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Premier League: Crystal Palace tops Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 on Saturday

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WOLVERHAMPTON. Crystal Palace prevails over Wolverhampton Wanderers with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Mateta (19') and a penalty scored by W. Zaha (34').

WOLVERHAMPTON. Crystal Palace overcomes Wolverhampton Wanderers with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Mateta (19′) and a penalty scored by W. Zaha (34′). Wolverhampton Wanderers was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Molineux Stadium stadium in Wolverhampton on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Andy Madley with the assistance of Edward Smart and Derek Eaton. The 4th official was Craig Pawson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 6.9 degrees Celsius or 44.42 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 61%.​

Match Statistics

Wolverhampton Wanderers was in firm control of the ball 64% while Crystal Palace was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Wolverhampton Wanderers was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Crystal Palace found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Wolverhampton Wanderers shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Crystal Palace shot 12 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

No yellow cards were issued to Wolverhampton Wanderers. On the other side, Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards (C. Gallagher, Guaita and W. Hughes).

After this encounter, Wolverhampton Wanderers will stay with 40 points to stay in the 8th place. On the other side, Crystal Palace will have 30 points like Leicester City and Aston Villa to move up in the 12th place.

Match Events

  • 19'
    19'

    J. Mateta

  • 26'
    26'

    Jonny

    K. Hoever

  • 34'
    34'

    W. Zaha (Penalty)

  • 53'
    53'

    C. Gallagher

  • 63'
    63'

    R. Jimenez

    P. Neto

  • 71'
    71'

    L. Milivojevic

    C. Kouyate

  • 69'
    69'

    C. Benteke

    J. Mateta

  • 79'
    79'

    Chiquinho

    M. Kilman

  • 82'
    82'

    W. Hughes

    M. Olise

  • 88'
    88'

    Guaita

  • 90'
    90'

    W. Hughes

Next match

In the upcoming Premier League match, Wolverhampton Wanderers will host Watford on the 10th of March with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Wolverhampton Wanderers (4 draws).

Crystal Palace will host Manchester City on the 14th of March with a 13-3 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester City (2 draws).

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Formation and Lineups

Wolverhampton Wanderers started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento chose to play with the following team: José Sá (7.5), Max Kilman (5.6), Conor Coady (7.0), Romain Saïss (6.8), Ki-Jana Hoever (6.1), Rúben Neves (7.1), João Moutinho (7.3), Fernando Marçal (7.9), Pedro Neto (6.7), Hee-Chan Hwang (7.0) and Daniel Podence (6.9).

Substitutes

Wolverhampton Wanderers made 3 changes: K. Hoever for Jonny (26′), P. Neto for R. Jimenez (63′) and M. Kilman for Chiquinho (79′).

Top player: Fernando Marçal

The player who no doubt impressed Wolverhampton Wanderers the most was Fernando Marçal.

His rating is (7.9) with 52 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Crystal Palace: Formation and Lineups

Crystal Palace started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the other side, Patrick Vieira played with: Vicente Guaita (7.9), Nathaniel Clyne (6.7), Joachim Andersen (6.9), Marc Guéhi (7.0), Tyrick Mitchell (6.9), Conor Gallagher (7.7), Cheikhou Kouyaté (6.2), Jeffrey Schlupp (7.2), Michael Olise (7.3), Jean-Philippe Mateta (7.4) and Wilfried Zaha (7.2).

Substitutes

Crystal Palace made 3 changes: C. Kouyate for L. Milivojevic (71′), J. Mateta for C. Benteke (69′) and M. Olise for W. Hughes (82′).

Best player: Vicente Guaita

The player that probably impressed the most for Crystal Palace was the goalkeeper: Vicente Guaita. His rating is 7.85. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League

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