Crystal Palace

Oliver Glasner spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Crystal Palace's draw against Bournemouth: "I know how our games are going, our last game against Liverpool and our away game to Everton was the same. It's that last goal in the extra time.

"I am so proud of the performance today not the result. How we played and how many chances we created.

"We were ruthless and every chance was a goal. The mentality of the team and the problems we caused. There has not been many teams that has caused Palace so many problems. It was an incredible display.

"I don't think they were that much better in the first-half. When we go in details I think it was an even game, they were ruthless and we said we would stick with the plan and we did.

"Our first goal we were back on the game."

On people doubting their character: "I think everyone enjoyed it. I never doubt our character because we have shown and proved it so many times."

Goalscorer Jean-Philippe Mateta also spoke to MOTD after the draw: "With the last chance I had, I am very frustrated but take this one.

"For our fans, I think it was a good game to watch. For us as professionals and the gaffer, I don't think he is very happy. We were 2-0 down but we came back and were good. There is a fantastic spirit and you can see that today, we didn't give up."

On scoring for France: "It was a dream come true t and now I am back with Crystal Palace and working hard."

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Courtesy of his hat-trick, Jean-Philippe Mateta has now registered 51 goal involvements in the Premier League (43 goals, 8 assists), just the third player to hit 50+ for Crystal Palace after Wilfried Zaha (96) and Eberechi Eze (57) while he is responsible for two of the Eagles' three Premier League hat-tricks.

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It is same again for Crystal Palace with Oliver Glasner sticking with the same 11 that began the 2-1 loss at Everton on 5 October.

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Munoz, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell, Richards, Wharton, Kamada, Sarr, Pino, Mateta.

Subs: Benitez, Clyne, Devenny, Canvot, Lerma, Sosa, Hughes, Esse, Nketiah.

Bournemouth, who could go top for a few hours if they win at Selhurst Park before Arsenal play in the later game, make three changes from the side that won 3-1 against Fulham.

In come Alex Jimenez, Eli Kroupi and Justin Kluivert and out go David Brooks, Evanilson and James Hill.

Brooks was captain on 3 October and with him missing, Marcus Tavernier gets the armband.

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Jimenez, Truffert, Senesi, Kroupi, Scott, Diakite, Adams, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo.

Subs: Dennis, Araujo, Smith, Cook, Adli, Hill, Milosavljevic, Christie, Gannon-Doak.

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What an absolute nightmare of a game this is to predict.

Two brilliantly coached teams, who are so well organised and in great form, and are capable of getting a result against anyone, home or away.

I could make a case for both of them to win this, so the easy way out would be to opt for a draw - but I can't go for another one of those, despite both meetings between the two sides finishing 0-0 last season.

Instead, I am going for someone to nick it. But who?

I might as well toss a coin here... but I am going to go with Antoine Semenyo to win it for Bournemouth, although you can guarantee that Palace will score in the first five minutes now.

Sutton's prediction: 0-1

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Noel Sliney
BBC Sport senior journalist

The two Premier League meetings between Crystal Palace and Bournemouth last season finished goalless. A repeat is surely unlikely, with both teams providing plenty of entertainment during the current campaign and occupying top-six places before Saturday's encounter.

Crystal Palace have continued to build on last season's historic FA Cup victory and best ever Premier League points tally. Though their club record 19-match unbeaten run was ended by Everton before the international break, Palace's current streak of nine top-flight home games without defeat is their longest since 1990.

It is little wonder that club chairman Steve Parish is keen to keep manager Oliver Glasner, who is out of contract at the end of the season. "Oliver wants to win things, he makes no secret of that," said Parish last weekend. "So if we can align those interests then hopefully we can make something happen."

Palace have actually made the biggest improvement when comparing the current points tallies of Premier League clubs to this time last season. The Eagles have earned nine points more from their opening seven matches than they did during a sluggish start to 2024-25.

Bournemouth, along with Everton, are the next-biggest improvers among the 17 ever-present Premier League sides this season and last. They are six points better off after seven games.

Bournemouth are unbeaten in the league since an opening-weekend defeat at Anfield and went second in the table, albeit just for a day, after beating Fulham in their most recent fixture. It was their highest ever Premier League position after at least two rounds of matches.

The Cherries have spent 42% of their games in the lead, second only to Manchester City. Palace, who have been ahead for 39% of the time, rank fourth.

However, Bournemouth's away form is patchy. Their only two away league wins in the past nine attempts both came in London - against Arsenal in May and Tottenham in August.

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Bournemouth at Selhurst Park (kick-off 15:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• He confirmed that all players who went on international duty have come back injury-free, meaning Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure's long-term injuries are his only fitness problems.

• Glasner added that Riad, who last played in January, was expected to have returned by now, but said "We have five games and especially from Thursday [23 October] until Saturday [1 November], we have four games in nine days. I think after this period that he will be with us."

• He says that he has not talked to Jean-Philippe Mateta about his recent online interaction with former Palace man Wilfried Zaha, stressing that he has "more important things to talk about" as Palace boss.

• He spoke at length about rumours of a new contract at Selhurst Park: "I met Steve [Parish] on Sunday at an NFL game and we talked. I met him on Tuesday, we talked. I met him on Wednesday and we talked. He is here today and we talked. We talk almost every day."

• More on the discussions with Parish: "It is not that I need conditions or that I want something - Crystal Palace wants to be successful and wants to continue this pathway. We are always discussing how to have the best chance to continue. If we can find the same pathway and same goal for Crystal Palace, we will enter talks. If we can't find it, we will also enter talks."

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Former Crystal Palace forward Wilfred Zaha has hit back at Jean-Philippe Mateta after the Frenchman claimed his ex-team-mate doubted he would ever play for his national team.

Mateta, 28, made his first start for France during the international break and told L'Equipe newspaper, external: "At Crystal Palace, right at the start, when I wasn't even playing, I spoke about the France team in the dressing room and I had team-mates like Wilfried Zaha who were laughing.

"They said that I was mad to think about the France team when I wasn't even playing at Crystal Palace, but I responded saying that it was my objective and that I simply had to play to show what I could do."

Zaha took to social media to defend himself, saying his "head's on fire" at what he has been reading and he wanted "to clear up this Mateta situation".

He added that "it's disgusting" because he has "never mentioned him," and questioned why he singled out his name from 10 players.

The 'beef' has caused a social media storm but European football journalist Rafael Honigstein is confused by Zaha's response.

"It didn't seem that bad a comment [by Mateta] and was perhaps said more in jest as 'well I've shown everyone'," Honigstein told BBC Radio 5 Live's Euro League's podcast.

"I don't get where the animosity or hate comes from.

"Zaha said in an interview before that he doesn't have any friends in football, maybe that is because he takes things very seriously - too seriously.

"I think Mateta was just making the point that people didn't believe in him. He mentioned one name and Zaha has taken it very badly.

"I don't really see what the fuss is!"

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Chris Collinson
BBC Sport statistician

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Looking at Premier League teams' attacks specifically in the graphic below, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool have taken by far the most shots, averaging about 15 per game.

But the reason why Manchester City and Crystal Palace have the best attacks overall is because they are creating much better chances, averaging about 0.14 xG per shot.

What that means is that historically Premier League sides have converted the chances City and Palace are creating at a rate of 14%, compared to 10% of the shots that United, Arsenal and Liverpool are.

Brentford are a strange side because while they are averaging just eight shots per game, the quality of those chances has been so high that their attack still ranks mid-table overall.

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Chris Collinson
BBC Sport statistician

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The Premier League table is starting to take shape and while results are obviously what matter most, they don't tell the whole story in terms of how teams have been playing so far.

Expected goals (xG) tells us how much teams have been dominating games by creating lots of good chances up front and restricting opponents to few, bad ones at the back.

Penalties are excluded because they distort a team's numbers on how threatening or vulnerable they are in general, especially at this early stage.

Below is a graphic showing how good teams have been in attack and defence, with the most dominant teams in the top-right corner and the least impressive in the bottom-left corner.

Arsenal and Manchester City have been the most dominant sides, with the Gunners having the best defence and fourth-best attack and City the joint-best attack and fourth-best defence.

High-flying Crystal Palace are the only side to rival City's attacking threat, while Newcastle are living up to their name by being almost as impregnable at the back as Arsenal.

Both Manchester United and Chelsea have one of the top five attacks in the league but worryingly also rank in the bottom five defensively.

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Liverpool's back-to-back defeats following five straight wins gives a more accurate picture of how they have been playing, while Tottenham have needed to be very efficient to make up for their lack of dominance in games.

Aston Villa's early-season struggles are no longer to do with finishing - they have now scored six non-penalty goals from an xG of 6.0 - but simply because they have not been playing well.

While promoted sides Leeds and Sunderland have adapted quite well to the top-flight, Burnley have struggled to make the jump so far with both the worst attack and the worst defence.

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Crystal Palace are relaxed about the future of Adam Wharton amid increasing speculation of interest from Premier League rivals Manchester United for the 21-year-old England midfielder. (Sky Sports), external

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Phil McNulty
Chief football writer

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Adam Wharton has been outstanding for Crystal Palace for a long time now, running games against elite opponents, especially Manchester City when the Eagles won the FA Cup at Wembley last season, and in the win against Premier League champions Liverpool recently.

His loping, languid style may sometimes disguise a classy, fiercely competitive midfielder, but his England breakthrough has not arrived, despite going to Germany as part of Southgate's Euro 2024 squad.

He is yet to get his first minutes under Thomas Tuchel and was another surprise omission from the most recent squad.

Wharton's only England cap came under Southgate against Bosnia & Herzegovina in June 2024, when he made a 28-minute appearance as a substitute.

Like others, he is still waiting for his chance to make his mark, with Nottingham Forest's Elliott Anderson taking the opportunity handed to him by Tuchel to look right at home on the international stage.

Tuchel has made all the right noises, even down to contacting Wharton to reassure him he is in his thoughts.

However, with the Palace midfielder yet to make one of Tuchel's squads he must continue to press his case to finally get some action under England's head coach.

Read the full list of players with points to prove here

Italian club Inter Milan have entered the race to sign Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi but Liverpool remain favourites for the signature of the 25-year-old England international. (Tuttosport - in Italian, external)

Meanwhile, Palace defender Daniel Munoz is wanted by Barcelona but the Eagles will not let the 29-year-old Colombia international leave in January. (Fichajes - in Spanish), external

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Alex Pewter
Fan writer

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Crystal Palace may be a mere footnote in the career of former USA player and head coach Gregg Berhalter, but in 2002, shortly before leaving the club for Germany, he became the first Palace player to play at a World Cup.

An odd accolade to highlight perhaps, but with the eyes of football currently focused on the battle for places at the 2026 World Cup in North America, Palace have never had as many players factoring into that contest in their history.

The club has had six players feature across five of the past six competitions, for a total of 14 appearances. In contrast, for next year's showpiece, four players already have places booked at the World Cup – Chris Richards, Daichi Kamada, and the Colombia pair of Daniel Munoz and Jefferson Lerma.

This week has been a particularly successful international break for those away from Copers Cope. Jean-Philippe Mateta made a long-overdue debut for France, Yeremy Pino and Ismaila Sarr both were on the scoresheet for their countries, whilseMarc Guehi got a pair of assists for England.

Rather than being players playing for fringe teams within the competition, these are players playing for potential favourites come June. In the case of England, Adam Wharton will be gunning to join that number.

There are still others who could add to that figure, albeit with outside chances, such as Justin Devenny for Northern Ireland and Rio Cardines for Trinidad and Tobago.

We often reflect on how far the team has come this century, and this is undoubtedly a new angle, given the calibre of players currently in the squad.

Even for casual fans of the international game at this World Cup, Crystal Palace will never have had this many vested interests on the biggest stage in sport.

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Crystal Palace and Manchester United are monitoring Borussia Dortmund's England Under-21 midfielder Jobe Bellingham. (Bild - in German, subscription required), external

Chelsea's pursuit of Palace's Adam Wharton has intensified but they face competition from Manchester United for the midfielder. (Teamtalk), external

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We asked for your views on whether you are confident that Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish can get Oliver Glasner to sign a new deal, and how important that would be.

Here are some of your comments:

Simon: Glasner needs to know he has the financial backing of this club. Deadline day showed he had to fight to stop us losing our best players with no replacement in sight. I can't see him staying unless he gets significant reassurance from Parish and co, and even that might be too little too late.

Joe: If the deal captures and promises progression then I think there will be another one to two years to his tenure. I don't buy into this Manchester United potential move as it is not a positive move in terms of progression. If a top, top job opens up - like the Bayern Munich job - then we need to be worried.

Tom: I wouldn't say I feel confident, but Oliver has been magnificent for the club and a bigger club wouldn't have given him the time that we gave him at the start of last season. He can (and already has) achieved big things with this club. He can go further still. I honestly think it could go either way.

Robert: I would be delighted if Glasner were to extend his contract but don't expect it to happen. Parish won't let the club overreach itself financially given our past administration history and progress in the Premier League requires serious money spent wisely. I don't see Palace being able to match Glasner's ambitions. The one plus is that Glasner seems to genuinely like being at Palace with the harmony in the squad of players.

Allan: Unless Parish allows Glasner to have new players of his choice, I am certain he will leave.

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Adam Wharton "has won Thomas Thuchel over", but the partnership of Elliot Anderson and Declan Rice may prevent him from earning a starting position for England, says the Sunday Times' chief football writer Jonathan Northcroft.

The Crystal Palace midfielder was omitted from this camp because manager Tuchel wanting to stick to the same players he picked last time - much to the surprise of pundits and fans.

"Wharton is a really special player and he would have had more caps if it wasn't for injuries," Northcroft told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast. "He has been unfortunate.

"Tuchel a year ago was probably a Wharton skeptic because he likes the athletic profile of a midfielder - like Declan Rice. That means he probably had doubts about Wharton's dynamism.

"He has now won Tuchel over and he did want to get him in the squad, so I do think he would have picked him had he not have wanted to keep the same camp.

"Tuchel has got himself into a nice position now, so that players like Wharton, Jude Bellingham and Jack Grealish know they have to be playing well to get into the squad.

"The difficulty for Wharton is that Elliot Anderson and Declan Rice are looking so good together. Tuchel agrees because he is already talking about them as some form of anchoring point.

"So it will be difficult, but he is such a special player so surely he gets in the squad."

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Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish says talks have taken place with Oliver Glasner about extending the contract of the Eagles manager as the two parties look to "align their interests".

The Austrian will be out of contract at the end of the season and there is uncertainty about the 51-year-old's future at the club.

"We've had some early conversations," Parish told Talksport. "We would love to keep Oliver. We're building something. I think, for Oliver, it's about the conditions being right."

Do you feel confident that Parish can get Glasner to sign a new deal? How important is it, or have you accepted this is likely to be his final season at Selhurst Park?

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Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has collected the Austria Coach of the Year prize at the NIKI awards in Vienna.

The 51-year-old beat ski jumping coach Andreas Widholzl and beach volleyball coach Tie Santana Bento Crespo to the prize at the annual awards ceremony, which is named after Austrian sporting legend and former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda.

Glasner was recognised for his achievements over the past 12 months - from winning the FA Cup and Community Shield, the club's first major trophies in its 120-year history, to recently taking the club on a record 19-game unbeaten run.

"You can only do it as a team," Glasner said. "I have supervisors around me who support me incredibly well, and the most important thing is the players. They are just great guys."

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Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi says he does not know where his future lies but it will be "taken care of at the end of the season".

A deal was agreed to sell Guehi to Liverpool for a fee of £35m on deadline day but it collapsed late on after Palace were unable to find a replacement.

The 25-year-old has started every Premier League game for the Eagles since, helping them ascend to sixth in the early table and is part of the England squad for Thursday's friendly against Wales and Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Latvia.

Asked on whether he knows the next step in his career, Guehi said: "No, because I like to live in the present and I can't be thinking about the future at all because there is a lot of work to do, but also my future is in God's hands.

"Wherever God wants me to go, I will go, but that will be taken care of at the end of the season."

Guehi has played in 14 of the past 20 England internationals and stressed he will not let his contract situation affect him heading into next summer's World Cup in the United States.

"For me, it doesn't really matter, to be honest," he said. "As long as I'm playing well and helping Palace, there's definitely an opportunity for me to be here as I am today.

"Whether it's sorted or not, it's not really the most important thing to be honest.

"Personally, I don't know if I can think that far ahead. I like to just take it step by step, and that is just focusing on the games that I have at Palace and any upcoming opportunities I have here.

"When [deadline day] happened, it was all a blur. To be honest, I'm still the same young man trying to find his feet, find his way, trying to improve.

"There's so many experiences I can take, not just from that, but just the games that I've had over the last 12 months or so."

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