Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Crystal Palace: Late Christian Benteke objective stuns Seagulls

Christian Benteke’s stoppage-time objective provided Crystal Palace a smash-and-grab Premier League win at competitors Brighton, who are now in risk of being drawn into a transfer fight.
The visitors had actually opened the scoring versus the run of play, with Jean-Philippe Mateta backheeling Jordan Ayew’s cross in from their very first attack of the video game.
However Brighton’s supremacy in belongings though was rewarded with an equaliser after the break when Joel Veltman swept a left-foot effort into the bottom-right corner.
The hosts rejected a number of outstanding possibilities to proceed prior to Benteke wonderfully volleyed in the winner versus the run of play in the last minute of included time.
It showed to be an amazing conclusion to the contest with Brighton delighting in 75% of the ball, signing up 25 shots on objective to Palace’s 3 and requiring 13 corners while yielding none.
The outcome sees Palace go up a location to 13th however the Seagulls stay 16th, simply 4 points above a resurgent Fulham in 18th.
More to follow.
Gamer of the match
Benteke Christian Benteke
Brighton & & Hove Albion
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Team number 34 Gamer name Veltman
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Team number 5 Gamer name Dunk
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Team number 10 Gamer name Mac Allister
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Team number 33 Gamer name Burn
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Team number 26 Gamer name Sánchez
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Team number 18 Gamer name Welbeck
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Team number 11 Gamer name Trossard
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Team number 8 Gamer name Bissouma
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Team number 13 Gamer name Groß
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Team number 3 Gamer name White
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Team number 14 Gamer name Lallana
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Team number 17 Gamer name Alzate
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Team number 16 Gamer name Jahanbakhsh
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Team number 9 Gamer name Maupay
Crystal Palace
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Team number 20 Gamer name Benteke
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Team number 9 Gamer name J Ayew
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Team number 24 Gamer name Cahill
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Team number 14 Gamer name Mateta
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Team number 8 Gamer name Kouyaté
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Team number 31 Gamer name Guaita
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Team number 10 Gamer name Townsend
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Team number 2 Gamer name Ward
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Team number 27 Gamer name Mitchell
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Team number 22 Gamer name McCarthy
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Team number 25 Gamer name Eze
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Team number 44 Gamer name Riedewald
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Team number 4 Gamer name Milivojevic
Line-ups
Brighton
Development 3-4-2-1
- 26 Sánchez
- 3 White
- 5 Dunk
- 33 Burn Scheduled at 53mins
- 34 Veltman Scheduled at 84mins
- 13 Groß Replacemented For Jahanbakhsh at 81′ minutes
- 8 Bissouma
- 17 Alzate Replacemented For Welbeck at 45′ minutes
- 11 Trossard
- 10 Mac Allister Replacemented For Lallana at 68′ minutes
- 9 Maupay
Alternatives
- 7 Connolly
- 14 Lallana
- 15 Moder
- 16 Jahanbakhsh
- 18 Welbeck
- 22 Tau
- 23 Steele
- 24 Pröpper
- 29 Zeqiri
Crystal Palace
Development 4-3-3
- 31 Guaita
- 2 Ward
- 8 Kouyaté
- 24 Cahill
- 27 Mitchell
- 44 Riedewald
- 4 Milivojevic
- 25 Eze Replacemented For McCarthy at 90 +1′ minutes
- 9 J Ayew
- 14 Mateta Replacemented For Benteke at 75′ minutes
- 10 Townsend
Alternatives
- 1 Butland
- 3 van Aanholt
- 6 Dann
- 17 Clyne
- 20 Benteke
- 22 McCarthy
- 23 Batshuayi
- 34 Kelly
Live Text
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Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Crystal Palace 2.
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2nd Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Crystal Palace 2.
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Hand ball by Dan Burn (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Objective! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Crystal Palace 2. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) best footed shot from the best side of package down left corner. Helped by Andros Townsend with a cross.
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Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a complimentary kick in the assaulting half.
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Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
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Replacement, Crystal Palace. James McCarthy changes Eberechi Eze.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yielded by Tyrick Mitchell.
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Effort obstructed. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) best footed shot from the centre of package is obstructed.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yielded by Gary Cahill.
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Effort obstructed. Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton and Hove Albion) best footed shot from the centre of package is obstructed. Helped by Danny Welbeck.
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Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) is revealed the yellow card for a bad nasty.
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Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a complimentary kick in the protective half.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yielded by Joel Ward.
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Replacement, Brighton and Hove Albion. Alireza Jahanbakhsh changes Pascal Groß.
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Effort missed out on. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside package is high and broad to the left. Helped by Luka Milivojevic with a headed pass.
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Foul by Dan Burn (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a complimentary kick in the protective half.
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Replacement, Crystal Palace. Christian Benteke changes Jean-Philippe Mateta.