Now then! Junior Stanislas rolls a cheeky angled pass into the penalty area and the recipient, Glenn Murray, tumbles to the ground under the challenge of Damien Delaney. Nothing doing, and on second look, that looks a good decision.

BBC Sport's Mark Mitchener at Vitality Stadium: "The away fans serenade Bournemouth's lone striker with 'Glenn Murray, scoring goals for Palace' as he chases down a loose ball. Makes a change from fans' usual bitterness towards ex-players."

Another decent chance for Bournemouth as a ball is curled in from Ritchie on the right and it just evades a stretching Glenn Murray. Shades of Gazza in Euro 96. Longer studs and he would have scored.

What a chance for Bournemouth! Totally against the run of play but that should have been 1-0. The cross comes in from Stanislas on the left and Matt Ritchie arriving late, nods it a whisker wide when he should have made the net bulge.

Wilfried Zaha has begun to look like the player who Alex Ferguson paid £15m for. A lovely piece of skill draws a foul from Harry Arter. The free kick comes to nothing.

Scott Dann tries to hit Fraizer Campbell over the top, but his pass is too strong and Boruc collects.

Fine play again from Crystal Palace. Damien Delaney surges forward from the back and picks out Fraizer Campbell with a lovely early cross. The striker takes a good touch and curls an effort just over the bar.

BBC Sport's Mark Mitchener at Vitality Stadium: "Palace had the better of the earlier encounters, but Bournemouth's neat build-up play for that deflected Arter effort shows they are a force to be reckoned with when moving the ball at pace."

Much better from Bournemouth. Patient build-up, a nice dummy from Stanislas on the edge of the area and Harry Arter has a crack from outside the box. Comfortably clutched by Wayne Hennessey.

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BBC Sport's Mark Mitchener at Vitality Stadium: "Bournemouth have been indebted to keeper Artur Boruc for some terrific saves during their three-match winning run. But while that looked like another smart stop from the Pole, replays show it was the boot of Simon Francis which cleared the effort off the line."

And again Palace go close from the corner! Damien Delaney slides in and his sidefoot volley makes good contact with the inswinging delivery. It's goalbound but it's cleared off the line via the combined efforts of Artur Boruc and Simon Francis. All Palace at the moment.

I thought that was in for a moment! Fraizer Campbell scampers down the inside left channel and his cross takes a deflection off a defender's outstretched leg. It loops up agonisingly as Artur Boruc desperately backpedals and in the end just lands on the roof of the net.

Jason Puncheon tries to lob a cheeky ball over the top, but he gets just too much on it and the ball bounces through to Artur Boruc.

A second corner for Palace as Bournemouth panic as a long free-kick is floated into the box and Adam Smith puts behind. This one comes to nothing, but Palace have made a bright start.

Palace win an early corner - they've got plenty of tall players to threaten from set pieces, and on this occasion it's Scott Dann who gets his bonce to it and nods over.

Here we go. Under way in this clash between two of the league's most in-form sides.

Almost ready to go. Crystal Palace in their white away kit, Bournemouth in red and black stripes as usual.

Murray, by the way, has pledged not to celebrate if he scores today. The players are out on the pitch now and, judging by the sprinklers, there's a stiff wind whipping across the Vitality Stadium pitch.

Crystal Palace could come up against a familiar foe today. Striker Glenn Murray played 113 league games in a three-year spell at Selhurst Park, scoring 44 goals.

However, Murray is on the opposite side today, having moved to Bournemouth in August.

Could he spoil Palace's Christmas today?

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