Crystal Palace 2-1 Wolves: Wilfried Zaha winner helps Eagles come from behind for victory
Wilfried Zaha’s well-taken winner capped a classy Crystal Palace comeback as the Eagles recorded back-to-back home victories by beating managerless Wolves.
Adama Traore’s header earned the visitors a deserved half-time lead that was almost doubled when Ruben Neves hit the post right on the stroke of half-time at Selhurst Park.
But Palace never looked back once Eberechi Eze nodded them level from Michael Olise’s pinpoint cross just 63 seconds into the second half.
Zaha then took Odsonne Edouard’s pass in his stride before drilling past Jose Sa for his fifth goal of the season to lift Palace up to 10th place in the Premier League table.
Wolves, linked with former Ajax and Borussia Dortmund boss Peter Bosz as the latest name in their search for a successor to Bruno Lage, remain 17th, just one point above the relegation places.
They came close to rescuing a point in London but Neves’ late strike was superbly beaten away by Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita.
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Crystal Palace
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Squad number13Player nameGuaita
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Squad number2Player nameWard
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Squad number16Player nameAndersen
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Squad number6Player nameGuéhi
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Squad number3Player nameMitchell
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Squad number15Player nameSchlupp
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Squad number28Player nameDoucouré
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Squad number10Player nameEze
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Squad number7Player nameOlise
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Squad number22Player nameÉdouard
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Squad number11Player nameZaha
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Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew
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Squad number14Player nameMateta
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Squad number44Player nameRiedewald
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
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Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
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Squad number4Player nameCollins
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Squad number23Player nameKilman
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Squad number64Player nameBueno
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Squad number6Player nameTraoré
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Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
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Squad number37Player nameTraoré
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Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes
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Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence
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Squad number29Player nameDiego Costa
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Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-Chan
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Squad number17Player nameGonçalo Guedes
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Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho
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Squad number59Player nameHodge
Line-ups
Crystal Palace
Formation 4-3-3
- 13Guaita
- 2WardBooked at 39mins
- 16Andersen
- 6GuéhiBooked at 90mins
- 3Mitchell
- 15Schlupp
- 28DoucouréBooked at 45mins
- 10EzeSubstituted forRiedewaldat 90′minutes
- 7OliseSubstituted forJ Ayewat 80′minutes
- 22ÉdouardSubstituted forMatetaat 81′minutes
- 11Zaha
Substitutes
- 4Milivojevic
- 5Tomkins
- 9J Ayew
- 14Mateta
- 21Johnstone
- 23Ebiowei
- 43Balmer
- 44Riedewald
- 63Goodman
Wolves
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Malheiro de Sá
- 22Nélson Semedo
- 4Collins
- 23Kilman
- 64Bueno
- 6TraoréBooked at 39minsSubstituted forJoão Moutinhoat 58′minutes
- 8Neves
- 37TraoréSubstituted forGonçalo Guedesat 58′minutes
- 27NunesSubstituted forHodgeat 58′minutes
- 10Podence
- 29Diego CostaSubstituted forHwang Hee-Chanat 75′minutes
Substitutes
- 11Hwang Hee-Chan
- 13Sarkic
- 14Mosquera
- 17Gonçalo Guedes
- 19Castro Otto
- 25Ronan
- 28João Moutinho
- 59Hodge
- 77Campbell
Live Text
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Match ends, Crystal Palace 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
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Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
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Foul by Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace).
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Daniel Podence (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace).
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Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jairo Riedewald replaces Eberechi Eze.
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Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Joseph Hodge tries a through ball, but Gonçalo Guedes is caught offside.
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Foul by Joel Ward (Crystal Palace).
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Daniel Podence (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Gonçalo Guedes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Attempt saved. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Daniel Podence.
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Attempt missed. Gonçalo Guedes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
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Attempt missed. João Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
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Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta replaces Odsonne Édouard.
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Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jordan Ayew replaces Michael Olise.
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