2013 Football League Championship play-off Final

2013 Football League Championship play-off Final
Event 2012–13 Football League Championship
Crystal Palace Watford
1 0
After extra time
Date 27 May 2013
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Wilfried Zaha[1]
Referee Martin Atkinson[2]
Attendance 82,025
Weather Clear / 17 °C (63 °F)[3]

The 2013 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match contested by Crystal Palace and Watford on 27 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium to decide the third and final team to be promoted from the Championship to the Premier League for the 2013–14 season.

Crystal Palace won the match 1–0 with a penalty by Kevin Phillips during extra time to return to the top flight after an eight-year absence.[4] Marco Cassetti tripped Wilfried Zaha on the left-hand side of the penalty area. Philips who had come on as a substitute in the 66th minute placed the ball right footed into the top left-hand corner of the net to give the goalkeeper no chance.[5][6][7]

Route to the final

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3Watford 46238158558+2777
4Brighton & Hove Albion 46191896943+2675
5Crystal Palace 461915127362+1172
6Leicester City 461911167148+2368

Semi-finals

First leg
Leicester City 1–0 Watford
Nugent  82' Report
Attendance: 29,650
Crystal Palace 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Report
Attendance: 23,294
Second leg
Watford 3–1 Leicester City
Vydra  15', 65'
Deeney  90+7'		 Report Nugent  19'
Attendance: 16,142

Watford won 3–2 on aggregate.

Brighton & Hove Albion 0–2 Crystal Palace
Report Zaha  69', 88'
Attendance: 29,518

Crystal Palace won 2–0 on aggregate.

Match

Details

Crystal Palace 1–0 (a.e.t.) Watford
Phillips  105+1' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 82,025
Crystal Palace
Watford
GK1Julián Speroni
RB2Joel WardYellow card 80'
CB33Danny Gabbidon
CB27Damien Delaney
LB21Dean MoxeyYellow card 104'
CM15Mile Jedinak (c)Yellow card 28'
CM8Kagisho Dikgacoi 18'
CM10Owen Garvan 84'
RF20Jonny Williams 66'
LF16Wilfried Zaha
CF18Aaron Wilbraham
Substitutes:
GK34Lewis Price
DF3Jazz Richards
DF28Peter Ramage
MF7Yannick Bolasie
MF22Stuart O'KeefeYellow card 60' 18'
MF30André Moritz 84'
FW9Kevin Phillips 66'
Manager:
Ian Holloway
GK1Manuel Almunia (c)
CB12Lloyd Doyley
CB40Joel EkstrandYellow card 10'
CB27Marco CassettiYellow card 105'
RW21Ikechi Anya 86'
CM39Nathaniel Chalobah 74'
CM8Jonathan Hogg
CM22Almen AbdiYellow card 60'
LW18Daniel Pudil
CF9Troy Deeney
CF20Matěj Vydra 46'
Substitutes:
GK30Jonathan Bond
DF6Fitz Hall
DF17Matthew Briggs
MF7Mark Yeates
MF38Cristian Battocchio 74'
FW36Alexandre Geijo 46'
FW41Fernando Forestieri 86'
Manager:
Gianfranco Zola

Man of the Match:
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)[1]

Assistant referees:
Stuart Burt[2]
Peter Kirkup[2]
Fourth official:
Neil Swarbrick[2]
Reserve Assistant Referee:
John Brooks[2]

Match rules:

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Crystal Palace Watford
Total shots1215
Shots on target109
Ball possession52%48%
Corner kicks68
Fouls committed1213
Yellow cards43
Red cards00

Source: BBC Sport[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Watford's Gianfranco Zola praises Wilfried Zaha". Sky Sports. 27 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Referees". The Football League. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "History for London, United Kingdom". Wunderground. 27 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Zaha's goodbye gift is a place in the Premier League as Phillips converts extra-time penalty the United-bound ace won for his boyhood club". Daily Mail. London. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Crystal Palace v Watford – as it happened". The Guardian. London. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Wilfried Zaha shines as Kevin Phillips penalty puts Eagles back in the Premiership". The Independent. London. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Crystal Palace v Watford: Championship play-off final: live". The Daily Telegraph. London. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  8. ↑ Fletcher, Paul (27 May 2013). "Crystal Palace 1–0 Watford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
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