Crystal Palace v Burnley 01.12.2018 // 3pm
10 TODAY'S GAME
Crystal Palace v Burnley // Saturday 1st December // Selhurst Park
Today's game Palace will be hoping that Burnley’s poor recent record at Selhurst Park can continue today as the Eagles look to claim their first home win and end their eight-game search for a three-point haul in the process. The Clarets have won just once in their last 12 visits to SE25, and their recent matches in London haven’t given much indication that Sean Dyche’s team can upset the form book this afternoon as they have conceded at least four goals in each of their last three visits to the capital. That has compounded a disappointing start to the season for last year’s surprise package, with the Clarets’ loss to Newcastle United on Monday night leaving them just a point outside the relegation zone, a far cry from their seventh-place finish last term which saw them qualify for the UEFA Europa League. That success was built on defensive resilience as they conceded only 39 goals in the whole league campaign, but already this term they have shipped 27 while their European adventure ended barely before it stated after losing to Olympiakos in the final qualifying round in August. While Palace may have struggled to win at home in 2018/19, Burnley have only enjoyed one victory from their last nine away games in the Premier League - a 2-1 victory over Cardiff City back in September. That is a run that Roy Hodgson hopes continues today as he aims to build momentum heading towards the festive fixtures.
Wilfried zaha is just two goals away from hitting 50 in his career at club and international level – he is Palace’s top scorer this season with three.
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TODAY'S GAME 11
Previous encounters:
Only Harry Kane (8) and Alvaro Morata (7) have scored more headed goals in the Premier League since the start of last season than Sam Vokes (5).
Head 2 head
One to watch:
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Palace wins Burnley wins draws
Form guide: Palace have lost three of the last four Premier League meetings, although they did win the previous encounter back in January. Burnley haven’t won any of their last 21 away top-flight matches in December, stretching back to December 1969.
Last Time Out BURNLEY 1-2 NEWCASTLE UNITED 20 Joe Hart 2 Matthew Lowton 28 Kevin Long 6 Ben Mee 3 Charlie Taylor 25 Aaron Lennon 16 Steven Defour 4 Jack Cork 12 Robbie Brady
Johann Berg Gudmundsson has been directly involved in more league goals for Burnley than any other player so far this season (six – two goals, four assists).
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9 Sam Vokes
10 Ashley Barnes
11 Chris Wood
13 Jeff Hendrick
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Having been a mainstay of the Palace side for so many years, it has been strange to watch the Eagles go throughout 2018 without Scott Dann as part of their backline. Having been robbed of nearly a year of his career through injury, he talks Jonathon Rogers through the recovery process that has him tantalisingly close to a first-team return.
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THE CLARETS FOUNDED: 1882
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE PARTICIPANTS 2018/19
The manager The former Chesterfield, Bristol City, Millwall, Watford and Northampton Town player got into coaching in 2007 at the Hornets before taking the top job in June 2011. Just over a year later he was appointed Burnley boss, whom he guided to Premier League promotion in 2013/14 and again in 2015/16 as champions following relegation. After finally ensuring top-flight safety, Dyche led them to a seventh-place finish last term to clinch a first taste of European football for over half a century.
Club legend Following his death back in August, the Clarets labelled McIlroy as their "greatest ever player", and it’s easy to see why. The Northern Irishman played 497 games for the Clarets between 1950 and 1962, winning the old First Division title in 1960, and then helped Burnley reach the quarter-finals of the European Cup the following season, before losing 5-4 on aggregate to Hamburg. The club's golden age continued as they finished as league and FA Cup runners-up before McIlroy moved on to Stoke City.
The stadium Turf Moor Capacity: 21,401 Opened: 1883 Record attendance: 54,775 Burnley v Huddersfield Town FA Cup R3, 23rd February 1924
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OPPOSITION 45
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Burnley 1-2 Newcastle United Premier League
Leicester City 0-0 Burnley Premier League
West Ham United 4-2 Burnley Premier League
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Sam Vokes
109
Ben Mee
111
Ashley Barnes
MOST PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES
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Burnley 0-4 Chelsea Premier League
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Danny Ings
17
Sam Vokes
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Ashley Barnes
MOST PREMIER LEAGUE GOALS
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Manchester City 5-0 Burnley Premier League
74 FINAL SCORE
CRYSTAL PALACE 0 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1 Saturday 10th November 2018
Palace’s wait for a home win this season continued as Juan Foyth’s goal midway through the second half handed Tottenham Hotspur victory at Selhurst Park. A quiet encounter saw the teams go into the break goalless after a half that was as bleak as the weather, but eight minutes after play resumed the hosts had a great chance to take the lead when James Tomkins met a Luka Milivojevic corner at the back post but couldn’t direct his header towards the target. However, in keeping with the game, Spurs took
LINE-UPS
MAN OF THE MATCH
Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur 13
Wayne Hennessey
29
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
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James Tomkins
Hugo Lloris
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Tackles:
Kieran Trippier 24
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Interceptions:
Juan Foyth
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12
Mamadou Sakho
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Patrick van Aanholt
18
70 James McArthur
Moussa Sissoko
17
4
Luka Milivojevic
Victor Wanyama
12
8
Cheikhou Kouyaté
Erik Lamela 83
11
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67 Max Meyer
Dele Alli
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10
Andros Townsend
Lucas Moura 71
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Jordan Ayew
Harry Kane
10
Toby Alderweireld
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Ben Davies
33
SUBSTITUTES Palace: Guaita, Ward, Kelly , Schlupp , Riedewald, Puncheon, Sørloth Tottenham: Gazzaniga, Aurier , Dier, Winks Son, Llorente. Goal
Own Goal
the lead in scrappy fashion on 66 minutes. Erik Lamela sent a corner into the box and Harry Kane saw a header blocked, but with the ball up for grabs everyone hesitated except Foyth, who buried a free header. With a lead to protect, Hugo Lloris would be the busier in the final stages when he saved from Jeffrey Schlupp and Andros Townsend, but in stoppage-time the ball broke for Alexander Sørloth to tuck home but he shot straight at the Frenchman and Palace’s hopes of a point disappeared.
Yellow Card
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Red Card
First Sub
5 5 Key passes: 2 Possession gained: 10 Distance run: 11.8km
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53
DUELS WON
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SHOTS
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SHOTS ON TARGET
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CORNERS
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12
FOULS
09
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FINAL SCORE 75
Venue: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,685 Referee: Jonathan Moss
Most sprints: 26
IN THE LAST 20 OR 30 MINUTES WE WERE LAYING SIEGE TO THE TOTTENHAM GOAL. WE GO HOME VERY DEJECTED BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE VERY LITTLE TO SHOW FOR OUR EFFORTS
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