Dominic Fifield’s match report has landed:
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Nathan Aké is talking about why Bournemouth thrive in late situations.
We work very hard in training, so the whole team is very fit. But also the mentality. We are always trying to motivate each other.
On the balance of play, Bournemouth probably just edged it. They dominated the first half and had excellent late chances with Wilson and Gosling to win it from open play. They must have thought their chance was gone before Sakho’s clumsiness gifted them a winner.
Still on seven points, Palace are currently well clear of the relegation zone, but only really threatened for 20 minutes here at the start of the second half. Zaha outside, they simply don’t have the cutting edge to hurt teams up top. Would be very surprised if they are not near the bottom come the end of the season.
Full-time: Bournemouth 2-1 Crystal Palace
A massive three points for Bournemouth, who go seventh! Tomkins is still furious as he marches off. Roy Hodgson looks absolutely aghast on the sidelines. Not sure if that’s at Mike Dean or his own team.
90+4 min: Palace haven’t threatened at all late on, but they have a free-kick. Everybody is up, but Sorloth can only glance a header well wide.
90+2 min: Lerma and Kouyate clash in midfield, and there’s a big of afters, the pair shoving each other. Others pile in for a bit of hangbags, chiefly Palace’s Tomkins. Mike Dean stands back, let’s things die down, and then books Lerma, Kouyate and Tomkins.
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90 min: Four minutes added on here. Time for Palace to find an equaliser, but they’ve looked very flat for the last 15 minutes.
89 min: Watching the replay, I don’t think Sakho meant to catch Lerma. He was looking the other way and sort of flung his arm out to check that Lerma was still there, but caught him flush in the face.
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GOAL! Bournemouth 2-1 Crystal Palace (Stanislas pen 87)
Just on as a sub, Stanislas chips it down the middle, as Hennessey dives left. Bournemouth lead again!
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Penalty to Bournemouth! Sakho penalised!
Mike Dean, ever the centre of attention on live TV nights, points to the spot. Sakho is shown a yellow card for a wayward elbow as Palace were defending a free-kick. Lerma fouled. It’s probably a pen, but clumsy rather than malicious. Shame, because Sakho has had a great game so far.
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85 min: Another great save from Hennessey! Wilson crosses for Gosling, who meets it brilliantly with his head, but the Welsh goalkeeper dives to his left and turns it away. Brilliant reactions.
83 min: More subs: Kouyate comes on for Meyer for Palace. Bournemouth’s Stanislas comes on for King.
82 min: Golden chance for Wilson! A mis-kick from Van Aanholt allows Fraser to motor forward on the counter forward. He sidesteps Sakho, squares the ball the Wilson, who is all alone on the penalty spot, but Hennessey makes a brilliant save with his legs. Oooooooo, Wilson should have scored. He took it first time but had time to take a touch.
80 min: Aké is back on his feet. He’s OK. Ayew is replaced by Sorloth, and takes an age to get off the pitch. He looks less than impressed to be subbed off.
79 min: STAT OF THE NIGHT. Van Persie scored 144 of them.
301st PL goal by a van, 288 more than car(r)
— Duncan Alexander (@oilysailor) October 1, 2018
78 min: Eeeeesh, that’s a nasty blow to Aké’s nose, which is bloodied. He collided with Ayew and play rightfully stops. Hopefully this doesn’t stop the game’s tempo.
77 min: James McArthur, ever popular but looking a little leggy, is hooked for Jeffrey Schlupp.
76 min: Townsend is booked for pulling back Adam Smith off the ball. Initially looked a weird one from Mike Dean but actually a very good spot.
74 min: Bournemouth should shoot more. Sometimes they get into excellent positions but try to be too cute rather than pulling the trigger.
71 min: Fraser goes down in a crumpled heap but Bournemouth play on, and Francis lofts a great ball over the top towards Wilson. Wan-Bissaka does an excellent job of covering Tomkins to save the day for Palace.
69 min: This is now, suddenly, a very good game. Both teams going for it. No idea who is going to win.
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68 min: Townsend, now playing on the left, dinks a lovely cross to the back post, where Ayew goes down in a heap (no penalty) and then the English winger tries his luck with his weaker foot, curling an effort just past the far post.
65 min: Zaha has also switched flanks, from left to right.
63 min: Bournemouth have changed to a five-man midfield, with King now playing on the left wing, Fraser on the right and Wilson up front on his own. Howe’s changes seem to have worked, Bournemouth look their old selves again: King swings in a low cross, Aké misses a header and it’s only a Sakho toe-poke that stops Wilson from being free at the back post.
61 min: Chance for King! Bournemouth finally break out of their half, down the right, and swing a deep cross in for Wilson, who nods across goal for his goal partner. King swings a left boot but blazes over on the volley from close range! He’s belatedly ruled offside, but replays show he was level. It didn’t ultimately matter, as King missed, but he should have buried it.
59 min: The only voices you can hear are those from the visiting Palace fans. It’s wave after wave of attack from the London club.
57 min: Brooks, on a yellow card, is replaced by Dan Gosling, who might inject a bit more bit bite into Bournemouth’s midfield this second half. It’s been sorely lacking.
GOAL! Zaha gets a lucky bounce to get away from Lerma, slips Van Aanholt with a slide-rule pass. The left-back checks back on his right foot towards goal, and crashes a sublime shot right into the top corner at the near post. Could Begovic have done better? Maybe, but this is postage-stamp stuff. Wow.
Replays show Van Aanholt is offside. A lucky break for Palace but Bournemouth have played terribly.
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GOAL! Bournemouth 1-1 Crystal Palace (Van Aanholt 55)
That was coming.
54 min: Bournemouth are honestly looking like Sunday League side, at least when they’ve got the ball.
52 min: Sustained pressure from Palace here. Bournemouth simply can’t get out of their own half. Only some key headers from Aké and some crucial blocks have prevented Palace from getting back in this game. Meyer is beginning to make things tick over nicely.
50 min: Bournemouth are playing terribly so far this second half. Only Cardiff and Fulham have conceded more goals this season in the second half.
48 min: Ayew does well to turn in the penalty box and feeds McArthur on the penalty spot but the Scot leans back and spoons his shot over the bar! Good chance!
46 min: Palace break down the left, before Van Aanholt and Milivojevic run straight into each other and both hit the deck. Not quite as funny as a referee falling over, but nearly.
Peeeeeeeep! And we’re off again.
In his second language, sure, but Frank de Boer is not exactly tearing up trees with his punditry on MNF. Bring back Troy Deeney. Even if he has nothing to do with Bournemouth or Palace.
Half-time reading:
An opinion:
(disclaimer: John appears to be a Brighton fan)
@michaelbutler18 I think you'll find Zaha's not being boo'd because he's palaces best player - it is because he's their only player and is a whinger diving prat. He's got the talent and strength to achieve things on the game but is held back by continuous whinging and cheating.
— john (@jasbha) October 1, 2018
Half-time: Bournemouth 1-0 Crystal Palace
Wilf Zaha cuts a very frustrated figure as he slouches down the tunnel, muttering to himself.
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45 min: Have to say that Sakho has done brilliantly for Palace so far. Won his battles but is papering over the cracks around him at the moment.
One minute added on here.
44 min: I guess Wolves’ is quite nice, as well.
42 min: Is Jordan Ayew good? I can’t really remember. Anyway, he cuts inside from the left and skies one a mile over the bar.
40 min: Palace are enjoying a bit more possession but Bournemouth still carrying a threat on the counter. Brooks runs at the defence and it is only a superb Sakho interception that stops Wilson from going one-one-one with Hennessey.
39 min: Townsend has been deathly quiet on Palace’s right flank. Had no joy out there at all.
37 min: Is there a better badge in the Premier League than Bournemouth’s? No. An art-deco masterpiece.
35 min: Bournemouth’s tempo has slightly waned. Milivojevic and McArthur have slightly more time to turn and play in the middle.
32 min: Brooks is fouled on the right wing, Lewis Cook swings the resulting free-kick to the back post and Steve Cook nods a powerful header at goal. Straight at Hennessey but three yards either side of him and it would be 2-0 to Bournemouth.
29 min: Brooks is booked for a late tackle on Van Aanholt. Nothing malicious, just was beaten to the ball. Free-kick to Palace, interesting to see Meyer on set pieces on his first start, and it’s a shocker: lofted straight into the arms of Begovic.
“Yes, at 21 years and 84 days young Davey Brooks is quite old for a youngest scorer, but how young he looks!” emails Justin Kavanagh. “This is what happens in our interweb age of no paper rounds early in life, Guardian.”
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27 min: Lerma and Lewis Cook have been absolutely superb so far for Bournemouth.
25 min: Palace mount their first attack of note. Ayew, Zaha and Meyer all show some neat feet in tight areas around the penalty box, culminating in Milivojevic letting fly from 25 yards. It’s well blocked by Steve Cook. Better from Palace.
22 min: Not sure if I agree with you about Brooks/Bentley, but certainly a little bit of resemblance between the Dutchmen Aké and Gullit.
Sakho’s mohawk is quite Djibril Cissé-esque, I guess.
Nathan Aké really does look like the young Ruud Gullitt @michaelbutler18. Are there any other present day players sharing a head with those of the past? (David Brooks does look a bit like David Bentley).
— Gary Naylor (@garynaylor999) October 1, 2018
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20 min: Zaha is still being booed. Other than being Palace’s best player, does anybody know why?
You can email me or tweet @michaelbutler18.
The Ivorian doesn’t help matters as he mis-controls a simple pass, which rolls out for a throw-in in front of the travelling Palace fans.
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18 min: David Brooks looks like he’s got a little knock. He gets to his feet gingerly, but looks like he’s OK to carry on.
21 - At 21 years and 84 days, David Brooks is the youngest player to score for Bournemouth in the Premier League. Opener. pic.twitter.com/jSin4eSwvt
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 1, 2018
Isn’t this quite old for a youngest scorer?
15 min: Bournemouth’s tempo is relentless. Palace’s midfield have no time to think, Lewis Cook and Lerma are flying into tackles. Meyer looks a little lost, it’s a big step up from playing against West Brom.
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13 min: Another cross comes in from Bournemouth’s left wing, and Aké climbs well but can only glance his header wide.
11 min: Once again, the ball goes wide to Zaha and Bournemouth double up. But this means there is plenty of space in the middle, and Meyer has enough time to take a touch on the edge and fire a fierce shot through a crowd of bodies. Begovic sees it late but saves well.
9 min: Zaha has his first opportunity to go at Francis on Palace’s left wing. He tries to go to the byline but Francis does very well to twice get a foot in and clear. Interesting to see Lewis Cook covering Francis on the inside, Bournemouth are doubling up on Palace’s danger man.
7 min: Lerma lunges in on Meyer right on the edge of Bournemouth’s box. Free-kick to Palace, remarkable that Mike Dean didn’t book Lerma, who was booked 19 times across 29 matches last season and has been booked two out of three Premier League games this campaign.
Milivojevic whips a good free-kick over the wall, but it clips a head and just flies wide of Begovic’s near post.
GOAL! Adam Smith, playing at left back tonight with Charlie Daniels injured and Diego Rico only fit enough for the bench, rolls a low cross into the box. Wilson is first two it, but has his back to goal and sets a lovely ball back to Brooks on the edge of the area and the 21-year-old sidefoots his finish off the underside of the bar and in! Hennessey had no chance! What a finish!
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-0 Crystal Palace (Brooks 5)
You know what I was saying about Brooks not registering a goal or assist so far this season …
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4 min: Simon Francis isn’t the sort of player you’d expect to have those pink boots on, but Simon Francis does what Simon Francis wants.
2 min: Van Aanholt slips and suddenly Palace are short at the back. Wilson feeds Brooks, who rolls a wonderful ball low across the six yard box but King can’t stretch to tap it in at the far post!
1 min: Zaha takes his first touch, and is immediately booed. Weird.
Peeeeeeep! And we’re off.
The lights are dimmed around the ground as the teams emerge. The floodlights flash on and off like a traffic beacon. Odd that Bournemouth are trying to create an atmosphere when there’s already a decent one. Anyway, Bournemouth are in their home black and red stripes, Palace are in their changed white kit, with a blue and red trim.
Been very impressed with David Brooks this season, since he made the step up from Sheffield United. He is yet to register a goal or an assist, but has showed some very neat touches. Certainly has the quality to thrive at this level.
Ben Fisher wrote this at the beginning of the season.
On that note, Roy Hodgson speaks:
I trust in the referees to give Zaha the necessary protection. We know what Wilf can do for us.
Both Meyer and Kouyate have been excellent since they arrived but I can’t fit both of them into the team.
Eddie Howe speaks:
I think we’re playing with a confidence. We know today is a pivotal day as we enter the international break.
It’s worth bearing in mind that the reverse fixture is the two sides’ final game of the season. They won’t want to admit it but their first objective will be to stay up, and they’ll both hope that is a dead rubber in May.
Mike Dean is your referee tonight. He’s not exactly a fans favourite with Bournemouth fans, there are various gripes and decisions that go a few years back. Still, this is a bit much.
Will be interesting to see how Dean deals with Zaha, who has been critical of referees’ treatment of him so far this season.
Palace also hand a first league start to a midfield diamond, Max Meyer. The German was hugely impressive in Palace’s 3-0 win at West Brom in the Carabao Cup last week and gets his reward here.
Bournemouth go for their trusted 4-4-2, and hand Lewis Cook his first league start of the season, the England international has come in for Andrew Surman.
It’s been a frustrating season so far for Cook. Big things are thought of the 21-year-old, and with Harry Arter departing on loan, he was expected to make the midfield berth his own. But the signing of Lerma and the form of both Gosling and Surman has kept him out of the team – I don’t think anybody has covered more distance his season than Gosling.
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Bournemouth v Crystal Palace lineups
Bournemouth: Begovic; Francis, Ake, S Cook, A Smith; Brooks, L Cook, Lerma, Fraser; Wilson, King
Subs: Boruc, Gosling, Surman, Mousset, Defoe, Stanslas, Rico
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt; Milivojevic, Meyer, McArthur; Townsend, Zaha, Ayew
Subs: Guaita, Ward, Kouyate, Sorloth, Schlupp, Kelly, Puncheon
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Preamble
It’s funny to remember that the Vitality Stadium holds just over 11,000 people. We’ve become accustomed to this stadium, most of us through the eye of a lens, in the Premier League but it’s important to remember just how far the south-coast club have come. Here they sit, comfortably in mid-table in the world’s most lucrative league, a squad now stacked with talent, with one of the youngest, most capable (and likeable) managers in the land and with a stadium smaller than Southend United’s.
That’s not to say that Dean Court, which sounds like it could have partnered Steve Fletcher up top in the 1990s, doesn’t pack a punch. Small yes, but it can be a claustrophobic place for visiting teams. Bournemouth are unbeaten there this season and will fancy it tonight against Crystal Palace.
Their fantastic start to the season was abruptly halted last time out at Burnley, but that aside, there remains plenty to be pleased about. Ryan Fraser - aka Wee Man - has been on fire, Nathan Aké has been his customary smooth self at the back, and Josh King and Callum Wilson look capable of bothering any defence. With Junior Stanislas fit again and that Jefferson Lerma starting to show why Bournemouth spent a whopping £25m on him this summer, things are looking very rosy indeed for the Cherries.
Palace have quietly been doing very well on the road. Wins at Huddersfield and Fulham have been backed up by victories in the Carabao Cup against Swansea and West Brom. Wilfried Zaha has scored in every away game this season, and will set a club record if he nets here in a fourth successive away day. You get the feeling that if Bournemouth stop Zaha, they win, and could go into the Europa League places tonight (too early?).
Na. European football at Dean Court? IMAGINE.
Kick-off: 8pm BST.
