Kickstarting your PL weekend
HALF-TIME Crystal Palace 3-2 West Ham
9’: Soucek
15’: Ayew
20’: Zaha
30’: Schlupp
35’: Antonio
Just the five goals here at the halfway stage! West Ham led early then fell to a 3-1 deficit, but Michael Antonio’s header closed the gap going into the second half.
For the fourth time this season, there’s been 5 goals scored in the first-half of a Premier League game:
◎ Liverpool 5-0 Bournemouth
◎ Aston Villa 2-3 Leicester
◎ Newcastle 5-0 Spurs
◉ Crystal Palace 3-2 West Ham
Entertainment.
West Ham’s record in the Premier League when trailing at half-time this season:
◉ Lost: 9
◉ Drawn: 3
◎ Won: 0
There’s a first time for everything…
Pascal Groß has now scored more goals across all competitions in 2022/23 than any other campaign in his career.
A classy player.
25 - Pascal Groß has now scored 25 Premier League goals, with his eight this season his most in a single campaign. Disgusting.
2 - Aged 19 years and 96 days, Julio Enciso is the youngest South American player to assist two goals in a Premier League game. Bloom.
4 - Brighton have scored four goals before half-time in a single match for the first time since they did so against Leeds in a Championship match in February 2016. Rout.
6’—Undav
13’—Groß
26’—Groß
39’—Welbeck
It took less than 40 minutes for Brighton to drop four on Wolves
Crystal Palace’s win means Chelsea drop down to 12th in the Premier League.
Their next game is at Arsenal on Tuesday 🙃
Roy Hodgson since returning to Crystal Palace:
4 wins
1 draw
1 loss
The 75-year-old has Palace striding towards Premier League safety after beating West Ham 4-3
Brighton are without/have rested:
• Mac Allister
• Caicedo
• Colwill
• Sanchez
• Mitoma
They’re beating Wolves 5-0. Roberto De Zerbi is a magician
Three Brighton braces
Only the fifth time in PL history that a side has had three players score 2+ goals in a match
Ivan Toney scores his 20th Premier League goal of the season—only Erling Haaland and Harry Kane have scored more