Palace still yet to have a shot on target. Can they get one in before half-time?

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Dale Stephens made use of his one and only touch in the final third.

I wonder what Charlie Brooker's take on VAR is? May be a new episode in the next series of Black Mirror.

After a very very dull spell of football Palace burst into life! Bakary Sako, making the most of a rare start, drives past his man inside the area and puts a testing ball across the box. Andros Townsend hasn't gambled or made a run though and Uwe Hunemeier is able to clear.

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James Dale: Palace have really ruined the VAR test by not picking Zaha, he's usually good for two or three dives a game.

Tony de Luca: Good to see Brighton fans making a stand against VAR by staying away in protest.

LFC Way: Brighton score. Hold on lads, Don't celebrate just yet, let's ask VAR if the goal was legit! ...Thumbs up from VAR, OK you can celebrate now!!

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After Shane Long recently broke his goal drought...

Dale Stephens has scored his first goal for Brighton since netting against Blackburn in December 2016 – 391 days ago.

Poor cross from Solly March, but that's already the seventh cross the Seagulls have put into the Eagles box. Get it wide, get it in. A solid gameplan.

Rob Nothman
BBC Sport at Amex Stadium

Interesting to see Referee Andre Marriner after Dale Stephens’ goal checking his earpiece to hear whether there was any message from the Video Assistant Referee in his television studio in London.

Nothing was forthcoming so Brighton took a deserved lead. A quiet start for VAR and by Palace for that matter.

Brighton have all sorts of space out wide as Gaetan Bong is able to put in another decent cross - again, Tomer Hemed heads over the bar.

Hemed got 17 last season but has only scored twice in the Premier League.

Is that the goal to give this game the kickstart it needed? Crystal Palace are down to their bare bones now but they have showed precious little attacking intent so far tonight.

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Steve Claridge
Ex-Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 live

It's no more than they deserve, a wonderful first touch from Stephens, it opens up, he takes a touch. He goes for pace and it's past Hennessey before he can move. I think Hennessey will be really disappointed, he gets done at his near post.

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Brighton have 59% of the early possession, meaning Crystal Palace have rarely left their own half.

Steve Claridge
Ex-Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 live

The job he did with England was woeful but Roy Hodgson's galvanized Palace, there's belief in that side now. Everything we probably didn't see from an England perspective and he's a thoroughly nice fella.

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Those fans who decided to give this a miss may have made the right call.

'Your ground's too big for you!' is the witty cry from the away end. Not in the league it isn't!

Jonathan Pearce has already commentated on two 0-0s this weekend...

Steve Claridge
Ex-Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 live

Hemed's got head and shoulders above his marker and it couldn't have been any straighter at the goalkeeper. It was a simple, simple take.

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Crystal Palace heavily favouring the left hand side in the opening 15 or so minutes at the Amex Stadium.

Chance! Should do better again - Brighton striker Tomer Hemed meets a corner with a powerful header but it's straight at Wayne Hennessey.

Hemed may have to be filed in the Cameron Jerome category. Prolific in the league below, short of goals in the top flight?