Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 4 December 2018
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Tuesday 4 December 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 3-0
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Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Crystal Palace: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion beat Crystal Palace 3-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 4 December 2018. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Glenn Murray opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Glenn Murray (24', penalty), Leon Balogun (31') and Florin Andone (45+4'). Crystal Palace scored through Luka Milivojevic (81', penalty).
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 11th on 18 points from 14 and Crystal Palace 14th on 12 points from 14. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 49.
Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bernardo of Brighton & Hove Albion (7.5), level with Davy Pröpper (7.5).
Key events
- 24'Penalty goal · Glenn Murray
- 28'Red card · Shane Duffy
- 31'Goal · Leon Balogun
- 37'Yellow card · James Tomkins
- 45+4'Goal · Florin Andone
- 67'Yellow card · Wilfried Zaha
- 77'Yellow card · Bernardo
- 80'Yellow card · Yves Bissouma
- 81'Penalty goal · Luka Milivojevic
- 82'Yellow card · Luka Milivojevic
Head-to-head
Team news
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-3-3)
Mathew Ryan, Martín Montoya, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Bernardo, Pascal Groß, Davy Pröpper, Yves Bissouma, S. March, Glenn Murray, José Izquierdo
Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)
Wayne Hennessey, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, James McArthur, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Luka Milivojevic, Max Meyer, Andros Townsend, Wilfried Zaha