Crystal Palace vs Norwich City, 2019-20 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueRock-solid Palace beat Norwich at Selhurst Park
Crystal Palace's Luka Milivojevic and Andros Townsend struck either side of halftime for a deserved 2-0 home win over Norwich City.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt missed. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
- 4': Foul by Teemu Pukki (Norwich City).
- 4': Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace).
- 5': Todd Cantwell (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Attempt blocked. Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 5': Offside, Norwich City. Emiliano Buendía tries a through ball, but Teemu Pukki is caught offside.
- 10': Foul by Todd Cantwell (Norwich City).
- 10': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Moritz Leitner (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamal Lewis.
- 13': Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace).
- 13': Ibrahim Amadou (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Attempt saved. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
- 19': Attempt missed. Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt with a cross.
- 19': Attempt blocked. James McArthur (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
- 20': Penalty Crystal Palace. James McArthur draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 20': Penalty conceded by Ibrahim Amadou (Norwich City) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 21': Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Norwich City 0. Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
- 22': Substitution, Norwich City. Michael McGovern replaces Ralf Fährmann because of an injury.
- 23': Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace).
- 23': Max Aarons (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 25': Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
- 26': Foul by Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace).
- 26': Moritz Leitner (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Marco Stiepermann (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Teemu Pukki.
- 27': Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by Max Aarons (Norwich City).
- 30': Attempt saved. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a through ball.
- 30': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.
- 31': Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
- 31': Marco Stiepermann (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 31': Foul by Moritz Leitner (Norwich City).
- 31': James McArthur (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Offside, Crystal Palace. Martin Kelly tries a through ball, but Jordan Ayew is caught offside.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Todd Cantwell (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamal Lewis.
- 36': Foul by Max Aarons (Norwich City).
- 36': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Attempt saved. Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marco Stiepermann.
- 39': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.
- 40': Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Todd Cantwell (Norwich City).
- 45'+1': Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
- 45'+1': Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+1': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Joel Ward.
- 45'+2': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Jeffrey Schlupp.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Crystal Palace 1, Norwich City 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Crystal Palace 1, Norwich City 0.
- 46': Offside, Crystal Palace. James McArthur tries a through ball, but Wilfried Zaha is caught offside.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by James McArthur.
- 51': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Jamal Lewis.
- 52': Attempt missed. James McArthur (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jordan Ayew.
- 53': Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
- 53': Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Foul by Todd Cantwell (Norwich City).
- 55': Attempt blocked. Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James McArthur.
- 56': Attempt missed. Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
- 57': Attempt saved. Todd Cantwell (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.
- 58': Attempt missed. Marco Stiepermann (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Teemu Pukki.
- 58': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 60': Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
- 60': Jamal Lewis (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 64': Foul by Marco Stiepermann (Norwich City).
- 64': Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Marco Stiepermann (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 65': Attempt missed. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jordan Ayew.
- 66': Substitution, Norwich City. Josip Drmic replaces Marco Stiepermann.
- 70': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Andros Townsend replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté.
- 71': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Ben Godfrey.
- 72': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Kenny McLean.
- 73': Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
- 76': Foul by Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace).
- 76': Todd Cantwell (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Max Aarons (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Teemu Pukki.
- 77': Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Wilfried Zaha.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
- 77': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Ibrahim Amadou.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Milivojevic with a cross.
- 78': Foul by Martin Kelly (Crystal Palace).
- 78': Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Substitution, Crystal Palace. James McCarthy replaces James McArthur.
- 81': Substitution, Norwich City. Patrick Roberts replaces Todd Cantwell.
- 83': Attempt missed. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Andros Townsend with a cross.
- 88': Foul by Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City).
- 88': Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Max Aarons.
- 89': Foul by Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace).
- 89': Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
- 90': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Max Meyer replaces Jordan Ayew.
- 90'+2': Goal! Crystal Palace 2, Norwich City 0. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
- 90'+4': Foul by Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace).
- 90'+4': Patrick Roberts (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+4': Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Josip Drmic (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 2, Norwich City 0.
- 0': Match ends, Crystal Palace 2, Norwich City 0.
Statistics
 NOR |
CRY |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 14 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 1 | Saves | 3 |
| 55.4 | Possession | 44.6 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 438 | Accurate Passes | 333 |
| 524 | Passes | 415 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 13 | Crosses | 21 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 60 | Long Balls | 58 |
| 25 | Accurate Long Balls | 25 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 5 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 17 | Tackles | 18 |
| 0.3 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 22 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 22 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Selhurst Park
Location: London, England
Attendance: 25,477
Venue: Selhurst Park
Location: London, England
Attendance: 25,477
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 36 | +42 | 79 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 36 | +43 | 77 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 37 | +16 | 68 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 37 | +6 | 62 |
Line-Ups
Crystal Palace (4-5-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Vicente Guaita (GK) |
| 24 | Gary Cahill |
| 34 | Martin Kelly |
| 3 | Patrick van Aanholt |
| 2 | Joel Ward |
| 8 | Cheikhou Kouyaté |
| 18 | James McArthur |
| 4 | Luka Milivojevic |
| 15 | Jeff Schlupp  |
| 11 | Wilfried Zaha |
| 9 | Jordan Ayew |
Norwich City (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 21 | Ralf Fährmann (GK) |
| 4 | Ben Godfrey |
| 24 | Ibrahim Amadou |
| 12 | Jamal Lewis |
| 2 | Max Aarons |
| 18 | Marco Stiepermann |
| 23 | Kenny McLean |
| 10 | Moritz Leitner |
| 22 | Teemu Pukki |
| 14 | Todd Cantwell |
| 17 | Emiliano Buendía |
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