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5¹	GOAL!! A deep cross from MILIVOJEVIC on the left was nodded home by MATETA at the far post. (1-0 Crystal Palace)
5¹	MORSY made space on the right and touched the ball to NDIAYE who touched the ball wide.
12¹	Uncertainty in the Crystal Palace defence enabled PETERSON to volley the ball just beyond the near post.
15¹	An exceptional effort from AYEW scraped the top of the crossbar.
16¹	HUGHES floated the ball to AYEW who headed it wide.
19¹	GOAL!! WARD tried to play the ball out of the Crystal Palace penalty area but was tackled by GIBBS-WHITE who nodded the ball to PETERSON for an easy tap in. (1-1)
20¹	BUENDIA beat MORSY and whacked the ball to MATETA who fumbled his shot wide.
25¹	GOAL!! An inswinging corner was kicked clear only for HUGHES to crack the ball home. (2-1 Crystal Palace)
36¹	A pin-point pass found VOGLSAMMER and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
36¹	BERGE's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Crystal Palace post.
39¹	ZAHA nodded the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
41¹	NDIAYE booked for arguing with the referee.
42¹	HUGHES beat a number of Sheffield United players and fired a golden opportunity over.
44¹	NDIAYE shot over.
44¹	BUENDIA rattled a simple chance past the lefthand post.
46¹	ZAHA steamed through the Sheffield United defence but shot straight at STEER.
2²	GOAL!! A long clearance by the Crystal Palace 'keeper beat the Sheffield United defence and ZAHA blasted the ball past the advancing STEER. (3-1 Crystal Palace)
7²	MILIVOJEVIC headed over.
11²	AYEW waltzed past ÂNGELO and rattled a poor shot wide.
15²	MATETA's shot was well saved by the Sheffield United 'keeper.
18²	The bemused 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from BERGE dropped just over.
21²	SELS blocked a clever shot from VOGLSAMMER.
26²	A deadly shot from NDIAYE was saved by SELS.
36²	A shot from VOGLSAMMER was smothered by the 'keeper.
40²	A useful ball from AYEW on the left fell to ZAHA who sliced his shot just beyond the far post.

Crystal Palace

League position:

Home league form:

WWO-

Overall league form:

WOWLWXXO

Formation:

4-3-3

Line-ups

Matz SELS	7	1	6½	Jed STEER
Reece JAMES	7	2	7	Reggie CANNON
Jeffrey SCHLUPP	6½	3	7	Cameron BURGESS
Emiliano BUENDIA	8	4	6½	Morgan GIBBS-WHITE
ANTÓNIO João SILVA	5½	5	6½	Kyron GORDON
^(c)Joel WARD	6	6	6	Sander BERGE
Will HUGHES	8	7	6½	ÂNGELO Gabriel
Wilfried ZAHA	6½	8	6½	Kristoffer PETERSON
^(p)Jean-Philippe MATETA	7½	9	6½	Iliman NDIAYE^(p)
^(f)Luka MILIVOJEVIC	6	10	6	Sam MORSY^(c,f)
Jordan AYEW	7	11	7	Andreas VOGLSAMMER
	Manager
Jack HARRISON		12		Billy SHARP
VICENTE GUAITA Panadero		13		Marcus DEWHURST
Jamal LEWIS	7½	14	7	Ben OSBORN
Cheikhou KOUYATÉ	7½	15		Lys MOUSSET
Jairo RIEDEWALD		16		Enda STEVENS

Sheffield United

League position:

Away league form:

LXLW

Overall league form:

XWLLXWLL

Formation:

4-3-3

Crystal Palace go through to the next round

Statistics

Crystal Palace 3 Sheffield United 1

(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 26,148, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Graham Horwood 6)

Mateta 5¹, Hughes 25¹, Zaha 2²

Scorers

Substitutions

Sent off

Bookings

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Peterson 19¹

António SilvaóKouyaté 5², SchluppóLewis 5²

Gibbs-WhiteóOsborn 21²

Ndiaye 41¹

58%

42%

¶ Man of the match: Will Hughes ¶