English Premier League

C Palace vs Southampton 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 2': Wilfried Zaha
  • 65': Jordan Ayew
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2 - 2
  • 32': James Ward-Prowse
  • 36': Armando Broja

Crystal Palace hold Southampton to draw with Jordan Ayew strike

Crystal Palace forward Jordan Ayew scored his first goal for the club in 13 months as they secured a 2-2 home draw with Southampton.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Southampton 0. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Odsonne Édouard.
  • 25': Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 32': Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Southampton 1. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 36': Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Southampton 2. Armando Broja (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Crystal Palace 1, Southampton 2.
  • 64': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Christian Benteke replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté.
  • 65': Goal! Crystal Palace 2, Southampton 2. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
  • 67': Valentino Livramento (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 70': Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Armando Broja.
  • 70': Substitution, Southampton. Moussa Djenepo replaces William Smallbone.
  • 73': James Tomkins (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Michael Olise replaces Jordan Ayew.
  • 81': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Joachim Andersen replaces James Tomkins.
  • 82': Substitution, Southampton. Theo Walcott replaces Nathan Tella.
  • 84': Mohammed Salisu (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Lyanco (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+5': Willy Caballero (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 2, Southampton 2.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Selhurst Park
Location: London, England
Attendance: 22,861

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+15 Arsenal 11 26 1
+12 Chelsea 12 23 3
+14 Manchester City 12 22 4
+7 Crystal Palace 12 20 2
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Statistics

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20 Fouls 16
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 1
6 Corner Kicks 4
4 Saves 2
40.3 Possession 59.7
15 SHOTS 9
4 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.7
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
193 Accurate Passes 333
299 Passes 448
0.6 Pass Completion % 0.7
5 Accurate Crosses 3
19 Crosses 20
0.3 Cross % 0.2
56 Long Balls 81
23 Accurate Long Balls 38
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 1
20 Effective Tackles 10
24 Tackles 20
0.8 Tackle % 0.5
11 Interceptions 10
24 Effective Clearances 30
24 Clearances 30

Line-Ups

CRY Crystal Palace (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Jack Butland (GK)
6 Marc Guéhi Yellow Card
5 James Tomkins Yellow Card
3 Tyrick Mitchell
2 Joel Ward
12 Will Hughes
8 Cheikhou Kouyaté
23 Conor Gallagher
22 Odsonne Édouard
11 Wilfried Zaha
9 Jordan Ayew

SOU Southampton (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Wilfredo Caballero (GK) Yellow Card
22 Mohammed Salisu Yellow Card
4 Lyanco Yellow Card
2 Kyle Walker-Peters
21 Valentino Livramento Yellow Card
6 Oriol Romeu
8 James Ward-Prowse
11 Nathan Redmond
20 William Smallbone
18 Armando Broja
23 Nathan Tella

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