Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace – as it happened: Junior Stanislas converts penalty to clinch all three points
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Your support makes all the difference.Bournemouth take on Crystal Palace at the Vitality Stadium as two of the Premier League's mid-table staples bid to stake a claim for the top half of the league.
Palace come into the game three points behind the Cherries having ended a run of three straight defeats with a win over Huddersfield and a frustrating goalless draw against Newcastle.
Bournemouth's fast start to the season came to a strange halt at Burnley where they were thrashed 4-0, but Eddie Howe's side can climb up to seventh in the table with all three points tonight.
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46 minutes
No changes at half-time. Can Crystal Palace get back on level terms? Wilfried Zaha has barely had the ball and you feel they need to get him more involved if they are to find a route to goal.
47 minutes
That isn't a bad chance at all. Jordan Ayew does well and again James McArthur finds a pocket of space by the penalty spot. Ayew finds him but it is a poor shot that sails over the bar.
49 minutes
A superb, crisp forward pass from Luka Milivojevic is turned on by Jordan Ayew but Wilfried Zaha loses out to Simon Francis.
David Brooks nearly gifts Palace a further opportunity with a missed hack at the ball but just about recovers. More promising from the visitors.
50 minutes
More good stuff from the Eagles. Aaron Wan-Bissaka runs with pace and power and Andros Townsend swings in a dangerous cross which falls to Wilfried Zaha. Blocked.
52 minutes
They look so much more alive at the start of this half, and Bournemouth are starting to appear a little harried. All eleven Crystal Palace players are in the hosts' half before Steve Cook manages to clear long.
53 minutes
Max Meyer tries to sidefoot a volley on the turn and connects sweetly with the plummeting ball but it strikes his own man and Asmir Begovic will have a goal-kick.
But Crystal Palace win it back swiftly. First signs of panic in the Bournemouth defence, though they continue to look to play the ball out from the back.
AND THE PRESSURE TELLS! A QUITE FANTASTIC EFFORT RIFLED HOME BY PATRICK VAN AANHOLT!
He's offside and Bournemouth can count themselves unlucky, but that is a superb finish.
Luka Milivojevic picks the ball up deep and plays a nice forward ball to initially spark an attack. Wilfried Zaha has moved inside to free space or the onrushing Van Aanholt and Zaha profits from a fortunate ricochet of Max Meyer and plays through to Van Aanholt. The left-back cuts back on to his weaker right foot but sweetly powers the ball in to the roof of the net at the near post.
It was coming, even if it shouldn't have counted. 1-1
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