English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 2, 2021
Sheffield United LLDLL 0
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Crystal Palace DDLLD 2
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CRY202
Selhurst Park

Match Report

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Crystal Palace end winless run with victory over Sheffield United

Crystal Palace ended their five-game winless run in the Premier League on Saturday with goals from Jeffrey Schlupp and Eberechi Eze.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
2
55.6
Possession
44.4
7
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
411
Accurate Passes
298
510
Passes
414
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.4
78
Long Balls
61
39
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
14
22
Tackles
24
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
18
Interceptions
9
8
Effective Clearances
23
8
Clearances
23

Head to Head

SHU leads series 3-2

Lineups

CRY · 4-4-2

  1. 31Vicente GuaitaG
  2. 8Cheikhou KouyatéCD-L
  3. 5James TomkinsCD-R
  4. 27Tyrick MitchellLB
  5. 2Joel WardRB
  6. 4Luka MilivojevicCM-L
  7. 18James McArthurCM-R
  8. 15Jeff SchluppLM
  9. 10Andros TownsendRM
  10. 11Wilfried ZahaCF-L
  11. 20Christian BentekeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 44Jairo RiedewaldSUB
  2. 1Jack ButlandSUB
  3. 3Patrick van AanholtSUB
  4. 9Jordan AyewSUB
  5. 25Eberechi EzeSUB
  6. 12Mamadou SakhoSUB
  7. 6Scott DannSUB
  8. 23Michy BatshuayiSUB
  9. 22James McCarthySUB

SHU · 3-5-2

  1. 1Aaron RamsdaleG
  2. 12John EganCD
  3. 3Enda StevensCD-L
  4. 22Ethan AmpaduCD-R
  5. 4John FleckCM-L
  6. 6Chris BashamCM-R
  7. 16Oliver NorwoodAM
  8. 23Ben OsbornLM
  9. 20Jayden BogleRM
  10. 11Lys MoussetCF-L
  11. 17David McGoldrickCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2George BaldockSUB
  2. 13Max LoweSUB
  3. 29Kean BryanSUB
  4. 32Antwoine HackfordSUB
  5. 21Michael VerripsSUB
  6. 24Rhian BrewsterSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Sheffield United 0. Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 40' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Eberechi Eze replaces Jeffrey Schlupp because of an injury.
  3. 45'+1' Jayden Bogle (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+6' Goal! Crystal Palace 2, Sheffield United 0. Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James McArthur.
  5. 48' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jordan Ayew replaces Christian Benteke because of an injury.
  6. 61' Substitution, Sheffield United. Rhian Brewster replaces Lys Mousset.
  7. 63' Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 67' Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 80' Substitution, Sheffield United. Antwoine Hackford replaces Ben Osborn.
  10. 89' John Fleck (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+5' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jairo Riedewald replaces Luka Milivojevic.

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