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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 24 (setup 4, season 34)
Darlington
v.
Crystal Palace
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Hugo LLORIS17VICENTE GUAITA Panadero
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Gregory VAN DER WIEL72Martin KELLY
Jan VERTONGHEN83Mamadou SAKHO
Jordan HENDERSON847Luka MILIVOJEVIC
Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO657Gary CAHILL
Joël MATIP6Patrick VAN AANHOLT
Pierre LEES-MELOU676James McCARTHY
Matt RITCHIE8Ebere EZE
Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI797Michy BATSHUAYI
Christian GENTNER10Christian BENTEKE
Stevan JOVETIC116Hugo RODALLEGA Martínez
Manager
John BOSTOCK12Sullay KAIKAI
Jon FLATT13Wayne HENNESSEY
Yasser LAROUCI14Joel WARD
Dean PARRETT715Jack HARRISON
16Jeffrey SCHLUPP

Darlington 2 Crystal Palace 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 24,948, Stadium: Blackwell Meadows, Referee: Steve TANNER 5½)
5 Ritchie, 72 VertonghenScorers
63 Fabinho <=> ParrettSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners0
7Fouls11
12Offsides10
8Shots on5
12Shots off8
20Total shots13
5Shots saved5
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Jordan HENDERSON
1A shot from BALOTELLI was booted off the line by CAHILL.
4A twenty-five yard drive from BALOTELLI caused VICENTE GUAITA no problem.
5GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with RITCHIE blasting the ball into the top corner. (1-0 Darlington)
17EZE stepped inside RITCHIE but drove the ball into the arms of LLORIS.
19HENDERSON beat CAHILL and fired the ball to RITCHIE who hit his shot wide.
22RITCHIE flicked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
23Uncertainty in the Darlington defence enabled MILIVOJEVIC to hammer the ball over the bar.
28A clever cross from MCCARTHY, was flicked goalbound by RODALLEGA only for the Darlington 'keeper to palm clear.
43BENTEKE beat two Darlington players and stroked a golden opportunity over.
 
49VICENTE GUAITA dived to his right to save an accurate drive from Darlington's VERTONGHEN.
52RITCHIE was put clear by VERTONGHEN and he pulled away from the Crystal Palace 'keeper but struck his shot inches wide.
54A cross from BENTEKE left EZE in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
54A corner bobbled toward MCCARTHY who turned the ball just beyond the near post.
57FABINHO snapped at a simple chance.
62A fine ball from RITCHIE on the left fell to VERTONGHEN who sliced his shot wide.
65RITCHIE headed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
68The stunned VICENTE GUAITA was a mere bystander as a backpass from CAHILL dropped just over.
72GOAL!! On the right wing PARRETT collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for VERTONGHEN to nudge it into the back of the net. (2-0 Darlington)
78The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from MATIP.
81A weak shot from MCCARTHY rolled agonisingly wide.
84An exceptional effort from VERTONGHEN scraped the outside of the righthand post.
89A strike from BALOTELLI held little difficulty for the 'keeper.