Match Report
| Crystal Palace | Crystal Palace |  |  | Sunderland | Sunderland | ||||||||||||||||
| Momoussaa Moussaa | Momoussaa Moussaa | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Lua-Lua | D. Lua-Lua |  | 67 | G |  | 1 | | G | 67 | | Craig Dyer | C. Dyer | |||||||||
| Mohamed Djoudi | M. Djoudi |  | 65 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 74 |  | Rodrigo Vieira | R. Vieira | |||||||||
| Marc Peckham | M. Peckham | | 59 | D | | 3 | | D | 67 | | Teddy Lawrence | T. Lawrence | |||||||||
| Garry Meiklejohn | G. Meiklejohn |  | 56 | D | | 4 | | D | 67 |  | Mario Gatt | M. Gatt | |||||||||
| Graham Smith | G. Smith | | 54 | D | | 5 | | M | 60 | | Joao Veloso | J. Veloso | |||||||||
| Stephen Barrett | S. Barrett | | 76 | M | | 6 | | M | 56 | | Craig Souness | C. Souness | |||||||||
| Syd Terry | S. Terry | | 45 | M | | 7 | | M | 55 | | Trevor McManaman | T. McManaman | |||||||||
| Rio Taylor | R. Taylor | | 45 | M | | 8 | | M | 54 | | Morris Crooks | M. Crooks | |||||||||
| Eddie Shaw | E. Shaw | | 40 | M | | 9 | | A | 81 | | Oleg Dixon | O. Dixon | |||||||||
| Norman Mann | N. Mann | | 62 | A | | 10 | | A | 67 |  | Tiziano Santoni | T. Santoni | |||||||||
| Mervin Mckay | M. Mckay | | 53 | A | | 11 | | A | 66 | | Nigel Hughes | N. Hughes | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Selhurst Park where Crystal Palace play host to Sunderland. A crowd of 7,938 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Crystal Palace are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Sunderland appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Crystal Palace are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Sunderland appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Sunderland kicking off!
9.37
0-0Rio Taylor chips the ball to his team mate, Mervin Mckay. Mervin Mckay shoots from long range but it is miles over!
10.08
Craig Souness threads the ball through to Oleg Dixon. Oleg Dixon shoots from 20 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
16.30
0-0Stephen Barrett makes a simple pass to Norman Mann. Norman Mann knocks in a cross ball towards Mervin Mckay. Mervin Mckay connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Craig Dyer easily smothers it.
22.53
Morris Crooks flicks the ball to his team mate, Oleg Dixon. Oleg Dixon makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Tiziano Santoni. Tiziano Santoni rockets a shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
26.48
0-0Teddy Lawrence knocks the ball to his team mate, Morris Crooks. Morris Crooks makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Nigel Hughes. Nigel Hughes makes a probing pass to Oleg Dixon but he's offside!
27.14
0-0Morris Crooks barges into Syd Terry. Morris Crooks is given a warning by the referee! Syd Terry runs off the knock.
28.05
Rodrigo Vieira controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Morris Crooks. Morris Crooks deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Tiziano Santoni. Tiziano Santoni kicks a strong pass forward to Oleg Dixon but the referee indicates it's offside!
32.04
0-0Trevor McManaman clumsily knocks into Garry Meiklejohn. Trevor McManaman is shown the yellow card! Garry Meiklejohn stretches but gets up unharmed.
40.03
Rio Taylor flicks the ball to his team mate, Mervin Mckay. Mervin Mckay finds some space and shoots from distance. Magnificent save by Craig Dyer!
42.48
Trevor McManaman advances with the ball. Trevor McManaman knocks in a cross ball towards Nigel Hughes. Nigel Hughes heads the ball goalwards but it flies wide!
45.00
Rio Taylor makes a simple pass to Mervin Mckay. Mervin Mckay lofts in a cross ball towards Norman Mann. Norman Mann connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but it is miles over!
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
The second half starts with Crystal Palace kicking off!
47.24
Mario Gatt controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Craig Souness. Craig Souness flicks the ball to his team mate, Tiziano Santoni. Tiziano Santoni goes all the way! Tiziano Santoni shoots from just inside the box. It curls slightly but David Lua-Lua manages to gather it comfortably.
57.26
Garry Meiklejohn decides to run forward with the ball. Garry Meiklejohn makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Mervin Mckay. Mervin Mckay controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it is tipped over by Craig Dyer.
59.49
Rio Taylor controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Norman Mann. Norman Mann shoots from 20 yards but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
60.51
Rio Taylor advances with the ball. Rio Taylor shoots from 20 yards but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
65.21
1-0Syd Terry makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Norman Mann. Norman Mann goes all the way! Norman Mann shoots from just inside the box. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
69.19
Rodrigo Vieira surges forward with the ball. Rodrigo Vieira knocks the ball forward to Tiziano Santoni. Tiziano Santoni sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It's miles wide!
73.11
Marc Peckham deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Syd Terry. Syd Terry makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Norman Mann. Norman Mann sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
77.11
Craig Souness passes the ball forward to Tiziano Santoni. Tiziano Santoni passes the ball forward but Nigel Hughes is offside!
79.33
Joao Veloso flicks the ball to his team mate, Nigel Hughes. Nigel Hughes goes all the way! Nigel Hughes takes a shot at goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
83.59
1-1Rio Taylor passes the ball forward to Mervin Mckay. Mervin Mckay knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Craig Dyer who gathers it comfortably.
90.00
Trevor McManaman takes it forward alone. Trevor McManaman shoots from 20 yards but it curls horrendously wide!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
1
1
Shots on Target
4
2
Shots off Target
5
5
Offsides
0
3
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
48.5%
51.5%
Play Area
25.8%
50%
24.2%
Scorers
| Norman Mann 65 | Nigel Hughes 79 |