- Date:14 Sep 2010
- Kick-off:20:00
- Venue:Selhurst Park
- Vaughan (13) Vaughan (54) Vaughan (58)
Danns - pen (80) - Kitson (23)
Live Commentary
The referee signals the end of the game.
- 92mins
The referee books Calvin Andrew for unsporting behaviour. Ibrahima Sonko fouled by Calvin Andrew, the ref awards a free kick. Jamie Ashdown takes the free kick.
- 91mins
Inswinging corner taken by Owen Garvan from the right by-line.
- 90mins
Calvin Andrew takes a shot. Blocked by Ibrahima Sonko.
- 90mins
Calvin Andrew sends in a cross.
- 89mins
Liam Lawrence takes a shot. Andy Dorman gets a block in.
- 88mins
Pablo Counago joins the action as a substitute, replacing Neil Danns.
- 88mins
Neil Danns leaves the field to be replaced by Pablo Counago.
- 86mins
The offside flag is raised against John Utaka. Julian Speroni takes the indirect free kick.
- 85mins
Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Liam Lawrence, John Utaka takes a shot. Alex Marrow makes a clearance.
- 84mins
Calvin Andrew gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Ibrahima Sonko. Jamie Ashdown takes the indirect free kick.
- 83mins
Unfair challenge on John Utaka by Nathaniel Clyne results in a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by Carl Dickinson.
- 82mins
Carl Dickinson delivers the ball, Joel Ward produces a right-footed shot from deep inside the penalty box which goes wide of the left-hand upright.
- 82mins
The ball is swung over by Carl Dickinson, Joel Ward produces a right-footed shot from deep inside the penalty box which goes wide of the left-hand upright.
- 80mins
Calvin Andrew on for James Vaughan.
- 79mins
Penalty awarded for a foul by Michael Brown on Neil Danns. Power penalty scored by Neil Danns. Crystal Palace 4-1 Portsmouth.
- 78mins
Liam Lawrence takes a outswinging corner from the right by-line to the near post, clearance made by Owen Garvan.
- 78mins
Carl Dickinson crosses the ball.
- 76mins
Hayden Mullins challenges Neil Danns unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by Owen Garvan.
- 76mins
Dave Kitson takes a shot from just inside the penalty box which clears the bar.
- 76mins
Carl Dickinson delivers the ball, clearance by Alex Marrow.
- 75mins
Neil Danns takes a shot. Jamie Ashdown makes a save.
- 74mins
Nwankwo Kanu leaves the field to be replaced by John Utaka.
- 73mins
John Utaka is brought on as a substitute for Nwankwo Kanu.
- 73mins
Dave Kitson fouled by Owen Garvan, the ref awards a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by Liam Lawrence.
- 71mins
Dave Kitson concedes a free kick for a foul on Alex Marrow. Free kick taken by Julian Speroni.
- 70mins
Shot from just outside the area by Hayden Mullins misses to the left of the target.
- 70mins
Free kick awarded for a foul by Alex Marrow on Dave Kitson. Free kick taken by Carl Dickinson.
- 69mins
James Vaughan produces a right-footed shot from close in that clears the bar.
- 68mins
James Vaughan takes a shot. Save made by Jamie Ashdown.
- 66mins
Centre by Joel Ward, David Nugent takes a shot. Blocked by Anthony Gardner. Outswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Liam Lawrence.
- 62mins
Dave Kitson produces a header from inside the area that goes over the crossbar.
- 62mins
Dave Kitson fouled by Owen Garvan, the ref awards a free kick. Liam Lawrence takes the indirect free kick.
- 58mins
James Vaughan scores a goal from close range low into the middle of the goal. Crystal Palace 3-1 Portsmouth.The assist for the goal came from Neil Danns.
- 57mins
Free kick awarded for a foul by Carl Dickinson on Kieron Cadogan. Indirect free kick taken by Julian Speroni.
- 54mins
James Vaughan gets on the score sheet with a goal from just inside the area low into the middle of the goal. Crystal Palace 2-1 Portsmouth.Assist by Alex Marrow.
- 53mins
David Nugent takes a shot. Blocked by Patrick McCarthy.
- 52mins
The referee blows for offside against Dave Kitson. Alex Marrow takes the indirect free kick.
- 52mins
Hayden Mullins takes a shot. Julian Speroni makes a save.
- 50mins
James Vaughan fouled by Ibrahima Sonko, the ref awards a free kick. Owen Garvan takes the free kick.
- 50mins
Effort from inside the area by David Nugent misses to the left of the target.
- 48mins
The referee blows for offside against David Nugent. Julian Speroni takes the free kick.
- 47mins
Anthony Gardner concedes a free kick for a foul on Nwankwo Kanu. Shot on goal comes in from Liam Lawrence from the free kick, Julian Speroni makes a save.
The referee gets the second half underway.
The referee blows for half time.
- 43mins
Owen Garvan concedes a free kick for a foul on David Nugent. Indirect free kick taken by Carl Dickinson. Booking for Owen Garvan.
- 39mins
Anthony Gardner challenges Nwankwo Kanu unfairly and gives away a free kick. Liam Lawrence takes the indirect free kick.
- 38mins
Neil Danns takes a shot. Save made by Jamie Ashdown.
- 38mins
Kieran Djilali produces a right-footed shot from inside the box and hits the post.
- 37mins
Shot by Liam Lawrence from outside the box goes over the net.
- 37mins
Strike from close range by Neil Danns clears the bar.
- 36mins
Kieran Djilali produces a cross, clearance by Ricardo Rocha.
- 34mins
Liam Lawrence sends in a cross, clearance by Patrick McCarthy. Corner taken right-footed by Liam Lawrence, Andy Dorman manages to make a clearance.
- 33mins
Neil Danns sends in a cross, Ricardo Rocha makes a clearance.
- 30mins
Owen Garvan takes a shot. Julian Speroni makes a save. Corner taken left-footed by Owen Garvan from the right by-line to the near post, Carl Dickinson manages to make a clearance.
- 30mins
David Nugent takes a shot. Julian Speroni makes a save.
- 29mins
Shot from just outside the area by Owen Garvan goes over the bar.
- 28mins
Corner taken right-footed by Andy Dorman from the left by-line to the near post, clearance by Nwankwo Kanu.
- 27mins
James Vaughan takes a shot from deep inside the box clearing the bar.
- 27mins
Shot from just outside the box by James Vaughan goes over the target.
- 23mins
Dave Kitson fires in a goal from deep inside the penalty box low into the middle of the goal. Crystal Palace 1-1 Portsmouth.
- 22mins
Free kick awarded for a foul by Kieron Cadogan on Ricardo Rocha. Jamie Ashdown takes the free kick.
- 21mins
Hayden Mullins takes a shot. Save by Julian Speroni.
- 20mins
David Nugent fouled by Kieron Cadogan, the ref awards a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by Jamie Ashdown.
- 19mins
Kieran Djilali takes a shot. Save made by Jamie Ashdown.
- 18mins
Inswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Andy Dorman, Nwankwo Kanu makes a clearance.
- 16mins
Joel Ward takes a shot. Save by Julian Speroni.
- 15mins
Dave Kitson produces a left-footed shot from just outside the penalty box that misses to the left of the goal.
- 15mins
A cross is delivered by Kieron Cadogan, Jamie Ashdown makes a save.
- 13mins
James Vaughan fires in a goal from deep inside the penalty box to the top right corner of the goal. Crystal Palace 1-0 Portsmouth.Assist by Neil Danns.
- 11mins
The assistant referee signals for offside against Neil Danns. Jamie Ashdown takes the indirect free kick.
- 10mins
Inswinging corner taken by Owen Garvan, James Vaughan has a header from close range and clears the crossbar.
- 9mins
The assistant referee signals for offside against Nwankwo Kanu. Julian Speroni takes the free kick.
- 5mins
Shot by Kieran Djilali from outside the box goes high over the target.
- 4mins
Long distance shot from David Nugent misses to the left of the target.
- 2mins
Liam Lawrence takes a short corner.
- 2mins
Unfair challenge on Liam Lawrence by Neil Danns results in a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by Liam Lawrence.
The game begins.
Match Preview
Duo absent for Eagles Darren Ambrose and Wilfried Zaha are still missing from the Crystal Palace squad for the visit of Portsmouth. Midfielder Ambrose, last season's 20-goal top scorer, has yet to recover from a leg injury and rookie striker Zaha serves the final game of his three-match ban. But Edgar Davids could return after missing Saturday's defeat at Reading due to personal reasons and Tottenham loanee Jon Obika hopes to shake off a calf strain. Recent loan signings James Vaughan and Anthony Gardner should make their home debuts while Pablo Counago is pushing for a recall to the starting line-up. Defenders David Wright (calf) and Lee Hills and winger Sean Scannell (both knee) are still on the sidelines. Aaron Mokoena is set to miss out for Portsmouth. The South Africa midfielder was stretchered out of Saturday's goalless draw against Ipswich amid fears he had broken his leg. Scans have since shown there was no break but boss Steve Cotterill rates Mokoena as doubtful to figure at Selhurst Park so Richard Hughes could come back into the starting line-up. Dave Kitson and Liam Lawrence made their debuts on Saturday after their deadline-day moves from Stoke and will continue along with striker Kanu, who made his first appearance of the season after finally resolving his contract dispute with the club last week. Hermann Hreidarsson (Achilles), Danny Webber, Tom Kilbey (both knee) and Billy Goddard (shin) are still out.
Crystal Palace
Portsmouth
- Julian Speroni
- Nathaniel Clyne
- Alex Marrow
- Patrick McCarthy
- Anthony Gardner
- Kieran Djilali
- Neil Danns
- Owen Garvan
- Kieron Cadogan
- James Vaughan
- Andy Dorman
- SUBS
- Lewis Price
- Claude Davis
- Adam Barrett
- Calvin Andrew
- Julian Bennett
- Charlie Holness
- Pablo Counago
Home
Away
- Jamie Ashdown
- Joel Ward
- Ibrahima Sonko
- Ricardo Rocha
- Carl Dickinson
- Liam Lawrence
- Hayden Mullins
- Michael Brown
- David Nugent
- Dave Kitson
- Nwankwo Kanu
- SUBS
- Darryl Flahavan
- Matt Ritchie
- John Utaka
- Richard Hughes
- Nadir Ciftci
Match Report
Vaughan hits hat-trick in romp James Vaughan's sparkling treble breathed new life into Crystal Palace's season as they romped to a 4-1 win to leave Portsmouth rooted to the foot of the npower Championship. The 22-year-old striker, making his home debut after joining on loan from Everton, bagged his first career hat-trick as Palace got back to winning ways after four straight defeats. Pompey did at least manage to hit their second league goal of the season, courtesy of some comical Palace defending which let in new signing Dave Kitson to cancel out Vaughan's opener. But Vaughan struck twice more in the second half and Neil Danns added a penalty to leave Pompey, who remain in administration, still searching for their first win. Palace, of course, only recently came out of administration themselves, and the storm clouds which have been following these two clubs around appropriately opened moments after the teams kicked-off. But Vaughan's spirits were not dampened by the downpour and he struck in the 14th minute after Owen Garvan played a one-two with Danns before bursting into the Pompey penalty area. His square pass was slightly behind Vaughan but in a flash the striker swivelled and lashed his shot past Ashdown and into the top corner. However, Pompey were gifted the equaliser thanks to a dreadful mix-up in the Palace defence. Goalkeeper Julian Speroni came charging out to collect a long clearance but Anthony Gardner clearly did not see or hear him coming and nodded the ball over the Argentinian, allowing Kitson to fire into an empty net. Ashdown denied Palace a second with a superb save to tip Garvan's dipping 20-yard drive over the top before Kieron Djilali cut inside and curled a fine effort onto the inside of the post. Pompey started the second half brightly and David Nugent's strike was ruled out by an offside flag before Hayden Mullins, playing against the club where he started his career, shot too close to Speroni. But nine minutes into the second half Vaughan raced onto Alex Marrow's pass over the top, got to the ball just before Ashdown and expertly lifted it over the keeper and into the net. Vaughan completed his hat-trick four minutes later after Danns nodded Paddy McCarthy's cross into his path. And nine minutes from time, Danns was felled by Michael Brown and, having waved away Vaughan's attempts to take the spot-kick, smashed the ball past Ashdown for the fourth.
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