Christian Benteke’s stoppage-time objective gave Crystal Palace a smash-and-grab Premier League win at rivals Brighton, who are actually in peril of being drawn right into a relegation battle.
The guests had opened the scoring towards the run of play, with Jean-Philippe Mateta backheeling Jordan Ayew’s cross in from their first assault of the sport.
However Brighton’s dominance in possession although was rewarded with an equaliser after the break when Joel Veltman swept a left-foot effort into the bottom-right nook.
The hosts spurned a number of glorious possibilities to go forward earlier than Benteke fantastically volleyed within the winner towards the run of play within the ultimate minute of added time.
It proved to be a exceptional conclusion to the competition with Brighton having fun with 75% of the ball, registering 25 pictures on objective to Palace’s three and forcing 13 corners whereas conceding none.
The end result sees Palace transfer up a spot to thirteenth however the Seagulls stay sixteenth, simply 4 factors above a resurgent Fulham in 18th.
Extra to comply with.
Participant of the match
BentekeChristian Benteke
Brighton & Hove Albion
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Squad quantity34Participant identifyVeltman
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Squad quantity5Participant identifyDunk
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Squad quantity10Participant identifyMac Allister
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Squad quantity33Participant identifyBurn
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Squad quantity26Participant identifySánchez
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Squad quantity18Participant identifyWelbeck
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Squad quantity11Participant identifyTrossard
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Squad quantity8Participant identifyBissouma
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Squad quantity13Participant identifyGroß
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Squad quantity3Participant identifyWhite
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Squad quantity14Participant identifyLallana
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Squad quantity17Participant identifyAlzate
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Squad quantity16Participant identifyJahanbakhsh
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Squad quantity9Participant identifyMaupay
Crystal Palace
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Squad quantity20Participant identifyBenteke
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Squad quantity9Participant identifyJ Ayew
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Squad quantity24Participant identifyCahill
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Squad quantity14Participant identifyMateta
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Squad quantity8Participant identifyKouyaté
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Squad quantity31Participant identifyGuaita
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Squad quantity10Participant identifyTownsend
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Squad quantity2Participant identifyWard
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Squad quantity27Participant identifyMitchell
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Squad quantity22Participant identifyMcCarthy
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Squad quantity25Participant identifyEze
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Squad quantity44Participant identifyRiedewald
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Squad quantity4Participant identifyMilivojevic
Line-ups
Brighton
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 26Sánchez
- 3White
- 5Dunk
- 33BurnBooked at 53mins
- 34VeltmanBooked at 84mins
- 13GroßSubstituted forJahanbakhshat 81′minutes
- 8Bissouma
- 17AlzateSubstituted forWelbeckat 45′minutes
- 11Trossard
- 10Mac AllisterSubstituted forLallanaat 68′minutes
- 9Maupay
Substitutes
- 7Connolly
- 14Lallana
- 15Moder
- 16Jahanbakhsh
- 18Welbeck
- 22Tau
- 23Steele
- 24Pröpper
- 29Zeqiri
Crystal Palace
Formation 4-3-3
- 31Guaita
- 2Ward
- 8Kouyaté
- 24Cahill
- 27Mitchell
- 44Riedewald
- 4Milivojevic
- 25EzeSubstituted forMcCarthyat 90+1′minutes
- 9J Ayew
- 14MatetaSubstituted forBentekeat 75′minutes
- 10Townsend
Substitutes
- 1Butland
- 3van Aanholt
- 6Dann
- 17Clyne
- 20Benteke
- 22McCarthy
- 23Batshuayi
- 34Kelly
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Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Crystal Palace 2.
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Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Crystal Palace 2.
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Hand ball by Dan Burn (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Aim! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Crystal Palace 2. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) proper footed shot from the correct aspect of the field to the underside left nook. Assisted by Andros Townsend with a cross.
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Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick within the attacking half.
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Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
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Substitution, Crystal Palace. James McCarthy replaces Eberechi Eze.
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Nook, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.
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Try blocked. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) proper footed shot from the centre of the field is blocked.
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Nook, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Gary Cahill.
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Try blocked. Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton and Hove Albion) proper footed shot from the centre of the field is blocked. Assisted by Danny Welbeck.
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Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) is proven the yellow card for a foul foul.
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Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Nook, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Joel Ward.
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Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Pascal Groß.
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Try missed. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from exterior the field is excessive and large to the left. Assisted by Luka Milivojevic with a headed go.
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Foul by Dan Burn (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Substitution, Crystal Palace. Christian Benteke replaces Jean-Philippe Mateta.
