In what was a poor performance from the visitors, the game lived up to the rivalry with plenty of incident throughout including a superb team goal from the Eagles.
DATE
14th January 2022
RESULT
Brighton 1-1 Crystal Palace
VENUE
Amex Stadium, Village Way, Brighton BN1 9BL
OFFICIALS
Referee: Jarred Gillett. Assistants: Adam Nunn, James Mainwaring. Fourth official: Peter Bankes. VAR: Stuart Attwell. Assistant VAR: Ian Hussin
DISCIPLINE
BOOKINGS – Eberechi Eze (44), Will Hughes (61)
RED CARD – none
GOALS
Conor Gallagher (69), Joachim Andersen (87 own goal)
ASSISTS
Jeffrey Schlupp (69)
TEB VERDICT
The Eagles can consider themselves lucky to get away with a point from this game after a disappointing performance but we know how the rivalry goes and this game had plenty of talking points. It was a staunch rearguard action which eventually succumbed to a late goal that got the hosts out of jail. As the game went on, it was clear that Palace had to take the lead if they were to get anything out of it with the way the hosts were outplaying them. What a goal it was though, and while it will go down to Conor Gallagher, it was a brilliant team move which ended up with the ball in the back of the net.
PLAYER RATINGS
1 Jack Butland (8), 2 Joel Ward (6), 6 Marc Guehi (6), 16 Joachim Andersen (6), 3 Tyrick Mitchell (6), 15 Jeffrey Schlupp (7), 12 Will Hughes (6), 23 Conor Gallagher (7), 7 Michael Olise (7), 22 Odsonne Edouard (6), Eberechi Eze (6)
SUBSTITUTES – 4 Luka Milivojevic (6 – replaced Eze on 65 mins), 13 Vicente Guaita, 14 Jean-Philippe Mateta (6 – replaced Edouard on 66 mins), 20 Christian Benteke (6 – replaced Olise on 81 mins), 34 Martin Kelly, 36 Nathan Ferguson, 44 Jairo Riedewald, 49 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
OPPOSITION LINE-UP
1 Sanchez, 34 Veltman, 4 Webster, 33 Burn, 33 Cucurella, 14 Lallana, 13 Gross, 10 Mac Allister, 15 Moder, 11 Trossard, 9 Maupay
SUBSTITUTES – 2 Lamptey (replaced Lallana on 56 mins), 16 Scherpen, 17 Alzate, 18 Welbeck (replaced Veltman on 73 mins), 20 March (replaced Gross on 73 mins), 25 Caicedo, 28 Roberts, 42 Leonard, 58 Ferguson
POST GAME QUOTES
PATRICK VIEIRA – “I think it is important to analyse all the game and a draw at half-time was good for us.The second half was good. I am happy with the draw and the point we took back home. Brighton were really dominant but they were getting frustrated because they couldn’t create many chances and they took more risks as the game went on. We were patient and we defended well, and we are going back with a point. Jack Butland was the man of the match. I am delighted for him. He is working hard every single day; He needed a chance, and he was at his best today and that allowed us to go home with the points.”
GRAHAM POTTER – “I thought we were fantastic, first half especially. You can’t get much more dominant that. Overall, the performance and character of the team to recover from the setback of missing a penalty and conceding, to come back was really pleasing. It is football and all you can do is focus on the quality of our performance which was really, really pleasing. Overall, in the game I thought we were the better team. I can’t be anything but pleased with how we went about our work tonight.”
MATCH STATISTICS
The Who Scored man of the match was Jack Butland (8.0) as Leandro Trossard (5) had the most shots. The most tackles were made by Jeffrey Schlupp (5) while the most dribbles were by Michael Olise (4).
- Team rating: 6.59 – 6.49
- Total shots: 19 – 3
- Shots on target: 4 – 1
- Possession: 63.3% – 36.7%
- Pass success: 83% – 73%
- Passes: 569 – 337
- Dribbles: 8 – 9
- Aerials won: 19 – 10
- Tackles: 21 – 17
- Fouls: 11 – 7
- Corners: 9 – 0
- Saves: 1 – 4
- Dispossessed: 7 – 10
POSITION IN THE TABLE
At the final whistle, Palace were 11th in the Premier League with 24 points from 21 games played, a point behind Leicester in 10th and level with Southampton in 12th.
UPCOMING FIXTURES
23/01/21 Liverpool (h) – Premier League (2pm)
05/02/21 Hartlepool (h) –FA Cup (3pm)
09/02/21 Norwich (a) – Premier League (7.45pm)
