Late Benteke goal stuns Brighton

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Crystal Palace scored with both of their two efforts on target

Christian Benteke’s stoppage-time goal gave Crystal Palace a smash-and-grab Premier League win at rivals Brighton, who are now in threat of being drawn into a relegation battle.

The visitors had opened the scoring against the run of play, with Jean-Philippe Mateta backheeling Jordan Ayew’s cross in from their first attack of the game.

But Brighton’s dominance in possession though was rewarded with an equaliser after the break when Joel Veltman swept a left-foot effort into the bottom-right corner.

The hosts spurned several excellent chances to go ahead before Benteke superbly volleyed in the winner against the run of play in the final minute of added time.

It proved to be a remarkable conclusion to the contest with Brighton enjoying 75% of the ball, registering 25 shots on goal to Palace’s three and forcing 13 corners while conceding none.

The result sees Palace move up a place to 13th but the Seagulls remain 16th, just four points above a resurgent Fulham in 18th.

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Brighton & Hove Albion

  1. Squad number26Player nameSánchez

  2. Squad number3Player nameWhite

  3. Squad number5Player nameDunk

  4. Squad number33Player nameBurn

  5. Squad number34Player nameVeltman

  6. Squad number13Player nameGroß

  7. Squad number8Player nameBissouma

  8. Squad number17Player nameAlzate

  9. Squad number11Player nameTrossard

  10. Squad number10Player nameMac Allister

  11. Squad number9Player nameMaupay

  1. Squad number14Player nameLallana

  2. Squad number16Player nameJahanbakhsh

  3. Squad number18Player nameWelbeck

Crystal Palace

  1. Squad number31Player nameGuaita

  2. Squad number2Player nameWard

  3. Squad number8Player nameKouyaté

  4. Squad number24Player nameCahill

  5. Squad number27Player nameMitchell

  6. Squad number44Player nameRiedewald

  7. Squad number4Player nameMilivojevic

  8. Squad number25Player nameEze

  9. Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew

  10. Squad number14Player nameMateta

  11. Squad number10Player nameTownsend

  1. Squad number20Player nameBenteke

  2. Squad number22Player nameMcCarthy

Line-ups

Brighton

Formation 3-4-2-1

  • 26Sánchez
  • 3White
  • 5Dunk
  • 33BurnBooked at 53mins
  • 34VeltmanBooked at 84mins
  • 13Groß Substituted forJahanbakhshat 81′minutes
  • 8Bissouma
  • 17Alzate Substituted forWelbeckat 45′minutes
  • 11Trossard
  • 10Mac Allister Substituted forLallanaat 68′minutes
  • 9Maupay

Substitutes

  • 7Connolly
  • 14Lallana
  • 15Moder
  • 16Jahanbakhsh
  • 18Welbeck
  • 22Tau
  • 23Steele
  • 24Pröpper
  • 29Zeqiri

Crystal Palace

Formation 4-3-3

  • 31Guaita
  • 2Ward
  • 8Kouyaté
  • 24Cahill
  • 27Mitchell
  • 44Riedewald
  • 4Milivojevic
  • 25Eze Substituted forMcCarthyat 90+1′minutes
  • 9J Ayew
  • 14Mateta Substituted forBentekeat 75′minutes
  • 10Townsend

Substitutes

  • 1Butland
  • 3van Aanholt
  • 6Dann
  • 17Clyne
  • 20Benteke
  • 22McCarthy
  • 23Batshuayi
  • 34Kelly

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Crystal Palace 2.

  2. Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Crystal Palace 2.

  3. Hand ball by Dan Burn (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  4. Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Crystal Palace 2. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andros Townsend with a cross.

  5. Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  6. Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).

  7. Substitution, Crystal Palace. James McCarthy replaces Eberechi Eze.

  8. Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.

  9. Attempt blocked. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

  10. Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Gary Cahill.

  11. Attempt blocked. Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Danny Welbeck.

  12. Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  13. Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  14. Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  15. Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Joel Ward.

  16. Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Pascal Groß.

  17. Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Luka Milivojevic with a headed pass.

  18. Foul by Dan Burn (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  19. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  20. Substitution, Crystal Palace. Christian Benteke replaces Jean-Philippe Mateta.

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