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Posted on: Sat 23 Jan 2010

WOLVES: Hennessey, Zubar, Berra, Mancienne, Elokobi, Foley, Henry, Jones, Surman, Ebanks-Blake, Vokes.  SUBS: Hahnemann, Craddock, Ward, Milijaš, Mujangi, Doyle, Iwelumo.

 

CRYSTAL PALACE: Speroni, Lee, N'Diaye, Danns, Derry, Moses, Clyne, Davis, Ambrokse, Ertl, Butterfield.  SUBS: Lawrence, Djilahi, Comley, Andrews, Carle.

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0: Handshakes between the teams, between the former Barnsley team-mates Mick McCarthy and Neil Warnock, and we're off and running.

 

1: 47 seconds on the clock and first chance for Wolves.  Vokes holds off Ertl with a powerful run and gets a shot in from an acute angle which is saved by Speroni.

 

2: Palace respond immediately with Ambrose breaking into the box only to be denied by a tackle from Elokobi.

 

3: GOAL: 0-1: Palace take the lead from a corner.  Flag kick comes in and Lee converts.

 

9: Not the best start for Wolves and the game hasn't really settled after the Palace opener.  Butterfield off temporarily for treatment to a cut.

 

12: Palace win a free kick after Moses is challenged by Zubar and Elokobi.  Put into the box and Lee heads goalwards with Mancienne clearing the danger with an acrobatic overhead kick.

 

14: Bit of Wolves pressure with a couple of crosses into the box but the Palace defence handles them well.

 

16: Another good chance for Palace. Moses threads the ball through for Ambrose who finds space to shoot, his effort saved comfortably by Hennessey.

 

17: Stoppage as Vokes and Davis go up for a header and Davis stays down. 

 

22: Doesn't look good for Davis who is attended to by the medical staff from both teams.  A five minute stoppage as he is stretchered off to a round of applause from both sets of supporters. Lawrence is on in his place.

 

23: Wolves win a corner straight from the restart and while Jones's delivery is good it's also slightly too deep and Berra is unable to reach it at the back post. 

 

25: Elokobi now breaks purposefully to the byline and pulls back a decent ball but Speroni takes it well.

 

28: Good break from Vokes who then finds Zubar down the right.  But the defender takes a rather ambitious aim at goal from the right flank and the ball is high and wide.

 

29:  Crowd applause for Geoffrey Mujangi Bia as he warms up on the touchline.  Not much else to shout about as yet.

 

30: Good work from Jones sets up a chance.  The midfielder advances, exchanges passes with Vokes and then gets a shot away from inside a crowd of  bodies which Speroni grabs to his right.

 

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

 

31: Palace back on the attack and Hennessey comes to claim a low Moses centre.

 

32: Same two Wolves players involved again as Vokes lays off to Jones whose low shot is taken by Speroni.

 

33: Decent break from Wolves again ends with a nice touch from Surman setting up Ebanks-Blake to try his luck from distance and firing over.  Henry was breaking down the left though and was hoping for a pass.

 

37: GOAL: JONES 1-1. Wolves have improved in recent minutes and get their response.  After a free kick Zubar makes good strides down the right and pulls it back to Foley whose cross to the back post is headed back by Surman.  It's a difficult chance for Jones with the ball high up but he produces a neat half volley into the bottom corner. Palace boss Warnock is incensed and remonstrates with the fourth official as a result of not being happy with the initial free kick award. Meanwhile that's the first FA Cup goal of Jones's career.

 

David Jones

 

41: Jones has been Wolves' brightest influence and gets another decent shot away from just outside the area, drawing a save out of Speroni.

 

43: Warnock not been happy about a few of the refereeing decisions from Chris Foy and now the Wolves fans join him! Ebanks-Blake clearly held back by Lawrence as he tries to get onto a Vokes pass but nothing given.  Assistant could have helped the referee out there.

 

45: Moses wins a foul, to ironic applause from Warnock, in a dangerous position 30 yards out.  Ambrose steps up but his free kick flies wide of the target.

 

45+1: Vokes on the turn but the ball takes a bobble and the shot flies over. Six minutes of injury time called.

 

45+4: Hennessey comes out well to punch clear a corner and then Wolves win a flag kick at the other end which is scrambled away.

 

45+5: Palace chances as N'Diaye gets a free header to Danns' cross but his effort loops over the bar.

 

HALF TIME: WOLVES 1-1 PALACE

 

46: Back underway.

 

49: GOAL: AMBROSE 1-2. Palace score within the first few minutes once again.  Free kick from outside the area and Ambrose steps up with a curling low effort into the bottom corner.

 

53: Half a chance for Wolves as Henry gets on the end of Foley's deep cross with a left foot shot which is blocked by Danns.

 

56: Wolves trying to hit back with Surman getting in a low shot but not as much power as he would have liked and Speroni makes the save.

 

58: An inswinging Jones corner causes some nerves in the Palace area and it appears to come off Lee last before the ball is cleared.

 

60: Another Jones corner is delivered with menace but flies across the goalmouth without anyone getting a touch.

 

62: N'Diaye fires well over for Palace.

 

Michael Mancienne

 

63: Double change for Wolves with Doyle and debutant Mujangi on for Ebanks-Blake and Surman.

 

64: And Doyle almost levels with his first touch, or head!  Meets Jones's free kick and the ball bounces agonisingly back off the underside of the bar.

 

66: First touch for Mujangi who gets in a decent low cross which Vokes controls well before being crowded out.

 

70: Jones in space again centrally but his shot is over the bar.

 

71: Ball worked out to Mujangi who sends in a promising right wing cross which flies out of play with no one able to get on the end of it.

 

Geoffrey Mujangi Bia

 

72: Final change for Wolves, Ward for Elokobi.

 

76: Mujangi's harassing wins Wolves a corner but again the Palace defence do their job and the ball is cleared.

 

78: Change for Palace with Andrew on for Lee.

 

81: Good run from Doyle down the inside left channel is followed by a low cross put behind by Derry.  Jones whips in the flag kick, Vokes flicks towards goal and Berra is unable to convert from close range, putting the chance over the bar.

 

83: Wolves mounting some pressure with another Jones corner headed goalwards by Zubar and off his own line by Derry for another flag kick.  This one put behind by N'Diaye and Jones switches flanks to have another go.

 

84: This time Jones's corner is cleared.

 

84: GOAL: ZUBAR 2-2. And what a goal that is!  Ball breaks to the right hand side and Zubar slams a superb strike into the top corner.

 

85: Palace straight back on the attack with a low drive from Derry gathered by Hennessey at the second attempt.

 

87: Crowd today is 14, 449.

 

88: Henry's shot deflected but it's still comfortable save from Speroni.

 

90: Zubar in the mood now.  Turns inside on the right and hits a left foot shot well over.

 

90: Three minutes added time to follow.

 

90+2:  It's Palace who produce a good chance with Andrew laying off for Ambrose who prods his left foot shot wide.

 

90+2: Wolves respond. Mujangi getting underneath Foley's pass and putting it over.

 

FULL TIME: WOLVES 2-2 PALACE

 

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