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Commentary
GOAL!! With his back to goal FLETCHER wrong-footed the defence and rattled the ball past RÜSTÜ. (1-0 Sheffield Weds.)
RIVALDO rushed a simple chance.
28¹A corner was collected by BALL who flicked an effort wide.
32¹FLETCHER waltzed away from BURDISSO and poked a tame shot well wide.
33¹BELL made space on the left and pulled the ball to BEN HAIM who rasped the ball over.
34¹The bemused RÜSTÜ was all agog as a backpass from BURDISSO fell just over.
36¹A strike from McCANN held little difficulty for the Crystal Palace 'keeper.
38¹A free-kick from BALL raced just beyond the near post.
43¹ALIADIÈRE touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
44¹McCANN floated the ball to FLETCHER who turned it just wide.
AMBROSINI hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
12²A fine ball from BELL on the left was collected by McCANN who sliced his shot just beyond the near post.
19²The Crystal Palace 'keeper saved a curling effort from DEFLANDRE.
24²GOAL!! A patient Sheffield Weds. side were rewarded with a lovely shot from RIVALDO. (2-0 Sheffield Weds.)
29²FLETCHER was put clear by GUTHRIE and he beat the 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
36²FLETCHER beat KOVÁC but slammed the ball into the arms of the Crystal Palace 'keeper.
40²RÜSTÜ did well to hold onto a powerful shot from FLETCHER.
42²GOAL!! A weak drive from DI VAIO seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled over the line. (2-1 Sheffield Weds.)
44²A shot from FLETCHER was smothered by RÜSTÜ.
46²GOAL!! Sheffield Weds. were awarded a penalty after a foul on McCANN and FLETCHER put it past the Crystal Palace 'keeper who managed to get a hand to the ball. (3-1 Sheffield Weds.)
47²A accurate pass found ØREN and his looping effort went narrowly wide.

 
Sheffield Weds.
 
League position: 14
Home league form: WXLW
Overall league form: WWLLLXXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Dean BRILL1RÜSTÜ Reçber(c)
Tal BEN HAIM2Nicolás BURDISSO
JUANFRAN3Michael BALL
(c)Massimo AMBROSINI4Radoslav KOVÁC
Carlos DIOGO5Sotiris KYRGIAKOS
Eric DEFLANDRE6Jan KROMKAMP
David BELL7Sean DAVIS
Chris McCANN8Jérémie ALIADIÈRE
(p)Steven FLETCHER9Tommy ØREN(p)
(f)Danny GUTHRIE10Oleksandr MELASCHENKO(f)
RIVALDO11Marco DI VAIO
Manager
Marek HEINZ  12  Aaron DOWNES
James JOWSEY  13  Drissa DIARRA
Rob EARNSHAW  14Craig KING
Jonathan FORTE  15  Filippo INZAGHI
Angelo BALANTA16  PARK Ji-sung
 
Crystal Palace
 
League position: 1
Away league form: LWLX
Overall league form: WLWWXLXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Sheffield Weds. 3 Crystal Palace 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 33,461, Stadium: Hillsborough, Referee: Mark Haywood 6)

Fletcher 1¹, Rivaldo 24², Fletcher 46² (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
di Vaio 42²
AmbrosinióBalanta 22²KromkampóKing 17²
  
  
29
114
711
82
83
165
31
57%43%
Man of the match: Tal Ben Haim