Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 21 December 2023

Result

Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Thursday 21 December 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Crystal Palace drew with Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 in the Premier League on Thursday 21 December 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jordan Ayew opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Crystal Palace's goal came from Jordan Ayew (45+1'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Danny Welbeck (82').

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 5 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 16th on 17 points from 17 and Brighton & Hove Albion 9th on 26 points from 17. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 11th with 48.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pascal Groß of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.2), ahead of Jan Paul van Hecke (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Crystal Palace wins, 5 draws and 3 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Jean-Philippe MatetaCrystal Palace
  • 31'Yellow card · Carlos BalebaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 45+1'Goal · Jordan AyewCrystal Palace · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Will HughesCrystal Palace
  • 54'Yellow card · Tyrick MitchellCrystal Palace
  • 57'Yellow card · Igor JulioBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 82'Goal · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · David OzohCrystal Palace
  • 90'Yellow card · Dean HendersonCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crystal Palace 2, draws 5, Brighton & Hove Albion 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Steven AlzateBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Syndesmotic Ligament Tear)
  • O. OffiahBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Ill)
  • J. SarmientoBrighton & Hove Albion · other (Doubtful)

Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)

Dean Henderson, Nathaniel Clyne, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guéhi, Tyrick Mitchell, Jefferson Lerma, Chris Richards, Will Hughes, Michael Olise, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Jordan Ayew

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bart Verbruggen, Jack Hinshelwood, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Igor Julio, Carlos Baleba, Billy Gilmour, Simon Adingra, Pascal Groß, Kaoru Mitoma, João Pedro