Crystal Palace 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Odsonne Edouard scores twice as Palace beat Wolves

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By Marissa ThomasBBC Sport

Last updated connected Less than a infinitesimal ago.From the conception Premier League

Odsonne Edouard celebrates scoring for Crystal PalaceOdsonne Edouard's treble secured Crystal Palace's 2nd triumph of the Premier League season

Odsonne Edouard scored doubly arsenic Crystal Palace bushed Wolves successful a Premier League lucifer with a frantic finish.

Edouard opened the scoring aft helium got successful betwixt 2 Wolves defenders to decorativeness from Tyrick Mitchell's fantabulous cross.

Wolves substitute Hwang Hee-chan equalised six minutes aft entering the field, getting connected the extremity of a free-kick from Pedro Neto.

But conscionable minutes aft being denied from a free-kick by Wolves keeper Jose Sa, Eberechi Eze got connected the extremity of a sound down from Jean-Philippe Mateta to descent home.

Then Edouard combined with Mateta and produced a calm slotted finish.

Matheus Cunha headed location from adjacent scope successful added clip but the points were already heading to Palace.

Slow starters travel good

Jean-Philippe Mateta celebrates with Eberechi EzeJean-Philippe Mateta's assists helped unafraid triumph for Palace

Roy Hodgson's broadside person been dilatory starters, failing to people a first-half extremity successful each 4 of their Premier League games truthful far.

Goals had been hard to travel by with Palace scoring conscionable 2 successful their opening 3 league games.

But aft a goalless archetypal fractional here, Palace came to beingness erstwhile Edouard opened the scoring conscionable earlier the hr mark.

Eze past struck aft combining with Mateta, whose sublime backheel gave Edouard his 2nd of the crippled - and his archetypal Palace league treble since helium got 2 connected his debut against Tottenham Hotspur 2 years ago.

Mateta was hugely influential disconnected the seat with 2 assists - and his link-up play with Eze and Edouard gives Palace fans crushed for optimism.

More to follow.

Player of the match

ÉdouardOdsonne Édouard

with an mean of 8.55

Crystal Palace

  1. Squad number22Player nameÉdouard

  2. Squad number10Player nameEze

  3. Squad number14Player nameMateta

  4. Squad number16Player nameAndersen

  5. Squad number6Player nameGuéhi

  6. Squad number3Player nameMitchell

  7. Squad number19Player nameHughes

  8. Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew

  9. Squad number1Player nameJohnstone

  10. Squad number28Player nameDoucouré

  11. Squad number8Player nameLerma

  12. Squad number2Player nameWard

  13. Squad number15Player nameSchlupp

Wolverhampton Wanderers

  1. Squad number7Player namePedro Neto

  2. Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan

  3. Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha

  4. Squad number5Player nameLemina

  5. Squad number23Player nameKilman

  6. Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá

  7. Squad number15Player nameDawson

  8. Squad number8Player nameJoão Gomes

  9. Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri

  10. Squad number9Player nameFábio Silva

  11. Squad number21Player nameSarabia

  12. Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo

  13. Squad number18Player nameKalajdzic

  14. Squad number6Player nameTraoré

  15. Squad number17Player nameBueno

Line-ups

Crystal Palace

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1Johnstone
  • 2WardBooked astatine 52mins
  • 16Andersen
  • 6Guéhi
  • 3Mitchell
  • 28Doucouré
  • 8Lerma
  • 9J Ayew
  • 10Eze
  • 15SchluppSubstituted forMatetaat 71'minutes
  • 22ÉdouardSubstituted forHughesat 90'minutes

Substitutes

  • 5Tomkins
  • 14Mateta
  • 17Clyne
  • 19Hughes
  • 26Richards
  • 29Ahamada
  • 30Henderson
  • 44Riedewald
  • 49Rak-Sakyi

Wolves

Formation 4-4-1-1

  • 1
  • 22Nélson SemedoBooked astatine 24mins
  • 15Dawson
  • 23Kilman
  • 3Aït-NouriBooked astatine 27minsSubstituted forBuenoat 82'minutes
  • 21SarabiaSubstituted forHwang Hee-chanat 60'minutes
  • 8João GomesBooked astatine 55minsSubstituted forKalajdzicat 81'minutes
  • 5Lemina
  • 7Neto
  • 12Matheus Cunha
  • 9Fábio SilvaSubstituted forTraoréat 74'minutes

Substitutes

  • 2Doherty
  • 6Traoré
  • 11Hwang Hee-chan
  • 17Bueno
  • 18Kalajdzic
  • 24Gomes
  • 25Bentley
  • 30González
  • 63Fraser

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Crystal Palace 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.

  2. Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.

  3. Goal! Crystal Palace 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from precise adjacent scope to the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Pedro Neto with a cross.

  4. Attempt missed. Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the near pursuing a corner.

  5. Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by José Sá.

  6. Attempt saved. Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Will Hughes.

  7. Substitution, Crystal Palace. Will Hughes replaces Odsonne Édouard.

  8. Attempt saved. Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.

  9. Craig Dawson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  10. Foul by Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace).

  11. Foul by Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

  12. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  13. Goal! Crystal Palace 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Odsonne Édouard (Crystal Palace) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Mateta.

  14. Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hugo Bueno replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri.

  15. Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Sasa Kalajdzic replaces João Gomes.

  16. Goal! Crystal Palace 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Mateta.

  17. Attempt saved. Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the apical close corner.

  18. Foul by Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

  19. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.

  20. Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

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