Finishing warm-up
As is custom before every match, Palace’s forwards were put through their paces close to the Selhurst Park tunnel in a finishing drill against Vicente Guaita and Jack Butland.
Wilfried Zaha, Conor Gallagher, Jeffrey Schlupp, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jordan Ayew all combined in various ways before one of them took a shot at goal, with Ayew in particular standing out as he found the bottom corner with remarkable consistency. By comparison, Zaha and Mateta sent a pair of their efforts into the Homesdale Road End while Gallagher and Schlupp only managed to find the back of the net once each.
