LONDON. Crystal Palace prevails over Wolverhampton Wanderers with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Gallagher (78′) and a goal from W. Zaha (61′). Crystal Palace took advantage of its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Graham Scott who was helped by Peter James Kirkup and Marc Perry. The 4th official was Gavin Ward. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.2 degrees Celsius or 54.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Crystal Palace was in firm control of the ball 60% while Wolverhampton Wanderers was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crystal Palace was was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Crystal Palace won the match​.

Crystal Palace shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Wolverhampton Wanderers shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards (M. Olise and M. Guehi). Talking about the opposition, Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card (J. Moutinho).

Standings

After this match, Crystal Palace will have 15 points like Tottenham Hotspur to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Wolverhampton Wanderers will stay with 16 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Crystal Palace will play away with Burnley on the 20th of November with a 9-9 head to head record.

Wolverhampton Wanderers will host West Ham United on the 20th of November with a 5-5 head to head record.

Crystal Palace – Formation

Crystal Palace started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Patrick Vieira decided to play with the following team: Vicente Guaita (6.8), Joel Ward (7.0), Joachim Andersen (7.1), Marc Guéhi (7.3), Tyrick Mitchell (6.8), Conor Gallagher (8.0), Cheikhou Kouyaté (7.5), James McArthur (7.4), Wilfried Zaha (6.8), Christian Benteke (7.6) and Odsonne Édouard (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Jeffrey Schlupp (6.5), Jaïro Riedewald, Luka Milivojević, Jordan Ayew (6.3), Martin Kelly, James Tomkins, Michael Olise (6.8), Nathaniel Clyne and Jack Butland.

Substitutions

Crystal Palace made 4 changes: O. Edouard for M. Olise (80′), J. McArthur for J. Schlupp (80′), C. Benteke for J. Ayew (89′) and J. Andersen for N. Clyne (90′).

Best player: Conor Gallagher​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Crystal Palace was Conor Gallagher.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 40 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 5 crosses.

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Formation

Wolverhampton Wanderers started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

On the other side, Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento played with: José Sá (6.8), Max Kilman (6.8), Conor Coady (6.8), Romain Saïss (6.6), Nélson Semedo (6.6), Rúben Neves (6.4), João Moutinho (7.2), Rayan Aït Nouri (6.6), Francisco Trincão (6.7), Hee-Chan Hwang (6.4) and Raúl Jiménez (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: John Ruddy, Louie Moulden, Fábio Silva, Willy Boly, Leander Dendoncker, Daniel Podence (6.4), Adama Traoré (6.8), Luke Cundle and Ki-Jana Hoever.

Substitutions

Wolverhampton Wanderers made 3 changes: Trincao for D. Podence (68′), N. Semedo for A. Traore (68′) and Hwang Hee-Chan for F. Silva (90′).

Best player: João Moutinho​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Wolverhampton Wanderers was João Moutinho.

His rating is (7.2) with 43 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Brentford – Norwich City – 1-2
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Newcastle United – 1-1
• Chelsea – Burnley – 1-1
• Crystal Palace – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 2-0
• Manchester United – Manchester City – 0-2