Premier League: Crystal Palace conquers Norwich City 3-0

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LONDON. Crystal Palace was after all too good for Norwich City.

LONDON. Crystal Palace was after all too much to handle for Norwich City with the goal of O. Edouard (8′ pen), J. Mateta (38′) and J. Schlupp (42′).

The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Tuesday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Paul Tierney with the assistance of Constantine Hatzidakis and Neil Davies. The 4th official was John Brooks. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.04 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 81%.​

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Crystal Palace was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Norwich City that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Norwich City was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Crystal Palace found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Crystal Palace shot 19 times, 7 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Norwich City shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card (O. Edouard). On the opposite side, Norwich City received 2 yellow cards (B. Gibson and S. Byram).

After this encounter, Crystal Palace will have 20 points like Brentford and Southampton to stay in the 12th place. On the other side, Norwich City will stay with 10 points to stay in the 20th place.

Match Events

  • 8'
    8'

    O. Edouard (Penalty)

  • 11'
    11'

    B. Gibson

  • 22'
    22'

    O. Edouard

  • 30'
    30'

    S. Byram

  • 38'
    38'

    J. Mateta

  • 42'
    42'

    J. Schlupp

  • 46'
    46'

    B. Williams

    D. Giannoulis

  • 68'
    68'

    J. Rowe

    C. Tzolis

  • 73'
    73'

    L. Milivojevic

    W. Hughes

  • 81'
    81'

    J. Sargent

    P. Placheta

  • 81'
    81'

    C. Benteke

    J. Mateta

  • 83'
    83'

    J. Tomkins

    J. Andersen

  • 88'
    88'

    C. Benteke Liolo (Goal Disallowed)

Next match

In the upcoming Premier League match, Crystal Palace will host West Ham United on the 1st of January with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of West Ham United (8 draws).

Norwich City will play away against Leicester City on the 1st of January with a 7-5 head to head stats in favor of Norwich City (2 draws).

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: Vicente Guaita (6.8), Joel Ward (6.8), Joachim Andersen (6.8), Marc Guéhi (8.1), Tyrick Mitchell (7.7), Jeffrey Schlupp (8.0), Cheikhou Kouyaté (7.2), Will Hughes (8.3), Jordan Ayew (7.1), Jean-Philippe Mateta (7.4) and Odsonne Édouard (8.6).

Substitutes

Crystal Palace made 3 changes: W. Hughes for L. Milivojevic (73′), J. Mateta for C. Benteke (81′) and J. Andersen for J. Tomkins (83′).

Top player: Odsonne Édouard

Probably the most impressive player in Crystal Palace was Odsonne Édouard.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 27 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12.

Norwich City: Formation and Lineups

Norwich City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Dean Smith played with: Angus Gunn (6.1), Sam Byram (6.3), Jacob Lungi Sørensen (6.1), Ben Gibson (6.4), Dimitrios Giannoulis (5.8), Billy Gilmour (7.2), Kenny McLean (6.1), Przemysław Płacheta (6.2), Pierre Lees Melou (6.4), Christos Tzolis (6.3) and Adam Idah (7.0).

Substitutes

Norwich City made 3 changes: D. Giannoulis for B. Williams (46′), C. Tzolis for J. Rowe (68′) and P. Placheta for J. Sargent (81′).

Top player: Billy Gilmour

Probably the most impressive player in Norwich City was Billy Gilmour.

His rating is (7.2) with 64 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League

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