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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 5 (setup 5, season 17)
Crystal Palace
v.
Gillingham
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Wojciech SZCZESNY716Bernd LENO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Martin KELLY27Daniel CARVAJAL Ramos
Joel WARD53Marcel SCHMELZER
James McARTHUR4Adam MAHER
ROLANDO Jorge Pires da Fonseca75Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu
Mamadou SAKHO766Domenico CRISCITO
Jason PUNCHEON7Santiago Mina Lorenzo, SANTI MINA
Andros TOWNSEND87LUCAS Rodrigues MOURA da Silva
Marouane CHAMAKH97Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
Loïc RÉMY6106JOÃO PEDRO Geraldino dos Santos Galvão
Connor WICKHAM11Muamer TANKOVIC
Manager
Scott DANN12Tony JANTSCHKE
Steve MANDANDA13Salvatore SIRIGU
Joe LEDLEY614Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES
Sullay KAIKAI15Roberto José ROSALES Altuve
Damien DELANEY16Davide SANTON

Crystal Palace 4 Gillingham 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 26,152, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Steve BENNETT 6, TV: live)
58 Townsend, 75 Townsend, 77 Puncheon, 83 WickhamScorers9 Lucas Moura
76 Ward <=> LedleySubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners6
7Fouls8
2Offsides1
7Shots on3
8Shots off7
15Total shots10
3Shots saved1
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Andros TOWNSEND
1The Crystal Palace 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from MORATA.
3A cross from TOWNSEND left PUNCHEON in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
4A free-kick from WARD went over the bar.
9GOAL!! Some good work by SCHMELZER on the right, left LUCAS MOURA yards clear, and he dummied the 'keeper and blasted the ball home. (1-0 Gillingham)
10JOÃO PEDRO snapped at a simple chance.
19A corner bobbled toward CARVAJAL who turned an effort over the bar.
22TOWNSEND kicked the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
28LUCAS MOURA stormed through the Crystal Palace defence but shot straight at SZCZESNY.
31TOWNSEND's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
31A good ball from SANTI MINA on the left found LUCAS MOURA who sliced his shot wide.
34LENO saved a clever strike from TOWNSEND.
41WARD beat four Gillingham players and slammed a great chance just wide.
 
49A right foot shot from CHAMAKH was blocked by LENO.
54CHAMAKH knocked the ball to WICKHAM who turned it wide.
55An exceptional effort from MORATA scraped the outside of the righthand post.
58GOAL!! After RÉMY was pulled to the ground the ref waved play-on and TOWNSEND went on to comfortably score. (1-1)
60MORATA headed just beyond the near post.
66LUCAS MOURA shot wide.
68WARD brought the ball round LUCAS MOURA and stabbed a tame shot wide.
69KELLY poked a simple chance past the righthand post.
75GOAL!! A shot from TOWNSEND dribbled through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted Gillingham 'keeper. (2-1 Crystal Palace)
77GOAL!! A long ball from SAKHO had the Gillingham defence back-pedalling and PUNCHEON made the most of the opportunity with a great goal. (3-1 Crystal Palace)
83GOAL!! A swerving inswinging corner was forced in at the far post by WICKHAM. (4-1 Crystal Palace)
86A tame strike from TOWNSEND bounced agonisingly wide.
88A accurate pass found LUCAS MOURA and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.