Palace pile pressure on Bournemouth

Crystal Palace toasted their return to Premier League action with a 2-0 victory at Bournemouth that piled more misery on the relegation-threatened Cherries.

Luka Milivojevic’s exquisite free-kick and Jordan Ajew’s ninth goal of the season put the Eagles two up inside 23 minutes at the Vitality Stadium.

And Palace’s commanding position was rarely threatened from there on against a toothless Bournemouth attack that registered just a single shot on target in the 90 minutes.

Palace’s fourth consecutive league victory lifts them above Arsenal into ninth in the table, four points adrift of fifth-placed Manchester United, while Bournemouth – who have earned just eight points from their last 13 games – remain in the bottom three on goal difference.

Opta stats: Palace on the march

• Crystal Palace have won four consecutive Premier League games, the best ongoing winning run of all sides in the competition; only in December 1992 and April 2014 (both five in a row) have they enjoyed a longer winning streak in the top-flight.
• Bournemouth have lost seven Premier League games in 2020; no other side has lost more during this calendar year (level with West Ham).
• This was the first time Crystal Palace scored more than one goal in the first half of a Premier League game this season; they last did so on the final day of the 2018-19 campaign, which was also against Bournemouth.
• Bournemouth have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 13 league matches, conceding 25 goals across this spell.
• Crystal Palace have won three consecutive league meetings with Bournemouth for the first time since April 1988.

Full report to follow…

What’s next?

Bournemouth travel to Wolves on Wednesday at 6pm, before Crystal Palace make the trip to leaders Liverpool on Wednesday at 8.15pm – live on Sky Sports Premier League.

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