Good evening and welcome to our live text coverage of Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Crystal Palace at Wolves' Molineux Stadium! The two teams are right next to each other in the Premier League table with Palace in 8th and Wolves in 9th, with their goal difference being the only thing separating them. Wolves have been struggling for goals, drawing their last match 1-1 with Newcastle, while Palace have been very inconsistent, with a 3-1 away win against Manchester United balancing out losses to Everton and Chelsea. We will be bringing you all the build-up, highlights and talking points from the match tonight, so stay tuned ahead of kick-off at 20:00.
Premier League / Matchday 7
Molineux / 30.10.2020
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- R. Aït-Nouri(18')
- D. Podence(27')
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Updated 30/10/2020 at 22:02 GMT
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End of 2nd Half
90+4'
FULL-TIME: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Crystal Palace
An electric first-half performance from Wolves put Palace on the back foot early and despite the Eagles creating slightly more chances in the second half they still never looked like scoring. Even though Wolves perhaps took their foot off the gas, the score line does not really do their performance justice.
90'
Wolves make their final change late on as record signing Fabio Silva replaces Jimenez on the pitch.
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On
F. Silva
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Off
R. Jiménez
Wolverhampton Wanderers
On target1
Fouls4
87'
AND HE'S OFF! Sizeable delay as VAR checks whether Martin Atkinson should have shown Milivojevic a red card for his studs-up challenge on Moutinho and he goes over to the monitor to take a closer look at it.
After doing so, he rightfully sends off the Crystal Palace captain for what was a very dangerous tackle.
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Red card
L. Milivojevic
Crystal Palace
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Fouls against2
Wide1
Free Kicks3
Corners4
84'
Moutinho looks in plenty of pain on the turf and Palace use the delay to make a substitution, bringing on Benteke for his international teammate Batshuayi to give them more energy up top.
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On
C. Benteke
Crystal Palace
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Off
M. Batshuayi
Crystal Palace
Fouls1
Fouls against1
Offsides1
83'
Milivojevic crashes into Moutinho with an awful, reckless tackle. The referee waves play-on, however, and Jimenez has the ball just outside the box. He lays off Traore, who has a degree of space inside the box and his shot is straight at Guaita.
79'
Van Aanholt has a free-kick from around 25 yards out after Jimenez fouls Milivojevic. It sails over the bar and doesn't trouble Patricio.
76'
Adama Traore joins Moutinho on the field in Wolves' second switch, as he replaces Podence. The newly capped Spain international was a key player last season, but has struggled to make an impact so far this season, thus having his role in the team reduced.
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On
A. Traoré
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Off
P. Neto
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Assists1
On target1
Fouls against2
Free Kicks1
76'
Double substitution for Wolves. The first sees Moutinho come on for Neto, which perhaps suggest a change of formation to a less attacking system.
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On
J. Moutinho
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Off
D. Podence
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Goals1
On target2
Wide1
Corners2
74'
Neves' cross somehow evades both Jimenez and Kilman to go out for a corner.
72'
Second change for Crystal Palace as Ayew comes on for Townsend. The Ghanaian attacker is back in the squad after having to self-isolate upon returning from international duty.
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On
J. Ayew
Crystal Palace
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Off
A. Townsend
Crystal Palace
On target2
Blocked Shots1
Fouls against2
Free Kicks2
71'
Jimenez makes a good run to beat both Dann and Kouyate. However, his eventual shot is tame and goes right into the hands of Guaita.
66'
Eze comes on for Schlupp in what is probably a like-for-like substitution on the left wing. The Ghanaian offered very little today.
On
E. Eze
Crystal Palace
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Off
J. Schlupp
Crystal Palace
Free Kicks1
63'
Zaha involved again as he connects well with an innovative volley that is blocked by Boly unfortunately for him.
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Yellow card
W. Zaha
Crystal Palace
Yellow Cards1
Fouls1
Fouls against2
Wide1
62'
Yellow card for Zaha! He expresses his frustration at what he thought was a foul on him by Coady and a scuffle ensues, with him and Ait-Nouri squaring up to each other.
60'
CLOSE!! Neto picks out Dendoncker at the far post with a deep cross, but his first time volley sails wide and it's a missed opportunity for Wolves to wrap up the game.
57'
Palace finally starting to create more chances and have a greater impact on this game, as they have multiple shots blocked in the space of minutes - the latest being a Clyne half volley.
52'
Milivojevic battles to win the ball in midfield and gets it to Zaha in the box. The Ivorian attacker does a few stepovers and drops his shoulder before Ait-Nouri slides in with a rough challenge.
There's a VAR check and it uphelds Martin Atkinson's decision to not give a penalty but you have seen those given...
47'
CLOSE!! Big opportunity for Palace after the restart as a clearance from a Milivojevic free-kick falls to Townsend. He tests Patricio with a deflected volley from range but it's well saved.
46'
Both teams greeted back onto the pitch by the fake crowd noise and the second half is underway!
Lots of praise for Podence and Ait-Nouri on social media! The former was really running the show for the Midlands outfit, with most attacks tending to go through him, while the young left-back was an engine going forward and scored a great debut goal to boot. Will be interesting to see if Palace can test him a bit more defensively in the second half though. Most of their attacks have been on the other side of the pitch.