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Commentary
1¹SILVA headed inches over.
5¹A delightful save prevented RAFAEL LEÃO from scoring a lovely goal.
9¹FORSBERG dribbled round JOÃO MOUTINHO and rifled a weak shot well wide.
18¹A free-kick from RAFAEL LEÃO floated inches over.
20¹A mix up in the Crystal Palace defence enabled FORSBERG to volley an effort inches over.
24¹FORSBERG nutmegged TCHOUAMÉNI but slammed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
25¹GOAL!! A cross from the left was headed down by DI LORENZO for RAFAEL LEÃO to score. (1-0 Crystal Palace)
29¹MARCOS LLORENTE beat HOFMANN and blasted the ball to RAFAEL LEÃO who toe-poked his effort wide.
29¹A fine ball from JOÃO MOUTINHO on the left found TCHOUAMÉNI who scuffed his shot wide.
32¹A penalty box meleé resulted in RAFAEL LEÃO driving the ball wide.
39¹A tame strike from GONÇALO RAMOS trickled agonisingly wide.
41¹ADÁN saved a beautiful effort from RAFAEL LEÃO.
43¹GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled FORSBERG to nudge the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)
46¹A lovely effort from SILVA scraped the outside of the post.
6²The hapless Walsall 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from SMALLING dropped just wide.
7²GUERREIRO nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
8²GUERREIRO stabbed a simple chance past the lefthand post.
13²The Crystal Palace 'keeper was able to block a fierce shot.
17²GOAL!! A deep cross by GONÇALO RAMOS was met by RAFAEL LEÃO who galloped in to score. (2-1 Crystal Palace)
39²A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Walsall 'keeper.
40²HOFMANN was put clear by FORSBERG and he turned the 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
45²GONÇALO RAMOS shot wide.

 
Crystal Palace
 
League position: -
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: LWXWWWWW
Formation: 3-5-2
Line-ups
Édouard MENDY7½17½Antonio ADÁN
Giovanni DI LORENZO8 27 Youssouf FOFANA
Raphaël GUERREIRO7½37 Chris SMALLING
KIM Min-jae8 46½David SILVA
(c)JOÃO Filipe MOUTINHO7½56 Francesco ACERBI
Christian ERIKSEN8 66½Robin LE NORMAND(c)
MARCOS LLORENTE Moreno7½77½Jonas HOFMANN
Aurélien TCHOUAMÉNI6½86½Bryan CRISTANTE
JOTA7½96½Alassane PLÉA
GONÇALO Matias RAMOS7 106½RAFINHA
(p,f)RAFAEL Alexandre LEÃO7½116 Emil FORSBERG(p,f)
Sam AshbyManagerSam Merson
Malick THIAW  12  Phil JAGIELKA
PABLO TORRE Carral  13  Remko PASVEER
NUNO Alexandre MENDES  14  JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN
Pierre DWOMOH  15  Perr SCHUURS
Mathys TEL  16  PAULINHO
 
Walsall
 
League position: 2
Away league form: XWLW
Overall league form: WXWWLLWW
Formation: 3-4-1-2

Statistics
Crystal Palace 2 Walsall 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 24,881, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Goran Markov 7½)

Rafael Leão 25¹, Rafael Leão 17²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Forsberg 43¹
  
  
  
44
816
126
64
118
1712
43
58%42%
Man of the match: Giovanni di Lorenzo