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Crystal Palace 3-1 Norwich City - December 26, 2008 / Championship 2008/2009

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Championship 2008/2009 - Round 25

Selhurst Park - London - England

December 26, 2008

17 180

Crystal Palace

3 - 1

Norwich City

Assist by Paddy McCarthy (header) José Fonte

Assist by Sean Scannell (right foot) José Fonte

31'

Assist by John Oster (right foot) Danny Butterfield

90'

19'

Gary Doherty (header) Assist by David Bell

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6' - Goal José Fonte6

19' - Goal Gary Doherty

31' - Goal José Fonte31

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52' - Substitution Paddy McCarthyis substituted by Danny Butterfield52

64' - Substitution Sean Scannellis substituted by Shefki Kuqi64

75' - Substitution Matthew Pattisonis substituted by Carl Cort

76' - Substitution Alan Leeis substituted by Matt Lawrence76

83' - Substitution Wes Hoolahanis substituted by Darel Russell

90' - Goal Danny Butterfield90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

3 - 1

Norwich City

Crystal Palace Norwich City

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

Speroni

Julián Speroni

Argentina

B.date18/05/1979

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

McCarthy52

Paddy McCarthy

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Fonte631

José Fonte

Portugal

B.date22/12/1983

Age25 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Hill

Clint Hill

England

B.date19/10/1978

Age30 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Clyne

Nathaniel Clyne

England

B.date05/04/1991

Age17 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Derry

Shaun Derry

England

B.date06/12/1977

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Scannell64

Sean Scannell

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/09/1990

Age18 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Carle

Nick Carle

Australia

B.date23/11/1981

Age27 years

H1m74

positionLeft central midfielder

Ifill

Paul Ifill

Barbados

B.date20/10/1979

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Oster

John Oster

Wales

B.date08/12/1978

Age30 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Lee76

Alan Lee

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/08/1978

Age30 years

H1m89

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Julián Speroni		29	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paddy McCarthy	52	25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	José Fonte	631	25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Clint Hill		30	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nathaniel Clyne		17	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Derry		31	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Scannell	64	18	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Carle		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ifill		29	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster		30	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Lee	76	30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norwich City

Marshall

David Marshall

Scotland

B.date05/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Omozusi

Elliot Omozusi

England

B.date15/12/1988

Age20 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Doherty19

Gary Doherty

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Bertrand

Ryan Bertrand

England

B.date05/08/1989

Age19 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Otsemobor

Jon Otsemobor

England

B.date23/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Pattison75

Matthew Pattison

South Africa

B.date27/10/1986

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Clingan

Sammy Clingan

Northern Ireland

B.date13/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Bell

David Bell

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Fotheringham

Mark Fotheringham

Scotland

B.date22/10/1983

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Hoolahan83

Wes Hoolahan

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/05/1982

Age26 years

H1m68

positionPlaymaker

Lita

Leroy Lita

England

B.date28/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Marshall		23	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Elliot Omozusi		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Doherty	19	28	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Bertrand		19	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Otsemobor		25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Pattison	75	22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy Clingan		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bell		24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Fotheringham		25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wes Hoolahan	83	26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leroy Lita		23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Matt Lawrence	76	34	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Butterfield	9052	29	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shefki Kuqi	64	32	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Darel Russell	83	28	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Carl Cort	75	31	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alan Lee

Shefki Kuqi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ryan Bertrand

Adam Drury

OUT

Mark Fotheringham

Lee Croft

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Warnock

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Warnock vs Norwich City

7 victories

4 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2008

Warnock vs Roeder

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Glenn Roeder

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Roeder vs Crystal Palace

1 victory

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2008

Roeder vs Warnock

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2008

Referee

Keith Stroud

7 victories	5 draws	2 losses	Crystal Palace14 matches	General total	Norwich City24 matches	8 victories	11 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Crystal Palace1 match	Season total	Norwich City1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 15, 2020					Latest figure on August 05, 2023

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Key figures

The last time Crystal Palace has ended with the score 3-1 , It was on the 01/01/2007 (vs )

Crystal Palace keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 06/12/2008).

It's the first time in his career that José Fonte scores at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCrystal Palace 1-2 Nottingham Forest28/10/2008

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday01/11/2008

VCrystal Palace 4-2 Bristol City22/11/2008

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Queens Park Rangers29/11/2008

VCrystal Palace 3-0 Southampton08/12/2008

VCrystal Palace 2-1 Doncaster Rovers13/12/2008

Overall

VNorwich City 1-2 Crystal Palace25/11/2008

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Queens Park Rangers29/11/2008

VDerby County 1-2 Crystal Palace06/12/2008

VCrystal Palace 3-0 Southampton08/12/2008

VCrystal Palace 2-1 Doncaster Rovers13/12/2008

DSheffield United 2-2 Crystal Palace20/12/2008

Current form

Away

LDerby County 3-1 Norwich City28/10/2008

LBurnley 2-0 Norwich City01/11/2008

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Norwich City22/11/2008

LSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Norwich City29/11/2008

LWatford 2-1 Norwich City10/12/2008

LReading 2-0 Norwich City13/12/2008

Overall

LNorwich City 1-2 Crystal Palace25/11/2008

LSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Norwich City29/11/2008

VNorwich City 2-0 Ipswich Town07/12/2008

LWatford 2-1 Norwich City10/12/2008

LReading 2-0 Norwich City13/12/2008

VNorwich City 1-0 Charlton20/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	7
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	8	8
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	8	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
10	Victories (Competition total)	7
6	Victories (Home / Away)	2
7	Draws (Competition total)	5
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
7	Losses (Competition total)	12
2	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

35	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.46	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.21
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.83
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (4 times)

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	28
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
3	Red cards (Competition total)	4
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Shefki Kuqi	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Leroy Lita
Shefki Kuqi	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Arturo Lupoli
Ben Watson	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Sammy Clingan
Ben Watson	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Sammy Clingan
Ben Watson	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	David Bell
Paul Ifill	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Lee Croft
John Oster	1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Leroy Lita

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

16 v

7 d

7 l

54 gf

27 ga

Away

30 matches

7 v

8 d

15 l

33 gf

42 ga

Total

60 matches

23 v

15 d

22 l

87 gf

69 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

15 v

8 d

7 l

42 gf

33 ga

Away

30 matches

7 v

7 d

16 l

27 gf

54 ga

Total

60 matches

22 v

15 d

23 l

69 gf

87 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 16, 1968
Home	6 - 0	April 16, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	November 16, 2002
Away	3 - 1	January 19, 1991

Latest head to head

November 25, 2008 - Championship 2008/2009

Norwich City

1 - 2

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

January 01, 2008 - Championship 2007/2008

Crystal Palace

1 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

September 15, 2007 - Championship 2007/2008

Norwich City

1 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

January 01, 2007 - Championship 2006/2007

Crystal Palace

3 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

September 16, 2006 - Championship 2006/2007

Norwich City

0 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Clinton Morrison	6 goals	2000 - 2008
Andy Johnson	4 goals	2004 - 2006
Gerry Francis	3 goals	1980 - 1980
Mark Bright	3 goals	1991 - 1992
Ian Wright	2 goals	1989 - 1990
Clive Allen	2 goals	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Jeremy Goss	3 goals	1991 - 1993
Dean Ashton	3 goals	2005 - 2005
Justin Fashanu	3 goals	1980 - 1980
Lee Power	3 goals	1992 - 1993
Iwan Roberts	2 goals	2001 - 2002
Rob Newman	2 goals	1991 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Nigel Martyn	10 matches	1989 - 1994
Danny Butterfield	9 matches	2002 - 2008
Dougie Freedman	9 matches	2001 - 2008
Clinton Morrison	8 matches	2000 - 2008
Andy Johnson	8 matches	2002 - 2006
Richard Shaw	7 matches	1990 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Adam Drury	12 matches	2001 - 2008
Robert Green	10 matches	2001 - 2006
Craig Fleming	10 matches	2001 - 2006
Paul McVeigh	9 matches	2001 - 2006
Bryan Gunn	9 matches	1989 - 1994
Darren Huckerby	9 matches	2003 - 2008