Crystal Palace v Brighton live: Result and final score after rivals clash in Premier League
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Crystal Palace and Brighton played out a forgettable 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park to remain a point apart in mid-table in the Premier League.
There was little to separate the teams in terms of performance, with the visitors shading the possession statistics while Palace had more shots but fewer on target.
This was, in truth, the extent of the difference between them, with neither side deserving more than what they left with.
If anyone deserved more it was the supporters, home and away, who maintained a ferocious atmosphere throughout in south London despite a paucity of anything happening on the pitch to justify it.
Home fans in particular drew enormous glee from a yellow card shown to Brighton's Georginio Rutter for diving inside the box in the second half after VAR overturned an initial penalty decision.
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It is all over here, with neither side able to get on the scoresheet as it finishes 0-0 between Crystal Palace and Brighton. It’s fair to say that this was no classic, however, hopes for one would have been high after a blockbuster first ten minutes. Gomez and Sarr both came close to opening the scoring within a minute of each other. Brighton was awarded a penalty just after the hour mark, however, after VAR intervened it was overturned, with Rutter being adjudged to have dived instead of being fouled. Pino nearly stole it in deep into added time, but Verbruggen reacted well to push wide. Palace ended the game with an xG of 0.74, with Brighton only amassing 0.38xG across the whole match. For Palace, it is a fifth clean sheet of the season, with only Arsenal doing this more often. Today was Brighton’s first clean sheet away from the AMEX, and only their second of the season. That is all from me here. Thank you all for tuning in and have a good rest of your day!
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
FULL-TIME: CRYSTAL PALACE 0-0 BRIGHTON.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
PALACE NEARLY STEAL IT AT THE DEATH!!! Pino’s ball in is headed back across the box by Lerma, falling back to Pino. His driven effort is towards Verbruggen’s bottom right corner, which he gets down to and pushes for a corner. What a save late on!
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Veltman punished for a foul on Mitchell, late opportunity for Palace to get players in the box.
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Brighton putting on the late pressure from a few corners. Neither lead to anything and Palace stay strong.
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And van Hecke also has been shown a yellow card.
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Lerma was the Palace player in the book.
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More handbags in the box as Brighton line up a corner-kick, resulting in a few cards being shown.
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SEVEN MINUTES ADDED TIME TO END THE GAME!
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