Not a bad week for Crystal Palace, that. The first trophy in club history, the FA Cup, on Saturday, followed by a 4-2 victory over Wolves in the Eagles’ Selhurst Park finale on Tuesday — that’ll definitely do.
WATCH — Crystal Palace vs Wolves full match replay
There was little letdown from Oliver Glasner’s side, even when they went behind 1-0 to Emmanuel Agbadou’s header in the 24th minute. Up until that point, Crystal Palace had taken all three shots in the game, so it’s little wonder they were level just three minutes later and ahead five minutes after that. It was Eddie Nketiah in both instances, making a rare start in place of leading scorer Jean-Philippe Mateta and scoring a pair of rare goals. Nketiah had scored just once for Palace in the Premier League coming into matchweek 37 after signing from Arsenal for north of $35 million last summer.
Ben Chilwell made it 3-1 with his first goal for the club (on loan from Chelsea since January), a deflected free kick in the 50th minute, before Jorgen Strand Larsen headed home a corner kick for 3-2 in the 62nd. With the game hanging in the balance, Mateta and Eberechi Eze came off the bench to rapturous applause in the 81st minute, and five minutes later Eze was on the scoresheet with his 8th PL goal of the season (14th in all competitions). A fitting exclamation point to cap off a brilliant season for the Selhurst faithful.
Player ratings - Crystal Palace vs Wolves
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Crystal Palace vs Wolves final score: 4-2
Goalscorers: Emmanuel Agbadou (24'), Eddie Nketiah (27', 32'), Ben Chilwell (50'), Jorgen Strand Larsen (62'), Eberechi Eze (86')
GOAL! Crystal Palace 4-2 Wolves: Eze puts the exclamation point on the game and season (86')
GOAL! Crystal Palace 3-2 Wolves: Strand Larsen glances his header from a corner kick (62')
GOAL! Crystal Palace 3-1 Wolves: Chilwell’s free kick goes off the wall and in (50')
GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-1 Wolves: Sarr tees Nketiah up for his second of the game (32')
GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-1 Wolves: Nketiah slots it home after Esse sets him up (27')
GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 Wolves: Abgadou heads home from a mad scramble (24')
Crystal Palace starting lineup
Henderson - Richards, Lacroix, Ward - Lerma, Hughes, Munoz, Chilwell - Sarr, Esse, Nketiah
Wolves starting lineup
Bentley - Djiga, Adbadou, T. Gomes - R. Gomes, Bellegarde, Andre, Ait-Nouri - Sarabia, Guedes, Strand Larsen
How to watch Crystal Palace vs Wolves live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 3pm ET Tuesday (May 20)
Venue: Selhurst Park — London
TV Channel: Peacock
Streaming: Stream live on Peacock
Oliver Glasner masterminded Palace’s 1-0 win against Manchester City at Wembley on Saturday, as Eberechi Eze’s fine finish, resolute defending and an inspired performance in goal from Dean Henderson (even if he got lucky with the VAR call) helped the London club win their first major trophy in their 119-year history. That means they’re in the Europa League next season and Palace’s fans will create an incredible atmosphere of pure joy and celebration in their final home game of the season.
Wolves will be feeling nice and relaxed too as Vitor Pereira’s side have been superb in recent months as they’ve climbed up the Premier League table and away from danger. With a strong end to the season they can finish in 13th-place in the table which nobody would have believed midway through the campaign. Wolves did lose at home to Brighton last weekend but Pereira is still getting very solid performances from his side.
Crystal Palace team news, focus
Glasner will likely rotate as much as he can as Palace’s players pushed themselves to the absolute limit to beat City on Saturday. Key midfielder Adam Wharton come off late in the game after taking a whack in the head, while captain Marc Guehi was forced off in the second half after suffering an eye injury. They will both miss this game and Wharton is done for the season. The likes of Lerma, Hughes, Nketiah, Chilwell and Clyne could all come in. It’s going to be a wonderful occasion at Selhurst as Palace’s fans can keep the FA Cup celebrations going.
OUT: Cheick Doucoure (knee), Chadi Riad (knee), Adam Wharton (head), Marc Guehi (eye)
Wolves team news, focus
Vitor Pereira may look to rotate a little as he starts to plan for next season. Matheus Cunha has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United and it seems likely this could be his last few games as a Wolves player. Pereira will want to finish the season strong but he will also be keen to see where he needs to strengthen in the summer and these few games will teach him a lot.
OUT: Sam Johnstone (muscular), Yerson Mosquera (knee), Enso Medina (knee), Sasa Kalajdzic (knee), Leon Chiwone (knee - out for season) | QUESTIONABLE: Tommy Doyle (unknown)
Crystal Palace vs Wolves prediction
This is a strange game to call. Palace will be full of freedom and that usually brings the best out of them. They will want to push for a top 10 finish but this will probably end even. Crystal Palace 1-1 Wolves.
