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  • Kick-off: 20:00
  • Venue: Ashton Gate
  • Attendance: 16446
  • Referee: Beeby, R

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90 mins

Goal!! Jamie McCombe scores for Bristol City.

87 mins

Mark Hudson is booked for dissent.

85 mins

Shaun Derry is being taken off, Jose Miguel Fonte has come on in his place.

84 mins

Liam Fontaine is replaced by Tamas Vasko.

82 mins

The referee has booked James Scowcroft.

79 mins

Shefki Kuqi is replaced by James Scowcroft.

69 mins

Tom Soares is being taken off, Sean Scannell has come on in his place.

69 mins

Ivan Sproule is being taken off, Darren Byfield has come on in his place.

69 mins

Bristol City are replacing Nick Carle with Lee Trundle.

68 mins

Tom Soares goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

61 mins

Goal!! Lee Hills scores for Crystal Palace.

46 mins

Nick Carle goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by R Beeby

29 mins

The referee has booked Matt Lawrence.

9 mins

Clint Hill goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

0 mins

It's 8pm on Monday, February 18th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Jamie McCombe secured a point with a last-gasp equaliser in the 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace, but it was not enough for Bristol City to snatch top spot in the Championship.

Until the centre-back went up for the game's last corner it seemed Palace were about to end a four-match run without a win.

Lee Hills had volleyed them ahead just after the hour and Julian Speroni had saved a penalty in the frenzied climax to a game which took time to come alive.

McCombe's saver for City came right at the end of an extra four minutes and there was barely time for a restart before the final whistle.

Speroni's spot-kick parry from Bradley Orr's penalty was followed by an even better save as Orr swooped on the rebound, but the final minutes were all played out around the visitors' goal area.

Neil Warnock had made four changes in a bid to end Palace's poor run but they have now taken only two points from 15.

A power cut set back the start by 15 minutes and tactically much of the football from both sides in the first half was in the dark.

The Eagles made a bright start, but faded before the eager, hard-working City thrust forward, but the home side suffered by using Dele Adebola as their only striker.

With Speroni reading the crosses well Palace were seldom under real pressure, but had a moment of panic when Matt Lawrence obstructed Adebola's run on goal.

Fearing a red card they swarmed around referee Roger Beeby, but he had made up his mind the striker had not got through to a scoring position and that a yellow would suffice.

Palace made their physical presence known in the second half and Mark Hudson went close to giving them the lead with a header, before Hills produced a superb strike from Ben Watson's squared pass.

Bristol City Team

Crystal Palace Team

Bristol City

Crystal Palace

Corners

11 5

Fouls

12 15

Goal attempts

18 11

Shots off target

12 5

Offsides

2 2

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