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  • Lerma heads into own net for Bournemouth opener

  • Bournemouth know win against Palace would move them 6th

  • Palace still have hopes of European football

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  1. 'Rayan should be scoring from there'published at 14:21 BST

    Bournemouth 1-0 Crystal Palace

    Danny Gabbidon
    Former Wales defender on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Minimum should hit the target here. Whipped into a dangerous area with a Rayan header. He should be scoring from there.

  2. Postpublished at 21 mins

    Bournemouth 1-0 Crystal Palace

    Crystal Palace defender Chadi Riad steams in to make an interception and manages to concede a corner from the half-way line.

  3. Postpublished at 20 mins

    Bournemouth 1-0 Crystal Palace

    Bournemouth full-back Alex Gimenez whips in an inviting cross from the right, but Rayan can't keep his header down.

    Good chance that.

  4. Postpublished at 18 mins

    Bournemouth 1-0 Crystal Palace

    Oliver Glasner is all hand gestures and exasperated looks on the touchline. He is less than pleased with the way his side have started this one.

  5. 'Palace will be disappointed'published at 14:15 BST

    Bournemouth 1-0 Crystal Palace

    Danny Gabbidon
    Former Wales defender on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    It will go down as an own goal. Really poor. Evanilson gets to the ball first, tries to glance towards the post but it comes off the wrong side of Lerma. Henderson tries to save it. Crystal Palace will be disappointed to concede like that.

  6. Postpublished at 14 mins

    Bournemouth 1-0 Crystal Palace

    Crystal Palace Maxence Lacroix is robbed of the ball and Junior Kroupi has a go from the edge of the box, but it's straight at Dean Henderson.

    Seconds later Bournemouth come again, but Evanilson fires over the bar with just Henderson to beat.

    Mentally, it looks like Palace are still in Krakow.

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    GOAL - Bournemouth 1-0 Crystal Palacepublished at 10 mins

    Jefferson Lerma own goal

    Bournemouth's early pressure pays off, but it's a scruffy goal!

    Evanilson finds space at a corner to direct a header towards the far post, but it looks to be going wide.

    Crystal Palace midfielder Jefferson Lerma looks to head clear, but he gets it all wrong and actually diverts the ball towards goal.

    Dean Henderson claws the ball away, but the referee indicates that the ball had crossed the line.

    Bournemouth players celebrate a goal in black and red stripe kitImage source, Getty Images
  8. Postpublished at 10 mins

    Bournemouth 0-0 Crystal Palace

    Bournemouth are building up the pressure.

    Rayan tries his luck from the edge of the penalty area but a deflection takes his shot over the bar.

  9. 'Bournemouth could have already qualified for Europe'published at 14:08 BST

    Bournemouth 0-0 Crystal Palace

    Danny Gabbidon
    Former Wales defender on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Bournemouth have 16 draws this season. If they could have turned a few more of those draws into wins they could have qualified for Europe already.

  10. Postpublished at 7 mins

    Bournemouth 0-0 Crystal Palace

    From the free-kick Alex Scott rolls the ball towards the near post, but the routine comes to nothing and Crystal Palace hack clear.

    Alex Scott of Bournemouth in red and black striped shirtImage source, Getty Images
  11. YELLOW CARDpublished at 6 mins

    Bournemouth 0-0 Crystal Palace

    Marcus Tavernier finds the clever run of Evanilson with a curving pass down the outside of the Crystal Palace defence.

    Jaydee Canvot brings Evanilson down and picks up the game's first booking.

  12. Postpublished at 5 mins

    Bournemouth 0-0 Crystal Palace

    The travelling Crystal Palace fans are making plenty of noise at the Vitality Stadium.

    Next week they could book their place in the Uefa Conference League final, so are understandably in good spirits.

    Oliver Glasner with a Crystal PalaceImage source, Getty Images
  13. Postpublished at 2 mins

    Bournemouth 0-0 Crystal Palace

    Bournemouth start on the front foot, but a Marcus Tavernier cross loops over everyone in the penalty area and goes out for a throw-in.

  14. KICK-OFFpublished at 14:00 BST

    Bournemouth 0-0 Crystal Palace

    Bournemouth get things going at Vitality Stadium.

  15. Postpublished at 13:57 BST

    Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (14:00 BST)

    The only English player in Crystal Palace's starting XI today is goalkeeper Dean Henderson - it's the first time the Eagles have ever named a Premier League starting XI without a single English outfielder.

  16. Postpublished at 13:54 BST

    Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (14:00 BST)

    Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games against Crystal Palace (W2 D3), having lost five in a row against the Eagles before this.

  17. Postpublished at 13:52 BST

    Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (14:00 BST)

    Adam Wharton will be key to Crystal Palace's hopes of ending Bournemouth's unbeaten run.

    18.7% of Wharton’s passes in the Premier League this season have been line-breaking passes (202/1,082).

    That's the highest proportion of any player in 2025-26 with 500+ passes attempted.

    Adam WhartonImage source, Getty Images
  18. Postpublished at 13:44 BST

    Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (14:00 BST)

    Bournemouth

    Andoni Iraola will leave Bournemouth at the end of the season, but before that he is looking to guide the Cherries into Europe for the first time in their 127-year history.

    "The opportunity is there. I think we are in a very good place but we still need a lot of points," Iraola said during his media conference on Friday.

    "The situation is very tight. If we want to get Europe, we have to win games. We have four chances like the others starting from Sunday against Palace.

    "We don't have an easy game so we will have to earn everything but I think we have shown that we want to take this opportunity and we arrive to this decisive moment in a good place."

  19. Postpublished at 13:39 BST

    Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (14:00 BST)

    Junior Kroupi is Bournemouth's top scorer in the Premier League this season with 11 goals. Three of them have come in his past four games.

    Crystal Palace will have a job on their hands to keep him quiet today.

    Junior KroupiImage source, Getty Images