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Crystal Palace held high-flying Brighton & Hove Albion to a 1-1 draw in the Premier League on Saturday after James Tomkins capitalised on a calamitous error to cancel out Solly March’s opener.
The result leaves Brighton on 35 points in sixth place, while Palace are 12th with Patrick Vieira’s side yet to taste a league victory in 2023.
Brighton, who have not lost this year, were able to break through Palace’s defence numerous times in the first half, with Kaoru Mitoma seeing his angled shot denied by goalkeeper Vicente Guaita while Adam Webster also had a header go wide.
Pervis Estupinan had the ball in the net shortly after the half-hour mark but just as the Ecuadorian full back celebrated what he thought was his first goal for Brighton, VAR came to Palace’s rescue and chalked it off for offside.
The breakthrough finally came in the 63rd minute when March stole past the last defender to skilfully turn in Estupinan’s cross at the far post despite it being at an awkward height.
But Palace levelled when Brighton keeper Robert Sanchez made a mess of a straightforward catch from a set-piece, with the ball bouncing up kindly for Tomkins who headed it into an empty net.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton haven't kept a clean sheet in any of their last nine Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace, though they've also failed to score in just one of those nine games.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
As for Brighton, Roberto De Zerbi makes three alterations to the team that beat Bournemouth. Switching from three centre-backs to two, Veltman moves out to right-back and Estupinan goes to left-back. As a result, Lamptey is out of the team and is replaced by Webster who partners with Dunk in the middle. In the midfield, Caicedo comes in for Billy Gilmour. Finally, Mac Allister starts instead of Danny Welbeck with Undav moving into the striking position.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Palace make two changes to the team that lost to Manchester United last time out. The first comes at centre-back with Tomkins replacing Chris Richards. In the attack, Mateta is picked ahead of Edouard and will lead the line.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
BRIGHTON SUBS: Jason Steele, Tariq Lamptey, Jeremy Sarmiento, Julio Enciso, Yasin Ayari, Evan Ferguson, Jan Paul van Hecke, Facundo Buonanotte, Andrew Moran.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
BRIGHTON (4-2-3-1): Robert Sanchez; Joel Veltman, Adam Webster, Lewis Dunk, Pervis Estupinan; Pascal Gross, Moises Caicedo; Solly March, Alexis Mac Allister, Kaoru Mitoma; Deniz Undav.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: Sam Johnstone, Joe Whitworth, Luka Milivojevic, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Eberechi Eze, James McArthur, Odsonne Edouard, Naouirou Ahamada, Jairo Riedewald.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
CRYSTAL PALACE (4-2-3-1): Vicente Guaita; Nathaniel Clyne, James Tomkins, Marc Guehi, Tyrick Mitchell; Cheick Doucoure, Will Hughes; Jordan Ayew, Michael Olise, Jeffrey Schlupp; Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
As for Brighton, they will be looking to extend their unbeaten run in the league to five games. Losing to league leaders Arsenal in their final fixture of 2022, wins against Everton, Liverpool and Bournemouth and a draw with Leicester have seen the Seagulls rise from eighth to sixth. Five points behind Tottenham who occupy the position above, a victory against Palace will put pressure on the north London club. However, they have failed to win any of their last six games against Palace (W2, D4).
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