Four weeks on since Palace were last in action, the Eagles welcomed their London rivals to Selhurst Park including two former popular loanees in their ranks, including the Eagles’ Player of the Season from the last campaign who left quite a sting on his return.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 3pm
- 1st October 2022
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
RESULT
Crystal Palace 1-2 Chelsea
PLAYER RATINGS
|
13 |
Vicente GUAITA |
5.9 |
|
17 |
Nathaniel CLYNE (5 James TOMKINS 44 mins) |
5.9 (6.4) |
|
2 |
Joel WARD |
6.3 |
|
6 |
Marc GUEHI |
6.4 |
|
3 |
Tyrick MITCHELL |
6.2 |
|
28 |
Cheick DOUCOURE (19 Will HUGHES 84 mins) |
6.4 (5.9) |
|
7 |
Michael OLISE |
6.6 |
|
10 |
Eberechi EZE (15 Jeffrey SCHLUPP 74 mins) |
6.5 (5.9) |
|
22 |
Odsonne EDOUARD (14 Jean-Philippe MATETA 84 mins) |
7.1 (6.0) |
|
9 |
Jordan AYEW |
7.0 |
|
11 |
Wilfried ZAHA |
6.9 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 4 Luka MILIVOJEVIC, 21 Sam JOHNSTONE, 23 Malcolm EBIOWEI, 44 Jairo RIEDEWALD, 45 John-Kymani Gordon
OPPOSITION LINE-UP
|
1 |
Kepa ARRIZABALAGA |
7.0 |
|
24 |
Reece JAMES |
6.9 |
|
33 |
Wesley FOFANA |
6.7 |
|
6 |
Thiago SILVA |
7.5 |
|
21 |
Ben CHILWELL |
7.0 |
|
8 |
Mateo KOVACIC |
6.0 |
|
5 |
JORGINHO (12 Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK 56 mins) |
6.1 (6.1) |
|
17 |
Raheem STERLING |
6.7 |
|
19 |
Mason MOUNT (10 Christian PULISIC 84 mins) |
6.4 (6.5) |
|
29 |
Kai HAVERTZ (23 Conor GALLAGHER 76 mins) |
6.7 (7.4) |
|
9 |
Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG (18 Armando BROJA 75 mins) |
7.2 (6.1) |
UNSED SUBSTITUTES – 13 Marcus BETTINELLI, 14 Trevor CHALOBAH, 22 Hakim ZIYECH, 26 Kalidou KOULIBALY, 28 Cesar AZPILICUETA
TEB VERDICT
A return to action saw a decent Palace performance after a number of weeks off. Vieira went for a line up full of skill and attack minded players, but was missing the accomplished Joachim Andersen, compounding matters with the loss of Nathaniel Clyne due to a worry injury in the build up to the Chelsea equaliser.
The key talking point was the handball by Thiago Silva which prevented Jordan Ayew a run in on goal. A free kick for Palace and a booking for the visiting centre back was deemed the right decision by the official and VAR. You can be sure, had that been Marc Guehi, a red card would have been brandished pretty quickly.
With Wilfried Zaha subdued mainly because he was up against the classy Reece James, the hosts played their part in an entertaining game and really should not have been on the end of a defeat.
Now the kinder run of games is with us, points need to be picked up to match some of these performances that have been put in, starting with Leeds next weekend.
POST GAME QUOTES
PATRICK VIEIRA – “Regarding Thiago, it’s something I don’t want to talk about. It’s difficult for me to understand it, to accept it, so it’s better sometimes to be really quiet. I believe the referee got it wrong and if I say what I think I would be in trouble. There’s a referee, there’s a VAR and they are making decisions. We just move on.”
GRAHAM POTTER – “With regards to the Thiago incident, it was probably a 50-50 one that we’ve come out on the right side of. The fact that he’s quite a way away from the goal has probably helped us but I can understand Patrick’s frustration. On a personal level, it’s just nice to get the first win under the belt. They could have felt sorry for themselves but they didn’t – they kept pushing in a tight game. We’ve edged it but it probably could have gone either way in fairness.”
MATCH STATISTICS
|
Star Man |
Thiago SILVA (7.5) |
|
Goals |
Odsonne EDOUARD (7), Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG (38), Conor Gallagher (90) |
|
Assists |
Jordan AYEW (7), Thiago SILVA (38), Christian PULISIC (90) |
|
Most shots |
Eberechi EZE (4) |
|
Most tackles |
Wilfried ZAHA (5) |
|
Most dribbles |
Eberechi EZE, Michael OLISE, Conor Gallagher (2) |
|
Team rating |
6.36 – 6.69 |
|
Total shots |
7 – 13 |
|
Shots on target |
3 – 3 |
|
Yellow cards |
Odsonne EDOUARD (22), Thiago SILVA (33), Mason MOUNT (52), Mateo KOVACIC (88) |
|
Red cards |
None |
|
Possession |
35.9% – 64.1% |
|
Pass success |
77% – 88% |
|
Passes |
342 – 624 |
|
Dribbles |
7 – 5 |
|
Aerials won |
9 – 10 |
|
Tackles |
18 – 14 |
|
Fouls |
11 – 13 |
|
Corners |
5 – 2 |
|
Saves |
1 – 2 |
|
Dispossessed |
1 – 10 |
POSITION IN THE TABLE
|
POS |
TEAM |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
PTS |
|
16 |
Southampton |
2 |
1 |
5 |
-5 |
7 |
|
17 |
Crystal Palace |
1 |
3 |
3 |
-3 |
6 |
|
18 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
1 |
3 |
4 |
-6 |
6 |
UPCOMING FIXTURES
09/10/22 Leeds United (h) – Premier League (2pm)
15/10/22 Leicester City (a) – Premier League (12.30pm)
18/10/22 Wolves (h) – Premier League (8.15pm)
