English Premier League

FT Saturday, May 7, 2016
Stoke City DLLLD 1
–
Crystal Palace DDLWL 2
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STK101
CRY022
Selhurst Park · 23,990 att.

Match Report

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Dwight Gayle's brace steers Crystal Palace to safety with win over Stoke

Dwight Gayle scored a second-half brace to seal a 2-1 victory against Stoke and ensure Crystal Palace's place in the Premier League next season.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
2
42.2
Possession
57.8
12
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
203
Accurate Passes
295
293
Passes
390
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
28
0.2
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
73
26
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
7
13
Effective Tackles
7
16
Tackles
8
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
8
27
Clearances
10

Head to Head

CRY leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CRY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 27Damien DelaneyCD-L
  3. 6Scott DannCD-R
  4. 23Pape SouaréLB
  5. 2Joel WardRB
  6. 42Jason PuncheonAM
  7. 7Yohan CabayeLM
  8. 18James McArthurRM
  9. 21Connor WickhamF
  10. 16Dwight GayleAM-L
  11. 10Yannick BolasieAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Emmanuel AdebayorSUB
  2. 28Joe LedleySUB
  3. 22Jordon MutchSUB
  4. 34Martin KellySUB
  5. 9Fraizer CampbellSUB
  6. 1Julian SperoniSUB
  7. 26Bakary SakoSUB

STK · 4-1-4-1

  1. 29Jakob HaugaardG
  2. 20Geoff CameronCD-L
  3. 17Ryan ShawcrossCD-R
  4. 6Glenn WhelanDM
  5. 3Erik PietersLB
  6. 2Phil BardsleyRB
  7. 16Charlie AdamCM-L
  8. 21Giannelli ImbulaCM-R
  9. 10Marko ArnautovicLM
  10. 22Xherdan ShaqiriRM
  11. 25Peter CrouchF

Substitutes

  1. 27Bojan KrkicSUB
  2. 18Mame Biram DioufSUB
  3. 7Stephen IrelandSUB
  4. 26Philipp WollscheidSUB
  5. 35Daniel BachmannSUB
  6. 19Jonathan WaltersSUB
  7. 11JoseluSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Glenn Whelan (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 21' Erik Pieters (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Stoke City 1. Charlie Adam (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic with a through ball.
  4. 33' James McArthur (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Joe Ledley replaces Yohan Cabaye because of an injury.
  6. 47' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Stoke City 1. Dwight Gayle (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yannick Bolasie.
  7. 56' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jordon Mutch replaces Joe Ledley because of an injury.
  8. 65' Substitution, Stoke City. Jonathan Walters replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  9. 65' Substitution, Stoke City. Stephen Ireland replaces Charlie Adam.
  10. 68' Goal! Crystal Palace 2, Stoke City 1. Dwight Gayle (Crystal Palace) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  11. 75' Substitution, Stoke City. Bojan replaces Glenn Whelan.
  12. 87' Stephen Ireland (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+1' Pape Souaré (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Bakary Sako replaces Dwight Gayle.

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