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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 3 (setup 5, season 17)
Crystal Palace
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Wojciech SZCZESNY718Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Martin KELLY28Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Joel WARD73MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
James McARTHUR747NGolo KANTÉ
ROLANDO Jorge Pires da Fonseca56Gary CAHILL
Mamadou SAKHO6Branislav IVANOVIC
Jason PUNCHEON77Victor MOSES
Andros TOWNSEND78Eden HAZARD
Christian BENTEKE97DIEGO da Silva COSTA
Jeffrey SCHLUPP610WILLIAN Borges da Silva
Loïc RÉMY711PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma
Manager
JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA12Robert KENEDY Nunes do Nascimento
Steve MANDANDA13Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO
Connor WICKHAM14Todd KANE
Damien DELANEY15OSCAR dos Santos Emboaba Júnior
Timothy FOSU-MENSAH16Francesc FABREGAS Soler

Crystal Palace 1 Chelsea 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 26,114, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Howard WEBB 7½, TV: highlights)
4 PuncheonScorers
53 Sakho <=> Fosu-MensahSubstitutions63 Kanté <=> Fabregas
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners6
2Fouls8
7Offsides8
6Shots on2
9Shots off9
15Total shots11
5Shots saved2
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Thibaut COURTOIS
4GOAL!! A long ball from ROLANDO had the Chelsea defence back-pedalling and PUNCHEON made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (1-0 Crystal Palace)
10BENTEKE stroked a simple chance past the far post.
16A free-kick from WILLIAN raced wide.
21A accurate pass was collected by TOWNSEND and his deadly shot went narrowly over.
22PEDRO played the ball to DIEGO COSTA who nodded it over.
24An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of COURTOIS by MCARTHUR.
26DIEGO COSTA's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
28KANTÉ beat two Crystal Palace players and slammed a golden opportunity wide.
31DIEGO COSTA brought the ball past ROLANDO and stabbed a poor shot over the bar.
35TOWNSEND's shot was well saved by COURTOIS.
36TOWNSEND raced past MARCOS ALONSO but lashed the ball into the arms of COURTOIS.
38A clever pass from SCHLUPP, was knocked goalbound by RÉMY only for the Chelsea 'keeper to block.
 
47KANTÉ ran onto a great ball from MOSES but fired his shot wide.
49A corner bobbled toward RÉMY who headed an effort over the bar.
51WILLIAN beat WARD and drilled the ball to DIEGO COSTA who blasted his effort wide.
53The motionless Chelsea 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from MOSES dropped just over.
54A penalty box scramble resulted in WILLIAN tapping a low shot over.
59DIEGO COSTA was put clear by AZPILICUETA and he pulled away from SZCZESNY but glanced his shot just beyond the far post.
61HAZARD made space on the right and dragged the ball to PEDRO who fired the ball wide.
65MARCOS ALONSO's shot beat SZCZESNY but rebounded off the Crystal Palace woodwork.
73RÉMY shot wide.
79MCARTHUR scuffed an easy chance.
81A useful ball from ROLANDO on the right bobbled toward PUNCHEON who mishit his shot over.
82RÉMY headed just beyond the far post.
86WARD blasted a deadly shot over from long range.
87FOSU-MENSAH galloped through the Chelsea defence but shot straight at COURTOIS.