Crystal Palace edged bottom-placed Southampton 2-1 at Selhurst Park on Sunday, securing their second home win in the Premier League thanks to goals from Eberechi Eze and Trevor Chalobah.
The victory lifted Palace one place in the standings to 15th, while Southampton remained winless under new manager Ivan Juric, suffering a second consecutive defeat following their 1-0 Boxing Day loss to West Ham United.
Southampton had the more energetic start and took the lead in the 14th minute after Kyle Walker-Peters skipped past Daniel Munoz and his cross found Adam Armstrong, who set up Tyler Dibling for a simple tap-in.
Palace pressed hard for an equaliser and made it 1-1 in the 31st minute when Trevor Chalobah headed in from a corner before Eze sealed the three points for the home side with a strike from the edge of the box.
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Crystal Palace vs Southampton
Palace make another sub with a couple of minutes to go. Nketiah comes on and replaces Sarr who has been absolutely brilliant in this game. There is only a minute or so left for Nketiah to make an impact.
Crystal Palace vs Southampton
CHANCE! Munoz fails to win it in the dying minutes! He was played in on the right brilliantly by Sarr, following a good run from Mateta. The right-back tried a similar finish to his goal recently, but Ramsdale saved with ease. It’s still 2-1!
Crystal Palace vs Southampton
Time is running out for Southampton, it’s getting to the ‘now or never’ stages of the game. They have played reasonably well, they just haven’t created enough in attack.
Crystal Palace vs Southampton
The last change saw Lallana coming on to try and create something late on. He replaced Southampton’s goalscorer, Dibling.
Crystal Palace vs Southampton
Southampton switch it up in defence with Manning joining the game. He replaced Walker-Peters, who has been bright, in the backline.
