Premier League: Crystal Palace and Southampton draw 2-2 on Wednesday
LONDON. Crystal Palace manages to recover against Southampton with a goal on the J. Ward-Prowse 33' and a goal on the A. Broja 36'.
LONDON. Crystal Palace manages to recover against Southampton with a goal on the J. Ward-Prowse 33′ and a goal on the A. Broja 36′. Crystal Palace couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (60%)
The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Simon Hooper who was helped by Daniel Robathan and Derek Eaton. The 4th official was Robert Jones. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.86 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 78%.
Match Statistics
Crystal Palace was in firm control of the ball 60% while Southampton was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Crystal Palace was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Crystal Palace to win the match.
Crystal Palace shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Southampton shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards (M. Guehi and J. Tomkins). On the other side, Southampton received 4 yellow cards (V. Livramento, M. Salisu, Lyanco and W. Caballero).
After this match, Crystal Palace will have 19 points to stay in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Southampton will have 16 points like Leeds United to stay in the 15th place.
Match Events
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3'3'
W. Zaha
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25'25'
M. Guehi
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33'33'
J. Ward-Prowse
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36'36'
A. Broja
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64'64'
C. Benteke
C. Kouyate
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65'65'
J. Ayew
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67'67'
V. Livramento
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70'70'
Moussa Djenepo
Will Smallbone
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70'70'
Shane Long
Armando Broja
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73'73'
J. Tomkins
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75'75'
M. Olise
J. Ayew
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82'82'
J. Andersen
J. Tomkins
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83'83'
T. Walcott
N. Tella
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85'85'
M. Salisu
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88'88'
Lyanco
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90'90'
W. Caballero
Next match
In the upcoming Premier League match, Crystal Palace will play away with Watford on the 18th of December with a 13-10 head to head in favor of Crystal Palace (8 draws).
Southampton will host Brentford on the 18th of December with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Crystal Palace: Formation and Lineups
Crystal Palace started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Patrick Vieira chose to play with the following team: Jack Butland , Joel Ward , James Tomkins , Marc Guéhi , Tyrick Mitchell , Conor Gallagher , Will Hughes , Cheikhou Kouyaté , Jordan Ayew , Odsonne Édouard and Wilfried Zaha .
Substitutes
Crystal Palace made 3 changes: C. Kouyate for C. Benteke (64′), J. Ayew for M. Olise (75′) and J. Tomkins for J. Andersen (82′).
Top player: Wilfried Zaha
Probably the most impressive player in Crystal Palace was Wilfried Zaha.
His rating is with 1 goal, 25 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.
Southampton: Formation and Lineups
Southampton started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the opposite side, Ralph Hasenhüttl played with: Willy Caballero , Valentino Livramento , Lyanco , Mohammed Salisu , Kyle Walker-Peters , Will Smallbone , James Ward-Prowse , Oriol Romeu , Nathan Redmond , Nathan Tella and Armando Broja .
Substitutes
Southampton made 3 changes: A. Broja for S. Long (70′), W. Smallbone for M. Djenepo (71′) and N. Tella for T. Walcott (83′).
Top player: James Ward-Prowse
The player who no doubt impressed Southampton the most was James Ward-Prowse.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (75% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 11 crosses.
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