Cardiff City 2-3 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 May 2019

Result

Cardiff City 2-3 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 4 May 2019, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Cardiff City 2-3 Crystal Palace: match report

Cardiff City were beaten by Crystal Palace 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 May 2019. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Wilfried Zaha opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from an own goal by M. Kelly (31') and Bobby De Cordova-Reid (90'). Crystal Palace scored through Wilfried Zaha (28'), Michy Batshuayi (39') and Andros Townsend (70').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 18th on 31 points from 36 and Crystal Palace 13th on 43 points from 36. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 49.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andros Townsend of Crystal Palace (8.9), ahead of Bobby De Cordova-Reid (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 31'Own goal · M. KellyCardiff City · 1-1
  • 39'Goal · Michy BatshuayiCrystal Palace · 1-2
  • 70'Goal · Andros TownsendCrystal Palace · 1-3
  • 90'Goal · Bobby De Cordova-ReidCardiff City · 2-3

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Cardiff City 0, draws 1, Crystal Palace 2.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Joe Bennett, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Aron Gunnarsson, Víctor Camarasa, Josh Murphy, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Daniel Ward

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

Vicente Guaita, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Martin Kelly, Scott Dann, Joel Ward, Andros Townsend, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Wilfried Zaha, Michy Batshuayi, Jordan Ayew