Summary

  • Palace take the lead through Luka Milivojevic's penalty

  • Jeffrey Schlupp strikes late to seal Eagles victory

  • Christian Benteke makes first start since September for Crystal Palace, Michy Batshuayi named on the bench

  • Fulham make one change as skipper Tom Cairney returns - neither Lazar Markovic or Havard Nordtveit make the squad

  1. Postpublished at 49 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Ooft. Big hit off the ball as Aleksandar Mitrovic collides with Mamadou Sakho but the big Frenchman doesn't seem to mind.

    Up the other end, Maxime Le Marchand brings down Jordan Ayew and Palace have a free-kick on the edge of the box.

  2. Postpublished at 47 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Jeffrey Schlupp breaks away down the left and finds Andros Townsend who can only scuff his shot.

  3. KICK-OFFpublished at 46 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    We're back under way at Selhurst Park with Luciano Vietto coming on in place of Tim Ream for the visitors.

  4. HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:47 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2019

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Fulham haven't won away all season and that unhappy record will continue today if they don't pull anything out of the bag in the second half.

  5. YELLOW CARDpublished at 45 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Jordan Ayew nearly breaks away on the half-way line but Denis Odoi cynically brings him down to pick up the game's third booking.

  6. Postpublished at 43 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Ryan Babel nearly finds a way through but that man Aaron Wan-Bissaka is there again with a perfectly-timed sliding challenge.

  7. Postpublished at 42 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    The away side are upping the ante as we approach half-time but they're just lacking a little quality in the final third.

    This time it's Jean Michael Seri's ball that doesn't find a team-mate.

  8. Postpublished at 40 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Fulham again string together a nice passage of play but it comes to an end with a poor cross from Tom Cairney. Wasteful.

  9. Postpublished at 38 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Remember Christian Benteke's overhead kick for Liverpool against Manchester United?

    Well that one would have been better.

  10. CLOSE!published at 37 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Oh my word!

    Andros Townsend does brilliantly to break away from two markers before standing up a cross at the back post which Christian Benteke acrobatically rifles against the crossbar with a spectacular overhead kick.

    What a goal that would have been!

  11. Postpublished at 36 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Cyrus Christie's latest cross from the right is easily claimed by Palace keeper Vincente Guaita.

    Fulham's wide-men really need to do better for Aleksandar Mitrovic.

  12. Postpublished at 34 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Jean Michael Seri pumps in a threatening free-kick but Aaron Wan-Bissaka heads it clear.

    Fulham have dominated possession throughout this first half but they've got nothing to show for it.

  13. Postpublished at 32 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Joe Bryan twists and turns away from Aaron Wan-Bissaka but he can't get a cross in and instead resets the phase with a pass back to Callum Chambers.

    However, after a good spell of Cottagers possession, Cyrus Christie's cross is headed clear by James Tomkins.

  14. YELLOW CARDpublished at 29 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Maxime Le Marchand is booked for a late tackle on Jordan Ayew - the Eagles were looking to start another quick break but the Fulahm defender soon put a stop to that.

  15. Postpublished at 27 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham

    Claudio Ranieri will be fuming with that. His side were playing well up until that point and Cyrus Christie had no need to have his arm that high.

  16. goal

    GOAL - Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulhampublished at 25 mins

    Luka Milivojevic

    Sergio Rico gets a hand to it but the Eagles skipper's strike is too powerful and the hosts take the lead.

    Luka Milivojevic scoresImage source, Reuters
  17. PENALTYpublished at 25 mins

    Crystal Palace 0-0 Fulham

    Christian Benteke goes up for a header with Cyrus Christie in the box and the ball strikes the Fulham defender's raised arm. Blatant.

  18. Postpublished at 23 mins

    Crystal Palace 0-0 Fulham

    Christian Benteke does well to hold off Denis Odoi to win his side a corner but Tim Ream rises highest to clear the corner with a thumping header.

  19. Postpublished at 21 mins

    Crystal Palace 0-0 Fulham

    Jordan Ayew is found on the edge of the box by Luka Milivojevic but the Frenchman can only fire high and wide.

    Not his best effort.

  20. Postpublished at 19 mins

    Crystal Palace 0-0 Fulham

    Both Fulham wing-backs fire in high crosses which elude Aleksandar Mitrovic.

    The Serbian needs better service than that if he's going to be a threat.