LONDON. Crystal Palace was ultimately too strong for Norwich City with the goal of O. Edouard (8′ pen), J. Mateta (38′) and J. Schlupp (42′).
The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Tuesday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Paul Tierney with the support of Constantine Hatzidakis and Neil Davies. The 4th official was John Brooks. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 19 Total 12
- 7 On Target 2
- 12 Off Target 10
- 4 Shots blocked 7
- 71 Attack 100
- 39 Dangerous attack 53
- 80 Ball safe 85
- 1 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 8
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 9 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Crystal Palace was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Norwich City that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Norwich City was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Crystal Palace succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Crystal Palace shot 19 times, 7 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, Norwich City shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card (O. Edouard). Regarding the opposition, Norwich City received 2 yellow cards (B. Gibson and S. Byram).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Crystal Palace will have 23 points like Brighton & Hove Albion to remain in the 10th place. On the other side, Norwich City will stay with 10 points to sit in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Crystal Palace will host West Ham United on the 1st of January with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of West Ham United (8 draws).
Norwich City will host Aston Villa on the 14th of December with a 10-6 head to head in favor of Aston Villa (1 draw).
Crystal Palace – Formation
Crystal Palace
83'
42'
22'
Crystal Palace started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Patrick Vieira decided to play with the following team: Vicente Guaita , Joel Ward , Joachim Andersen , Marc Guéhi , Tyrick Mitchell , Jeffrey Schlupp , Cheikhou Kouyaté , Will Hughes , Jordan Ayew , Jean-Philippe Mateta and Odsonne Édouard .
The home team had on the bench: Jack Butland, Remi Matthews, Christian Benteke , James Tomkins , Martin Kelly, Luka Milivojević , Nathan Ferguson and Jaïro Riedewald.
Substitutions
Crystal Palace made 3 changes: W. Hughes for L. Milivojevic (73′), J. Mateta for C. Benteke (81′) and J. Andersen for J. Tomkins (83′).
Best player: Odsonne Édouard
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Crystal Palace was Odsonne Édouard.
His rating is with 1 goal, 28 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12.
Norwich City – Formation
Norwich City
Norwich City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Dean Smith played with: Angus Gunn , Sam Byram , Jacob Lungi Sørensen , Ben Gibson , Dimitrios Giannoulis , Billy Gilmour , Kenny McLean , Przemysław Płacheta , Pierre Lees Melou , Christos Tzolis and Adam Idah .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Bali Mumba, Michael McGovern, Jon McCracken, Kieran Dowell, Ozan Kabak, Josh Sargent , Jon Rowe and Brandon Williams .
Substitutions
Norwich City made 3 changes: D. Giannoulis for B. Williams (46′), C. Tzolis for J. Rowe (68′) and P. Placheta for J. Sargent (81′).
Best player: Billy Gilmour
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Norwich City was Billy Gilmour.
His rating is with 67 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Crystal Palace – Norwich City – 3-0
- Leicester City – Liverpool – 1-0
- Southampton – Tottenham Hotspur – 1-1
- Watford – West Ham United – 1-4
