Ebere Eze scored the winner against his former club to guide the Eagles into the next round of the EFL Cup after a tight contest in West London
MATCH INFORMATION
- 45pm – 17 September 2024
- Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Crystal Palace
- Matrade Loftus Road Stadium, South Africa Road, London W12 7PJ
PLAYER RATINGS
| 1 | Dean HENDERSON | 6.3 |
| 12 | Daniel MUNOZ | 7.1 |
| 6 | Marc GUEHI © | 6.7 |
| 5 | Maxence LACROIX | 6.3 |
| 26 | Chris RICHARDS | 6.6 |
| 3 | Tyrick MITCHELL | 6.2 |
| 18 | Daichi KAMADA (15 Jeffrey SCHLUPP 90+2 mins) | 6.9 (6.0) |
| 8 | Jefferson LERMA | 6.7 |
| 10 | Ebere EZE | 8.6 |
| 9 | Eddie NKETIAH (7 Ismaila SARR 65 mins) | 7.3 (6.2) |
| 14 | Jean-Philippe MATETA (19 Will HUGHES 74 mins) | 6.4 (6.1) |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 2 Joel WARD, 17 Nathaniel CLYNE, 20 Adam WHARTON, 30 Matt TURNER, 46 Franco UMEH-CHIBUEZE, 64 Asher AGBINONE
OPPOSITION LINE-UP
| 13 | Joe WALSH | 6.2 |
| 22 | Kenneth PAAL | 6.1 |
| 8 | Sam FIELD | 7.2 |
| 5 | Steve COOK | 6.4 |
| 20 | Harrison ASHBY (28 Alfie LLOYD 68 mins) | 6.0 (6.1) |
| 19 | Elijah DIXON-BONNER (7 Karamoko DEMBELE 46 mins) | 6.1 (6.2) |
| 40 | Jonathan VARANE | 7.2 |
| 14 | Koki SAITO (23 Heverton SANTOS 68 mins) | 6.1 (6.3) |
| 24 | Nicolas MADSEN (3 Jimmy DUNNE 81 mins) | 6.8 (6.0) |
| 11 | Paul SMYTH (25 Lucas ANDERSON 81 mins) | 6.1 (6.0) |
| 18 | Zan CELAR | 6.0 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 1 Paul NARDI, 12 Michael FREY, 21 Kieran MORGAN, 27 Daniel BENNIE
TEB VERDICT
This was a tricky cup tie at the home of a side in good form in the Championship but Oliver Glasner stuck to his early season comments and put out a strong side that got the Eagles through to the Fourth Round for the first time since the 2018/19 season.
It was their former player Ebere Eze who starred providing an assist for Eddie Nketiah to grab his first goal for Palace, and then step up himself to score the winner thanks to a deflection.
Besides Eze and Nketiah, there were strong cameos from Daniel Munoz and Daichi Kamada who himself assisted what turned out to be the winning goal. It was also good to see Jefferson Lerma back in the starting line-up.
That is two games into this competition and the reward for putting out a strong line up in both is a wait to find out who Palace will face in the Fourth Round. It is a round that has not been kind having exited at that point all of the three previous times the club has got to that stage.
POST GAME QUOTES
OLIVER GLASNER
“We are very pleased with the win. It was a game that we expected, an aggressive QPR side. We controlled the game for a long time. We didn’t give them anything in the first half. It’s a cup tie, if you don’t decide early enough, they always have the chance to come back.
MATCH STATISTICS
| Star Man | Ebere EZE (8.6) |
| Goals | Eddie NKETIAH (16), Sam FIELD (53), Ebere EZE (64) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE (16), Daichi KAMADA (64) |
| Most shots | Zan CELAR, Ebere EZE, Eddie NKETIAH (2) |
| Most tackles | Jonathan VARANE, Daniel MUNOZ (7) |
| Most dribbles | Ebere EZE (3) |
| Team rating | 6.20 – 6.66 |
| Total shots | 6 – 8 |
| Shots on target | 2 – 4 |
| Yellow cards | Jonathan VARANE (27), Daichi KAMADA (29), Eddie NKETIAH (55), Harrison ASHBY (58), Paul SMYTH (75), Dean HENDERSON (91), Sam FIELD (90+4) |
| Red cards | None |
| Possession | 43.3% – 56.7% |
| Pass success | 80% – 87% |
| Passes | 433 – 582 |
| Dribbles | 5 – 3 |
| Aerials won | 8 – 12 |
| Tackles | 18 – 17 |
| Fouls | 14 – 12 |
| Corners | 6 – 2 |
| Saves | 2 – 1 |
| Dispossessed | 12 – 11 |
