Swansea City 5-4 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2016

Result

Swansea City 5-4 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Swansea City 5-4 Crystal Palace: match report

Swansea City won against Crystal Palace 5-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 November 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Wilfried Zaha opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Swansea City's goals came from Dejan Joksimovic (36'), Leroy Fer (66'), Leroy Fer (68'), Fernando Llorente (90+1') and Fernando Llorente (90+3'). Crystal Palace scored through Wilfried Zaha (19'), James Tomkins (75'), an own goal by J. Cork (82') and Christian Benteke (84').

Discipline: Swansea City received 4 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swansea City were 20th on 6 points from 12 and Crystal Palace 16th on 11 points from 12. Swansea City went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 41.

Swansea City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Fernando Llorente of Swansea City (8.8), ahead of Gylfi Sigurdsson (8.5).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Wayne RoutledgeSwansea City
  • 27'Yellow card · J. CorkSwansea City
  • 36'Goal · Dejan JoksimovicSwansea City · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Wayne HennesseyCrystal Palace
  • 54'Yellow card · Andros TownsendCrystal Palace
  • 66'Goal · Leroy FerSwansea City · 2-1
  • 67'Yellow card · J. PuncheonCrystal Palace
  • 68'Goal · Leroy FerSwansea City · 3-1
  • 68'Yellow card · M. KellyCrystal Palace
  • 72'Yellow card · Kyle NaughtonSwansea City
  • 75'Goal · James TomkinsCrystal Palace · 3-2
  • 82'Own goal · J. CorkCrystal Palace · 3-3
  • 84'Goal · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace · 3-4
  • 86'Yellow card · Jay FultonSwansea City
  • 90+1'Goal · Fernando LlorenteSwansea City · 4-4
  • 90+3'Goal · Fernando LlorenteSwansea City · 5-4
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Yohan CabayeCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Swansea City 1, draws 4, Crystal Palace 1.

Team news

Swansea City line-up (4-3-3)

Lukasz Fabianski, Kyle Naughton, Federico Fernández, Jordi Amat, Neil Taylor, Jack Cork, Jay Fulton, Leroy Fer, Modou Barrow, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Wayne Routledge

Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)

Wayne Hennessey, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, James Tomkins, Martin Kelly, Wilfried Zaha, Yohan Cabaye, James McArthur, Jason Puncheon, Christian Benteke, Connor Wickham