Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace – as it happened: Junior Stanislas converts penalty to clinch all three points

Re-live all the action from the Vitality Stadium

Bournemouth 2018/19 Premier League profile

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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[1 October 2018 19:43 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

20 minutes until kick-off on the South Coast. These sides haven't shared a goalless draw in the Premier League...

[1 October 2018 19:51 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Ahead of tonight's fixture, Roy Hodgson has issued a call to arms to his side to ease the goalscoring pressure on Wilfried Zaha:

[1 October 2018 19:58 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

On to the pitch emerge the 22 men prepared to do battle under the bright lights at the Vitality Stadium. 

Mike Dean is the experienced man-in-the-middle for this one.

[1 October 2018 20:01 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Bournemouth get proceedings under way.

[1 October 2018 20:02 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

1 minute 

An early touch for David Brooks on Bournemouth's right, but he is crowded out.

James Tomkins sprays a pass out for a throw to the hosts. 

[1 October 2018 20:04 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

2 minutes

Nearly! Bournemouth work the space well when Patrick Van Aanholt steps out and Callum Wilson feeds Brooks in behind. His square ball rolls agonisingly past Joshua King, who could have perhaps given greater effort to try to get to it. 

An excellent opportunity early on.

[1 October 2018 20:04 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

3 minutes

Good one touch passing through midfield from the Cherries, who have started brightly.

[1 October 2018 20:05 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

4 minutes

A FIRST BOURNEMOUTH GOAL FOR DAVID BROOKS PUTS BOURNEMOUTH AHEAD!

[1 October 2018 20:07 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

What a start for the home side!

The Cherries move the ball efficiently down their left. Callum Wilson finds space on the edge of the area and caresses a well-weighted ball across to Brooks. The Welsh international curls a left-footed shot gorgeously into the top corner and it cannons into the net off the underside of the bar.

A deserved lead even so early on, it must be said.

[1 October 2018 20:08 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

7 minutes

First opening for Palace when an attempt to play out from the back by Bournemouth goes awry. A Jefferson Lerma lunge gives them a free-kick on the left-hand edge of the box.

Luka Milivojevic will take...

Deflected wide off the wall.