As expected, Patrick Vieira shuffled his pack once again for the visit of Newcastle which was the third game in seven days for the Eagles ad they deserve all the credit for holding the visitors to a creditable goalless draw, the third against them this season.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 3pm
- 21st January 2023
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
RESULT
Crystal Palace 0-0 Newcastle United
PLAYER RATINGS
|
13 |
Vicente GUAITA |
8.0 |
|
2 |
Joel WARD (17 Nathaniel CLYNE 71 mins) |
6.8 (6.1) |
|
26 |
Chris RICHARDS |
7.3 |
|
6 |
Marc GUEHI |
7.1 |
|
3 |
Tyrick MITCHELL |
7.2 |
|
15 |
Jeffrey SCHLUPP (19 Will HUGHES 65 mins) |
6.4 (6.3) |
|
28 |
Cheick DOUCOURE |
6.9 |
|
11 |
Wilfried ZAHA (7 Michael OLISE 65 mins) |
6.6 (6.3) |
|
10 |
Eberechi EZE (14 Jean-Philippe MATETA 65 mins) |
7.0 (6.5) |
|
22 |
Odsonne EDOUARD (77 David Ozoh 90 mins) |
6.3 (6.0) |
|
9 |
Jordan AYEW |
6.5 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 4 Luka MILIVOJEVIC, 21 Sam JOHNSTONE, 44 Jairo RIEDEWALD, 47 Jack WELLS-MORRISON
OPPOSITION LINE-UP
|
22 |
Nick POPE |
6.9 |
|
33 |
Dan BURN |
6.7 |
|
4 |
Sven BOTMAN |
7.1 |
|
5 |
Fabian SCHAR |
7.8 |
|
2 |
Kieran TRIPPIER |
8.6 |
|
36 |
Sean LONGSTAFF |
7.2 |
|
39 |
Bruno GUIMARAES |
6.4 |
|
28 |
Joe WILLOCK (Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN 69 mins) |
6.6 (6.3) |
|
24 |
Miguel ALMIRON (Jacob MURPHY 86 mins) |
6.7 (6.0) |
|
7 |
JOELINTON |
7.0 |
|
9 |
Callum WILSON (Alexander ISAK 69 mins) |
6.1 (6.1) |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 1 Martin DUBRAVKA, 6 Jamaal LASCELLES, 11 Matt RITCHIE, 12 Jamal LEWIS, 19 Javier MANQUILLO, 32 Elliot ANDERSON
TEB VERDICT
Three games in a week was always going to be a test for Vieira and his squad of players but they have come out the other side with two points and plenty of positives.
This was a finely poised match throughout and while there were a number of odd decisions from the officials, the Eagles had the best chance to take all three points courtesy of a Jean-Philippe Mateta effort. Overall, the points shared ends up being the fair result.
Once again, Chris Richards showed exactly why he was brought to the club with a very good performance and it was good to see academy graduate David Ozoh get a few minutes towards the end of the games. The down sides remain the fact that we struggle to score goals as well as Wilfried Zaha joining Joachim Andersen for a spell on the sidelines. The weekend off coming up is perhaps well timed ahead of a trip to Old Trafford.
POST GAME QUOTES
PATRICK VIEIRA
“We needed to battle and compete; that is what we did. We took a point we deserved. It was difficult to play out from the back in the first half, we were putting pressure on ourselves. When we went long, we couldn’t win the second ball. We were starting to lose our confidence.
Today was about sticking together, fighting and competing. We worked hard and showed what we needed to show today. I’m pleased with that”
We showed togetherness, discipline and we take the point. I’m really pleased with that. We needed to make it really difficult for them at set pieces. With the ball in the air, nine times out of ten they will win it, but we coped quite well.”
EDDIE HOWE
“All I’d say is that I’m really pleased with the team today. We were ourselves and we had chances, we just didn’t take them. There were a lot of half-chance moments and presentable opportunities. A lot of moments where we didn’t quite get our final ball right.
We have high expectations of ourselves. It was two teams trying to impose themselves and trying to win. We dominated for long spells, they defended well. It’s great commitment from the group. All you can do is sit back every week and be very proud of what they’re delivering.
The most important thing is that if you don’t win, you don’t lose.”
MATCH STATISTICS
|
Star Man |
Kieran TRIPPIER (8.6) |
|
Goals |
None |
|
Assists |
None |
|
Most shots |
Fabian SCHAR, Miguel ALMIRON, JOELINTON (3) |
|
Most tackles |
Cheick DOUCOURE, Kieran TRIPPIER (5) |
|
Most dribbles |
Jordan AYEW (2) |
|
Team rating |
6.69 – 6.81 |
|
Total shots |
6 – 16 |
|
Shots on target |
1 – 7 |
|
Yellow cards |
Marc GUEHI (), Kieran TRIPPIER (57), Will HUGHES (75), Cheick DOUCOURE (87), Michael OLISE (90+3), JOELINTON (90+3) |
|
Red cards |
None |
|
Possession |
38.7% – 61.3% |
|
Pass success |
66% – 79% |
|
Passes |
306 – 479 |
|
Dribbles |
3 – 5 |
|
Aerials won |
16 – 20 |
|
Tackles |
28 – 19 |
|
Fouls |
13 – 7 |
|
Corners |
3 – 15 |
|
Saves |
7 – 1 |
|
Dispossessed |
12 – 19 |
POSITION IN THE TABLE (at the final whistle)
|
POS |
TEAM |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
PTS |
|
11 |
Aston Villa |
8 |
4 |
8 |
-4 |
28 |
|
12 |
Crystal Palace |
6 |
6 |
8 |
-9 |
24 |
|
13 |
Nottingham Forest |
5 |
6 |
9 |
-19 |
21 |
UPCOMING FIXTURES
04/02/23 Manchester United (a) – Premier League (3pm)
11/02/23 Brighton (h) – Premier League (3pm)
18/02/23 Brentford (a) – Premier League (3pm)
25/02/23 Liverpool (h) – Premier League (3pm)
04/03/23 Aston Villa (a) – Premier League (3pm)
