Minute-by-Minute Review: Palace 0 - 1 Southampton

1'- Rodriguez fires a half-volley well high.
3'- Murray stabs a looping shot over the bar.
11'- Possession favors the visitors, 68%-32%.
24'- A few too many giveaway passes from Palace.
27'- 72%-28% possession.
28'- Great sliding block on Rodriguez's shot by Delaney.
34'- Wanyama replaces the injured Cork.
37'- Puncheon turns it over with a mistimed header at midfield. Speroni comes out, slides, gets a foot to the ball, but Rodriguez stays with it and toe-pokes it into the gaping net.
38'- Puncheon crosses, but Bolasie fires the humming header wide.
44'- 68%-32% possession.
45'- Lambert's shot in the box off the far post. Three added minutes.
45'+1- Fonte booked.
45'+3- Bolasie's shot from the edge of the box, off the corner, is held well by Boruc.
45'+4- Shaw's shot from 20 yards, off the corner, is batted down by Speroni for the last action of the half.

47'- Looper by Puncheon after the corner is held by Boruc.
48'- Lovren is booked after Bolasie gets hauled down on a break.
49'- Jedinak blasts the free kick way over.
55'- Davis gets a yellow for fouling Ledley.
57'- Jedinak gets a yellow for fouling Schneiderlin.
58'- Lambert curls the free kick just over the bar.
66'- Yellow to Schneiderlin. Jerome is in for Dikgacoi. Ince replaces Puncheon.
69'- Possession is 67%-33%.
73'- Shaw's low, dipping shot from 25 yards is held by Jules.
75'- Gallagher is in for Lambert.
82'- Thomas replaces Bolasie.
87'- Thomas hits a deep cross to Jerome, who heads it straight at Boruc, but is flagged for offside.
88'- Clyne booked for a deliberate handball.
89'- Ward-Prowse replaces Davis.
90'- Four added minutes.
90'+2- Murray flicks the ball off the endline from a throw, but Boruc holds.

FINAL: PALACE 0 - 1 SOUTHAMPTON

My "Man of the Match":

Damien Delaney. A solid defensive showing, as has been the case most of the season.

Big six-pointer next Saturday at Sunderland.

Minute-by-Minute Review: Southampton 2 - 0 Palace

(Missed first 100 seconds of the match due to a DirecTV transmission delay. I don't think I missed much, did I?)

3'- Good to see Ward back in the squad.
4'- Ollie back on the touchline...where he should be.
6'- Header by Southampton. Goalline clearance by Ward.
11'- 71% to 29% possession for the hosts early.
12'- Handball after a deflected shot caroms back. Free kick for Southampton.
13'- Chamakh retying his shoes.
14'- Chamakh passes to Kebe on the edge of the box. Then Bannan has his shot blocked.
17'- S. Davis gets a yellow for tugging Kebe.
23'- Lambert fires over the bar from 15 yards.
25'- Handball by Jedinak.
26'- Lambert's free kick from 20 yards is parried by Speroni.
28'- I dig Ollie's shirt and vest combo. Chamakh gets a yellow for simulation in the box.
31'- You can hear Ollie screaming "Tighter!"
38'- Ward's shot blocked away for a corner.
40'- Good defending by Ward on a break towards goal.
43'- 68% to 32% possession. Still not holding on to the ball.
45'- Wanyama fires wide right from way back. 1 minute added.

47'- Osvaldo at the edge of the box, fakes out Dikgacoi, and slots it home past the right side of Speroni. 1-0.
49'- Lambert's free kick from 25 yards clangs off the near post and in. Falling apart. Two goals in four minutes.
53'- Lambert's volley from the edge of the box goes wide.
55'- Palace fans getting louder even after going two down. S. Davis fires over from inside the box.
57'- Jerome enters for Bannan. Thomas for Gayle.
60'- S. Davis' turn deflected away by Gabbidon for a corner.
67'- Ward-Prowse in for S. Davis.
68'- Mariappa picks up a yellow.
72'- Handball by Jerome. Phillips in for Kebe.
77'- Moxey fires well over the bar from long range. Rodriguez relieves Lambert.
84'- Moxey's shot blocked from the edge of the box, comes to Chamakh, but he's whistled offside.
86'- A shot curls in off the post, poked in by Southampton, but whistled offside. Ramirez replaces Lallana.
89'- The Palace faithful are still in full voice. Ward-Prowse fires over.
90'- Five added minutes.
90'+2- Moxey to Jerome inside the box. Miscues over the bar.

FINAL: SOUTHAMPTON 2 - 0 PALACE

My "Man of the Match":

#2 Joel Ward (Neil Everitt)

Solid defensive work by Ward, including a goal-line clearance early in the match. Palace goalless and winless in their last three league matches. It won't be much easier at Anfield next week.