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Crystal Palace held high-flying Brighton & Hove Albion to a 1-1 draw in the Premier League on Saturday after James Tomkins capitalised on a calamitous error to cancel out Solly March’s opener.
The result leaves Brighton on 35 points in sixth place, while Palace are 12th with Patrick Vieira’s side yet to taste a league victory in 2023.
Brighton, who have not lost this year, were able to break through Palace’s defence numerous times in the first half, with Kaoru Mitoma seeing his angled shot denied by goalkeeper Vicente Guaita while Adam Webster also had a header go wide.
Pervis Estupinan had the ball in the net shortly after the half-hour mark but just as the Ecuadorian full back celebrated what he thought was his first goal for Brighton, VAR came to Palace’s rescue and chalked it off for offside.
The breakthrough finally came in the 63rd minute when March stole past the last defender to skilfully turn in Estupinan’s cross at the far post despite it being at an awkward height.
But Palace levelled when Brighton keeper Robert Sanchez made a mess of a straightforward catch from a set-piece, with the ball bouncing up kindly for Tomkins who headed it into an empty net.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Palace have defended well so far. This time Olise gets back to intercept a pass from Caicedo towards Mitoma who was looking to enter the box.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
A deep free-kick from Gross is kept alive by Dunk before Clyne heads away.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
A brilliant tackle from Caicedo, winning possession in Brighton's defensive third after the striker looked to have gone past him.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
SAVE! Guaita is called into action again. From a deep position, Gross plays a disguised pass into the feet of Undav who sets it across to Mac Allister. Running onto the pass, his curling effort is pushed away by the goalkeeper.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Guaita has no interest in playing short passes. Every time he has got the ball, he has gone long looking for the tall option of Mateta.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Doucoure has another chance for Palace after receiving a short pass from Olise, but he curls the ball wide from outside the box. With men in the middle, it was not a shot or a cross, with the midfielder wasting the opportunity.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Each of the first eight Premier League goals scored in meetings between Crystal Palace and Brighton were netted in the first half. Since then, just four of the 16 goals scored in this fixture has been netted in the opening 45 minutes. The game has come to life after a quiet first few minutes.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
SAVE! Mac Allister should have done better. On the break, March rushes down the right before sending a low pass across to Mac Allister. The Argentine is free after getting ahead of Clyne, but his low shot is pushed away by Guaita.
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