Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace – as it happened: Junior Stanislas converts penalty to clinch all three points
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Your support makes all the difference.Bournemouth take on Crystal Palace at the Vitality Stadium as two of the Premier League's mid-table staples bid to stake a claim for the top half of the league.
Palace come into the game three points behind the Cherries having ended a run of three straight defeats with a win over Huddersfield and a frustrating goalless draw against Newcastle.
Bournemouth's fast start to the season came to a strange halt at Burnley where they were thrashed 4-0, but Eddie Howe's side can climb up to seventh in the table with all three points tonight.
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20 minutes until kick-off on the South Coast. These sides haven't shared a goalless draw in the Premier League...
Ahead of tonight's fixture, Roy Hodgson has issued a call to arms to his side to ease the goalscoring pressure on Wilfried Zaha:
On to the pitch emerge the 22 men prepared to do battle under the bright lights at the Vitality Stadium.
Mike Dean is the experienced man-in-the-middle for this one.
1 minute
An early touch for David Brooks on Bournemouth's right, but he is crowded out.
James Tomkins sprays a pass out for a throw to the hosts.
2 minutes
Nearly! Bournemouth work the space well when Patrick Van Aanholt steps out and Callum Wilson feeds Brooks in behind. His square ball rolls agonisingly past Joshua King, who could have perhaps given greater effort to try to get to it.
An excellent opportunity early on.
3 minutes
Good one touch passing through midfield from the Cherries, who have started brightly.
4 minutes
A FIRST BOURNEMOUTH GOAL FOR DAVID BROOKS PUTS BOURNEMOUTH AHEAD!
What a start for the home side!
The Cherries move the ball efficiently down their left. Callum Wilson finds space on the edge of the area and caresses a well-weighted ball across to Brooks. The Welsh international curls a left-footed shot gorgeously into the top corner and it cannons into the net off the underside of the bar.
A deserved lead even so early on, it must be said.
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