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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 1 (setup 5, season 17)
Crystal Palace
v.
WBA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Wojciech SZCZESNY1Boaz MYHILL
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Martin KELLY726Craig DAWSON
Joel WARD37Chris BRUNT
James McARTHUR84Gareth BARRY
ROLANDO Jorge Pires da Fonseca757Gareth McAULEY
Mamadou SAKHO67Jonas OLSSON
Andros TOWNSEND7James MORRISON
Jason PUNCHEON8Nacer CHADLI
Christian BENTEKE97José 'Salomón' RONDÓN Giménez
Jeffrey SCHLUPP10Jake LIVERMORE
Connor WICKHAM611Matt PHILLIPS
Manager
JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA12Luc CASTAIGNOS
Steve MANDANDA13Geoffrey JOURDREN
Joe LEDLEY14Mohamed DIAMÉ
Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK156DOUGLAS Franco Teixeira
Damien DELANEY16Stéphane SESSÈGNON

Crystal Palace 2 WBA 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 26,206, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Richard BEEBY 6½)
11 Townsend, 20 WickhamScorers58 Livermore
Substitutions84 Olsson <=> Douglas
Sendings off
Bookings16 Phillips
2Corners2
11Fouls12
2Offsides2
4Shots on3
6Shots off6
10Total shots9
2Shots saved2
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: James McARTHUR
7A shot from TOWNSEND was smothered by the 'keeper.
11GOAL!! A shot from TOWNSEND which the 'keeper was able to palm clear was deemed over the line by the linesman and BEEBY awarded the goal. (1-0 Crystal Palace)
16PHILLIPS booked by BEEBY.
20GOAL!! After PUNCHEON was fouled the referee waved play-on and WICKHAM went on to easily score. (2-0 Crystal Palace)
23A accurate pass found RONDÓN and his left foot shot went narrowly over.
31A free-kick from WARD went over.
 
46RONDÓN headed wide.
51A penalty box scramble resulted in WARD driving the ball wide.
54A cross from SCHLUPP left PUNCHEON in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
58GOAL!! A CHADLI run down the middle resulted in a nice cross for LIVERMORE to tap in. (2-1 Crystal Palace)
59BENTEKE brought the ball round BRUNT and poked a tame shot over.
60SAKHO galloped through the WBA defence but shot straight at MYHILL.
66RONDÓN beat MCARTHUR and hit the ball to LIVERMORE who fumbled his effort wide.
68SZCZESNY dived to his left to stop a lovely drive from WBA's MORRISON.
68SCHLUPP poked an easy chance past the righthand post.
73LIVERMORE was put clear by BARRY and he dummied SZCZESNY but drilled his shot just wide.
80The motionless SZCZESNY stared in disbelief as a backpass from KELLY fell just over.
88CHADLI nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
90A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Crystal Palace 'keeper.
90+1SCHLUPP hit a looping shot wide from twenty yards out.