Crystal Palace 2-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 August 2013
Result
Crystal Palace 2-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 31 August 2013, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Crystal Palace 2-1 Sunderland: match report
Crystal Palace won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 August 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.
Danny Gabbidon opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from Danny Gabbidon (9'), Dwight Gayle (79', penalty) and Stuart O'Keefe (90+2'). Sunderland scored through Steven Fletcher (64').
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 19th on 0 points from 2 and Sunderland 17th on 1 point from 2. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Sunderland 10th with 45.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-5-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Danny Gabbidon
- 28'Yellow card · Damien Delaney
- 64'Goal · Steven Fletcher
- 78'Red card · John O'Shea
- 79'Penalty goal · Dwight Gayle
- 90+2'Goal · Stuart O'Keefe
Team news
Crystal Palace line-up (4-5-1)
Julián Speroni, Joel Ward, Danny Gabbidon, Damien Delaney, Dean Moxey, Jason Puncheon, Kagisho Evidence Dikgacoi, Mile Jedinak, José Campaña, Dwight Gayle, Marouane Chamakh
Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)
Keiren Westwood, Ondrej Celustka, Modibo Diakité, John O'Shea, Jack Colback, Emanuele Giaccherini, Sebastian Larsson, Adam Johnson, Dong-won Ji, Connor Wickham, David Vaughan