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Commentary
A right foot effort from BENTEKE was clawed past the post by the 'keeper.
McARTHUR played the ball to TOWNSEND who turned it wide.
10¹RENATO AUGUSTO beat WARD and flicked the ball to ESPINOSA who fired his shot wide.
13¹SZCZESNY was able to claw away a tame header from ESPINOSA.
14¹GOAL!! A long goal-kick from KELLY caught the Bradford City defence napping and TOWNSEND nipped in to easily score. (1-0 Crystal Palace)
16¹CABAYE flicked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
27¹A shot from DARBY held no problem for the 'keeper.
30¹A penalty box meleé resulted in TOWNSEND cracking a low shot over.
37¹A free-kick from TOWNSEND floated inches wide.
41¹A bad challenge on ROLANDO by DIENG results in a booking.
42¹GOAL!! A strike from TOWNSEND which ZOET was able to palm clear was deemed over the line and the ref awarded the goal. (2-0 Crystal Palace)
45¹A pin-point pass bobbled toward TOWNSEND and his looping effort raced narrowly over.
48¹DANN kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
A refined pass from TOWNSEND was lashed goalbound by BENTEKE only for the Bradford City 'keeper to block.
RENATO's shot was well saved by the Crystal Palace 'keeper.
A shot from DARBY was smothered by the Crystal Palace 'keeper.
TOWNSEND rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
14²RÉMY beat a number of Bradford City players and slammed a golden opportunity over the bar.
23²A tame strike from TOWNSEND trickled agonisingly wide.
24²DARBY made space on the right and knocked the ball to RENATO AUGUSTO who fired the ball wide.
30²ESPINOSA dummied DANN but nudged the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
36²BENTEKE shot wide.
40²RENATO receives a yellow card for a clumsy foul on TOWNSEND.

 
Crystal Palace
 
League position: -
Home league form: XWLW
Overall league form: XLXWLLLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Wojciech SZCZESNY1Jeroen ZOET
Martin KELLY2JAVI CHICA
Joel WARD3KERIM FREI Koyunlu
Yohan CABAYE4RENATO Dirnei
(c)ROLANDO Jorge5Christopher ROUTIS
Scott DANN6Lewis HOLTBY
James McARTHUR7Javier ESPINOSA
Andros TOWNSEND8RENATO Soares AUGUSTO
(p)Christian BENTEKE9Stephen DARBY(p)
(f)Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK10Timothée DIENG(c,f)
Loïc RÉMY11MARQUINHOS GABRIEL
Manager
Jason PUNCHEON  12  Nathaniel KNIGHT-PERCIVAL
Steve MANDANDA  13  Joe CRACKNELL
Jeffrey SCHLUPP  14  Anthony McMAHON
Connor WICKHAM  15  Nicky LAW
Timothy FOSU-MENSAH16  Alberto GILARDINO
 
Bradford City
 
League position: 22
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: WLXWLLLX
Formation: 4-3-3
Crystal Palace go through to the next round
Statistics
Crystal Palace 2 Bradford City 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 26,167, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Aris Galanopoulos 5½, TV: highlights)

Townsend 14¹, Townsend 42¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
WardóFosu-Mensah 4² 
  
 Dieng 41¹, Renato 40²
35
827
11
55
92
147
35
60%40%
Man of the match: Christian Benteke