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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 5 (setup 4, season 34)
Crystal Palace
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
VICENTE GUAITA Panadero18Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Martin KELLY26Álvaro ODRIOZOLA Arzallus
Patrick VAN AANHOLT737Jan VERTONGHEN
James McARTHUR84Jordan HENDERSON
Mamadou SAKHO757Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Gary CAHILL766Gregory VAN DER WIEL
Ebere EZE77Pierre LEES-MELOU
Jack HARRISON787Danny WELBECK
Christian BENTEKE896Federico MACHEDA
Luka MILIVOJEVIC710Christian GENTNER
Sullay KAIKAI11Stevan JOVETIC
Manager
Levi LUMEKA12John BOSTOCK
Wayne HENNESSEY13Jon FLATT
Scott DANN14Dean PARRETT
Joel WARD15Yasser LAROUCI
Jeffrey SCHLUPP16Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI

Crystal Palace 1 Darlington 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 26,267, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Steve BENNETT 6, TV: highlights)
30 HarrisonScorers
Substitutions61 Lees-Melou <=> Balotelli
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners3
6Fouls4
1Offsides0
6Shots on3
10Shots off8
16Total shots11
5Shots saved3
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Jordan HENDERSON
2LLORIS did well to hold onto a powerful strike from BENTEKE.
4A fine ball from ODRIOZOLA on the right fell to JOVETIC who sliced his shot over the bar.
9MACHEDA poked a simple chance past the far post.
14A strike from JOVETIC held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
16A corner fell to JOVETIC who nodded the ball wide.
26VAN AANHOLT beat two Darlington players and fired a great chance wide.
30GOAL!! A wonderful shot from MCARTHUR was punched clear by the Darlington 'keeper only as far as HARRISON who lashed the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (1-0 Crystal Palace)
32VICENTE GUAITA was able to block a weak header from MACHEDA.
38HARRISON shot wide.
40A right foot effort from HARRISON was stopped by the 'keeper.
42A cross from LEES-MELOU left WELBECK in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
 
52A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
55WELBECK ran onto a wonderful ball from GENTNER but dragged his effort wide.
59HARRISON nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
62An exceptional strike from JOVETIC was dealt with by a fine stop from the Crystal Palace 'keeper.
63A lovely effort from EZE scraped the outside of the post.
66A pin-point pass fell to EZE and his deadly shot floated narrowly over.
72BENTEKE beat FABINHO and blasted the ball to MILIVOJEVIC who hit his shot wide.
74WELBECK was put clear by JOVETIC and he turned VICENTE GUAITA but glanced his shot wide.
77HARRISON played the ball to BENTEKE who turned it wide.
77The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from BENTEKE.
79EZE waltzed away from VAN DER WIEL and stabbed a weak shot wide.