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Commentary
GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of BENTEKE who tapped the ball past the helpless Rotherham United 'keeper. (1-0 Crystal Palace)
A cross from TOWNSEND left KAIKAI in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
GOAL!! A definite penalty was awarded to Crystal Palace, after RUI FONTE had fouled KAIKAI which BENTEKE easily converted. (2-0 Crystal Palace)
10¹AMAVI headed just wide.
11¹A tame strike from BENTEKE trickled agonisingly wide.
13¹The referee cautions BARTLEY for dangerous play against TOWNSEND.
13¹GOAL!! Crystal Palace were awarded a penalty after a foul on TOWNSEND and BENTEKE put it past the Rotherham United 'keeper. (3-0 Crystal Palace)
19¹A corner bobbled toward HERNÁNDEZ who fired the ball just beyond the near post.
23¹DRYSDALE cautions SØRLOTH for a bad tackle.
24¹A strike from ZHENG held little difficulty for the Crystal Palace 'keeper.
26¹The bemused SHEARER could only watch as a backpass from ZHENG fell just wide.
36¹TOWNSEND rushed an easy chance.
38¹SCHLUPP booked by the ref for a clumsy challenge.
40¹SCHLUPP was put clear by McARTHUR and he turned the Rotherham United 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
41¹TOWNSEND beat a number of Rotherham United players and stroked a great chance just wide.
HERNÁNDEZ fired the ball through a crowd of players but VICENTE GUAITA was a match for it as he dived to his right.
14²A penalty box scramble resulted in SØRLOTH cracking a low shot wide.
18²VAN AANHOLT shot wide.
25²GOAL!! A tame shot from TOWNSEND seemed to hold little difficulty for the Rotherham United 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (4-0 Crystal Palace)
35²GOAL!! A brilliant ball from LUMEKA left PUNCHEON in the clear, he made SHEARER commit himself before touching the ball to TOWNSEND to score. (5-0 Crystal Palace)
39²A good effort from PUNCHEON scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
43²A free-kick from McARTHUR raced wide.

 
Crystal Palace
 
League position: 3
Home league form: WWWO
Overall league form: WWOWWWLO
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
VICENTE GUAITA Panadero1Scott SHEARER
Aaron WAN-BISSAKA2Eddie NOLAN
Patrick VAN AANHOLT3Jordan AMAVI
(c)James McARTHUR4ZHENG Zhi(c)
Martin KELLY5Kyle BARTLEY
Jeffrey SCHLUPP6Jaroslaw JACH
Jason PUNCHEON7UKRA
Andros TOWNSEND8Serge GNABRY
(p)Christian BENTEKE9Javier HERNÁNDEZ(p)
(f)Alexander SØRLOTH10RUI Pedro FONTE(f)
Sullay KAIKAI11Colin KAZIM-RICHARDS
Manager
Luke DREHER  12  Daniel FOX
Balázs MEGYERI  13  Joe MATTOCK
Joel WARD  14  Darren POTTER
Levi LUMEKA15  Stephen BROGAN
Nya KIRBY  16 
 
Rotherham United
 
League position: 12
Away league form: LLXX
Overall league form: WLWWLXXX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Crystal Palace 5 Rotherham United 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 26,206, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Darren Drysdale 7½)

Benteke 1¹, Benteke 8¹ (pen), Benteke 13¹ (pen), Townsend 25², Townsend 35²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
BentekeóLumeka 28² 
  
Sørloth 23¹, Schlupp 38¹Bartley 13¹
40
1412
33
54
185
239
04
55%45%
Man of the match: Jason Puncheon