Crystal Palace sit on 3 points in 5th place behind Watford, Burnley, Ipswich and Charlton (from first to fourth). Marlon King sits on top of the goal scoring leaderboard with 2 goals and Glen Whelan is topping the assists with 3. Reserve Team:
Cardiff Reserves have beaten Crystal Palace Reserves 3-2 English League Cup Match Preview:
Wallsall vs
Crystal Palace
@
Banks Stadium
19:45 kickoff: Tuesday 14th August 2007
Referee: Darren Deadman
Wallsall Manager: Richard Money
Crystal Palace Manager: Brendon Hedger
Injuries: N/A
Suspensions: N/A
Miscelleneous:
If he plays, Paul Dickov will be making his competitive debut for Crystal Palace
If he plays, 19-year-old Ishmel Demontagnac will be making his senior debut for Wallsall
Match Prediction from a football website: Wallsall 1 - 2 Crystal Palace
Squad For Wallsall Vs Crystal Palace (English League Cup First Round): S. Kuqi, C. Morrison
T. Soares, C. Fletcher (C), B. Watson, P. Ifill
Jose Fonte, T. Craig, L. Cort, D. Butterfield
J. Speroni
Subs: M. Almunia, B. Idrizaj, S. Green, M. Kenndy, J. Scowcroft
Tactics:
Penalty Kick Taker: S. Kuqi
Free Kick Takers: T. Soares (Left/Middle), S. Kuqi (Right)
Corner Kick Takers: P. Ifill (Left/Right)
Captain: C. Fletcher
Half Time: A Scott Dann own goal gives Crystal Palace the lead at the break. Dann was brought off the moment he scored the own goal. Score: Wallsall 0 - 1 Crystal Palace OVR stats:
Wallsall/Crystal Palace
2 ~
Shots on Target ~
4
1 ~
Shots off Target ~
2
49% ~
Possession ~
51%
75% ~
Pass Completion ~
76%
82% ~
Tackle Completion ~
93%
0 ~
Corner Kicks ~
2 2 ~
Free Kicks ~ 1
Full Time: A goal from Morrison in the second half puts Palace into the next round in an easy win. Man of the match was Paul Ifill Score: Wallsall 0 - 2 Crystal Palace OVR Stats:
3 ~
Shots on Target ~
5
2 ~
Shots off Target ~ 2
49% ~
Possession ~
51%
73% ~
Pass Completion ~
76% 74% ~
Tackle Completion ~ 68%
1 ~
Corner Kicks ~
4 5 ~
Free Kicks ~ 2
ATT Stats:
0 ~
Goals ~
2
3 ~
Shots on Target ~
5
2 ~
Shots off Target ~ 2
0 ~
Penalties ~ 0
12 ~
Runs Made ~
26
11 ~
Crosses ~
18
2 ~
Key Passes ~ 2
PASS Stats:
49% ~
Possession ~
51%
73% ~
Pass Completion ~
76%
318 ~
Passes Completed ~
423
2 ~
Key Passes ~ 2
11 ~
Crosses ~
18 28 ~
Miscontrolled ~ 13
96 ~
Lost Possession ~ 58
Set Plays:
1 ~
Corner Kicks ~
4 5 ~
Free Kicks ~ 2
0 ~
Direct Free Kicks ~ 0
10 ~
Indirect Free Kicks ~ 3
0 ~
Penalties ~ 0
69 ~
Throw-Ins ~
84 DEF Stats: 74% ~
Tackle Completion ~ 68%
43 ~
Tackles Completed ~ 21
0 ~
Key Tackles ~ 0
42% ~
Header Completion ~
55%
70 ~
Headers Won ~
122 182 ~
Clearances ~ 133
129 ~
Interceptions ~ 129
Fouls:
2 ~
Minor Fouls ~
3
0 ~
Cynical Fouls ~
2
0 ~
Yellow Cards ~
2
0 ~
Red Cards ~ 0
0 ~
Minor Injuries ~ 0
0 ~
Major Injuries ~ 0
1 ~
Offsides ~
5 Match Review: Another immense performance at the back by Crystal Palace. One of the best defensive sides in the league, which conceding the least goals away from home last year shows. Ifill played a superb game completing 45 passes, making 2/2 tackles, winning 8 headers. He also took 11 runs past opponents and 10 intercepts. Also to add to that performance though was an assist and 2 shots at goal. Crystal Palace are going to be hard to break down at the back this year as their pre-season showed only conceding 2 goals in 7 games, one which was against Newcastle.