Crystal Palace continued pre-season preparations against Crawley on Saturday in a 6-3 thriller, here’s all the coverage surrounding the game.
The Eagles continued pre-season with a 6-3 thriller at the Broadfield Stadium in which it was a game of two halves.
Odsonne Edouard opened the scoring for Crystal Palace, followed quickly by Jesurun Rak-Sakyi and Daichi Kamada for a 3-0 lead inside 10 minutes.
Rak-Sakyi scored his second before half-time, and then the second half saw a Crawley resurgence as goals from Jordan Ayew and Jeffrey Schlupp meant the game ended 6-3.
An excellent way to prepare for the US tour which starts against Wolves on Thursday at 1 am GMT.
Follow below for all the latest updates from the game with kick-off at 12:30 pm on Saturday, July 27th.
Full-time: (Hepburn-Murphy x2, Roles) Crawley Town 3-6 Crystal Palace (Edouard, Rak-Sakyi x2, Kamada, Ayew, Schlupp)
Honourable mention to Franco Umeh
One player who deserves an honourable mention was Franco Umeh, he made an instant impact off the bench and provided a serious threat down the right side.
Future gem for Oliver Glasner – the Palace X account has praised him too.
Palace fans react to Jesurun Rak-Sakyi’s performance
After a brace-scoring outing for Rak-Sakyi, fans have been reacting.
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Oliver Glasner making fans days after the game
After such an incredibly exciting game, Glasner has taken time to meet fans and take photos with them. Class act.
Crystal Palace player ratings
After the dust has now settled, here are our player ratings from the game.
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Next up it’s the US tour
Crystal Palace now make their way stateside to take on Premier League opposition before pre-season concludes at Selhurst Park.
Here’s how the rest of pre-season looks for Palace;
Thursday, August 1st, 1am GMT vs. Wolves
Sunday, August 4th, 12am GMT vs. West Ham
Sunday, August 11th, 3pm GMT vs. Nantes
Can finally catch our breath
After a 90 minutes which saw nine goals, we can all catch our breaths and reflect on what we saw.
Ultimately, the result won’t have been the significant factor for Glasner although he’ll be delighted that his side scored six goals.
On the negative side, conceding three won’t have pleased him, but all three were either of Palace’s own doing or an unstoppable long-shot.
Importantly for the Eagles, it was an excellent run-out against tough opposition and it’ll have the forwards confident ahead of the US tour commencing.
[Link]6-3 Crystal Palace
Jeffrey Schlupp makes it 6-3 and puts the game to bed, we hope. Will Hughes with the assist and Schlupp finished really well past the Crawley goalkeeper.
[Link]Ayew misses open goal
Somehow Jordan Ayew has missed the chance to make it 6-3 with the goal gaping in front of him, he’s put it wide. 11 minutes to play.
[Link]5-3 Crawley Town
More mistakes at the back from Palace as Jack Roles scores against his former club.
[Link]5-2 Crystal Palace
At long last Palace re-establish their dominance with Jordan Ayew scoring. He took two attempts to do so but will be delighted to have got his goal which puts to bed any comeback concerns.
[Link]Palace make three substitutions
Rak-Sakyi, Edouard, Andersen, Richards off
Umeh, Ayew, Holding, Schlupp on
[Link]4-2 Crawley score again.
Palace gift Crawley a goal as Joachim Andersen falls over in the six yard box giving Hepburn-Murphy an open goal for his second of the day.
[Link]Palace under pressure
After such a fast first-half, the Eagles have looked a shell of themselves in the second. This has allowed Crawley to dominate and they are piling on the pressure.
[Link]4-1 Crawley Town score
Crawley Town pull one back with a sensational goal from Hepburn-Murphy which nestled into the top corner from range leaving Sam Johnstone zero chance. 4-1.
[Link]Second half underway
Crystal Palace make a few changes at half-time with Cheick Doucoure withdrawn after his late first-half injury. Replaced by Naouirou Ahamada.
Joel Ward has also replaced Chadi Riad.
[Link]Halftime – Crawley Town 0-4 Crystal Palace
A first half hammering for Crawley Town as the Eagles are in complete control thanks to a Jesurun Rak-Sakyi brace along with goals from Daichi Kamada and Odsonne Edouard.
It will be interesting to see how the XI looks in the second half, will Glasner make wholesale changes?
[Link]Injury concern
The referee calls a halt to play as Cheick Doucoure is sat on the ground after going down off the ball. Oliver Glasner has joined the physio on the pitch to check on Doucoure.
After his injury woes last season, this will be a huge concern for the Eagles but for now he has returned to finish the half.
[Link]Edouard strikes the bar
Edouard will feel he should have a hat trick at this point! Close again.
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4-0 Crystal Palace
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi grabs his second after a quick Palace break. Taking on his defender down the outside, Rak-Sakyi finished excellently with his right foot for his third in two games. He’s in red hot form.
[Link]Edouard scores… but it’s offside
The ball is back in the Crawley net again with Edouard scoring, however he was slightly offside. Once again though it was the high press which created the chance.
[Link]3-0 Crystal Palace
In the 10th minute, it’s all but over with Daichi Kamada scoring his first goal for the club. A long ball from Chris Richards found him behind the defensive line, he then rounded the goalkeeper before slotting home.
[Link]This could turn into a rout
Just six minutes played and Edouard almost made it 3-0 with the Crawley goalkeeper making an important stop to prevent the Frenchman.
[Link]2-0 Crystal Palace
Less than 3 minutes played and it’s 2-0 to Crystal Palace with Jesurun Rak-Sakyi scoring his second in as many games. It was the high press again which punished Crawley, they can’t cope!
[Link]1-0 Crystal Palace
Inside 90 seconds and Odsonne Edouard has made it 1-0!! The Palace high press instantly catches out Crawley with Kamada’s head intercepting the defenders before Edouard showed great strength to finish.
[Link]Rak-Sakyi starts amid exit rumours
One name in the starting line-up is Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, with his goal last week against Charlton impressing enough to earn a start here.
However this comes amid reports he could beheading out on loan this summer, with Leeds United the most recent club to be interested.
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Crystal Palace XI vs Crawley Town
Johnstone; Clyne, Richards, Andersen,Riad, Mitchell; Hughes, Doucoure; Rak-Sakyi, Kamada, Edouard.
One man won’t be playing today…
1 hour 45 minutes from kick-off and we await team news but there is one player who definitely won’t be playing. This being Ryan Sessegnon as Oliver Glasner rejected the chance to sign him.
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5 last Palace fixtures vs Crawley
July 19th 2023: Crawley Town 0-4 Crystal Palace
July 27th 2013: Crawley Town 3-0 Crystal Palace
August 23rd 2011: Crystal Palace 2-0 Crawley Town
July 22nd 2011: Crawley Town 0-0 Crystal Palace
July 13th 2010: Crawley Town 1-0 Crystal Palace
[Link]Last time out for Crystal Palace
For the Eagles, this game follows one week after a 1-1 draw against Charlton in which it was Jesurun Rak-Sakyi who scored. Meanwhile, Daichi Kamada impressed fans.
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How Oliver Glasner could set the Eagles up vs Crawley Town
For Oliver Glasner, his options for this game are expanded from the previous game against Charlton thanks to the returning Joachim Andersen and Chris Richards.
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How to watch Crystal Palace vs Crawley Town
Crystal Palace take on Crawley Town in the third pre-season fixture of the summer today. Kick off is at 12:30pm, find out all the details below.
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Welcome to our live blog coverage
Welcome to our live blog coverage of Crystal Palace against Crawley Town. Stay tuned for all the build-up, team news and latest updates from the game.
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