It is. Swansea worked hard for that point. I'm off to gather some post-match reaction - thanks for your company.

And almost a Swansea winner, as Gylfi Sigurdsson's well-struck free-kick is pushed aside by Wayne Hennessey, who has had next to nothing to do all afternoon. Is that the last chance of a goal gone?

So nearly a Palace winner. Wilfried Zaha cuts in from the left and steers a shot towards the far corner. There's a sharp intake of breath around Selhurst Park... but the ball whizzes just beyond the far post.

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Swansea captain Ashley Williams has been superb this afternoon, and the centre-back is in the right place to intercept as Pape Souare gets down the left to cut the ball back towards the middle.

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Jordon Mutch seeks a bit of glory for Palace in the closing stages as Patrick Bamford's decoy run opens space ahead of him, but the final shot veers wide of the target.

We're up to three efforts on target now, as the action cranks up to a relative frenzy. Patrick Bamford gets a sight of goal as James McArthur's shot runs loose to the substitute off Ashley Williams - it's a poor effort from Bamford really, who strikes straight at Lukasz Fabianski from just 12 yards. A let-off for Swansea.

It's McArthur's last contribution, as he is replaced by Jordon Mutch. Swansea respond with a straight swap in defence, as Kyle Bartley comes on for Jordi Amat.

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Lee Chung-yong has had an eventful Christmas, as Match of the Day's Steve Wilson tells us.

"He's just been back to South Korea to attend the birth of his child," Wilson says. "But you know what kids are like - he missed it."

Lee, who scored Palace's winner at Stoke nine days ago, is on for Jason Puncheon for the final 20 minutes or so.

Gylfi Sigurdsson impressed me when I saw him play for Swansea at Manchester City a couple of weeks ago, and he almost makes an impact here with a low free-kick from the left, causing Palace's defence all manner of worries before Joel Ward sees sense and puts his laces through the ball to clear.

Swansea midfielder Ki Sung-yueng receives perhaps the festive period's silliest booking, booting the ball 50 yards after referee Neil Swarbrick gives a free-kick Palace's way.

From the resulting set-piece, Patrick Bamford seeks to sneak in for a header at goal, but is shepherded away by Swansea captain Ashley Williams, who has been excellent to this point.

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Steve Wilson
BBC Match of the Day commentator at Selhurst Park

"Certainly the neutral will feel more hopeful about seeing a goal now than at any point during the game."

Make that two efforts on target. Swansea's Modou Barrow, with the number 58 on his back, ends a positive run in from the right with a shot at goal that Palace keeper Wayne Hennessey has to turn over the bar. A moment that will have woken some of the crowd, if not all of them.

Left-back Neil Taylor becomes the first Swansea player to get a yellow card, for dragging back Wilfried Zaha. "The Palace fans will feel that a Swansea yellow card is overdue," suggests Match of the Day commentator Steve Wilson.

The resulting free-kick comes to naught, however, and the tally of efforts on target for the afternoon remains at one.

Patrick Bamford has made quite an impression since he came on, whipping in a dangerous cross from the left that just fails to pick out a team-mate.

Double change for Swansea in the meantime; Gylfi Sigurdsson replaces Marvin Emnes, and Ki Sung-yueng is on for Jonjo Shelvey. They're both straight swaps, which suggests caretaker manager Alan Curtis is happy with his tactics, but needs fresh legs.

Yes, an effort on target. At long last. It's gone to Palace - Yohan Cabaye's inswinging free-kick is met by a glancing header from Brede Hangeland, and Lukasz Fabianski reacts well to flip the ball away. Lively start to the second half, this.

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Patrick Bamford, who is on loan from Chelsea, gave an interview to the Guardian back in August,, external in which he declared that he had a long-term ambition to replace Gary Lineker as host of Match of the Day. We shall see...

In the meantime, we've had an effort on target at last. Let me tell you all about it.

Palace are out very early for the second half - with the exception of the ineffective Marouane Chamakh, who is replaced by Patrick Bamford. Swansea have now rejoined us too, and we're back under way.

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No shots on target in that first half. Not one.

Steve Wilson
BBC Match of the Day commentator at Selhurst Park

"You get the impression that Alan Curtis will be the more content of the two managers. Palace started strongly, but Alan Pardew heads for the dressing room with a shake of the head."

Yohan Cabaye is not having much fun here. The winger has just gone over Jordi Amat's challenge, and the stand-in centre-back gets a talking to from both the referee and his captain Ashley Williams.

Steve Wilson
BBC Match of the Day commentator at Selhurst Park

"This game has a bit of an 'and finally' feel about it so far."