace 'keeper.
88A free-kick from ZAHA flew over the bar.
90The motionless Cardiff City 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from CROUCH dropped just over.