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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8 minutes
Max Meyer is on corner duties, but after a bit of head tennis Asmir Begovic claims with little alarm.
9 minutes
A lovely raking 60-yard pass from Steve Cook very nearly sets Ryan Fraser free but the Scotsman slips when controlling the ball.
Good work from Simon Francis to stop Wilfried Zaha from getting past him, and the right-back prevents a corner, too.
10 minutes
Jefferson Lerma has had a couple of solid early touches. He finds Brooks but his pass through is easily cut out.
11 minutes
First save of the evening. Asmir Begovic gets down to claim a dipping shot from Max Meyer that never really threatened.
12 minutes
Adam Smith and Ryan Fraser are working well on Bournemouth's left-hand side and earn a corner.
Jefferson Lerma has a shot blocked, and from a resulting ball in Nathan Ake cannot produce the desired power to divert it goal wards. It bounces harmlessly away for a goal-kick.
14 minutes
The game is allowed to settle for the first time. Bournemouth look really comfortable in possession, with both Lerma and Lewis Cook using the ball nicely in the centre-of-the-park.
15 minutes
Crystal Palace make a string of last-ditch challenges as Ryan Fraser and Josh King look to get into the box.
16 minutes
The Cherries nearly work another opening but Brooks can't get a shot away.
Palace break and Andros Townsend is slipped in but can't find a teammate with his cross.
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