Advantageous Mateta end offers Glasner and Palace much-needed win over Ipswich

Jean-Philippe Mateta gave Crystal Palace their first away win of the season towards fellow Premier League strugglers Ipswich City at Portman Street on Tuesday night.

Ipswich appeared to bag their first house victory of the season towards Palace, however have been outclassed by the Eagles who took the lion’s share of possession early on.

Clear minimize possibilities weren’t in abundance for both aspect, although Palace made significantly extra pictures within the first half.

Ipswich started to indicate their enamel in direction of the tip of the primary half, and got here again into the second half wanting like they may trigger severe issues for the guests.

But it surely was Mateta who broke the impasse within the 59th minute, as he discovered the online, and regardless of fleeting alternatives for either side, neither have been in a position to capitalise on them so as to add any extra to the tally.

To be nearly midway via the season and never have managed a single house win in that point is a grim statistic for the house aspect. It’s nonetheless simpler to know after a match like tonight, through which neither aspect appeared notably threatening.

Ipswich could have alternatives to choose up factors earlier than the brutal festive calendar will get into full swing, towards the likes of Wolves, and doubtlessly Newcastle and Bournemouth. On the energy of a show equivalent to this, it’s more and more onerous to see a change of their fortunes.

The objective by Mateta was actually the one redeeming characteristic of an in any other case irritating match, however to offer Mateta his dues, it was a objective befitting the next calibre fixture.

IPSWICH: Muric 5, Clarke 5, O’Shea 6, Greaves 5, Davis 5, Morsy 5, Cajuste 5, Clarke 5, Burns 5, Hutchinson 5, Delap 6. Subs: Chaplin 5, Taylor 5, Al-Hamadi 5, Broadhead 5.

CRYSTAL PALACE: Henderson 5, Munoz 6, Chalobah 6, Lacroix 6, Guehi 5, Mitchell 5, Hughes 6, Doucoure 6, Sarr 6, Eze 6, Mateta 7. Subs: Lerma 5, Richards 5, Devenny 5.

59’ GOAL FOR PALACE! Jean-Phillipe Mateta chips the ball over the keeper from the far nook of the field to offer Palace the benefit.

Palace have ended Ipswich’s unbeaten run of 28 midweek league video games.

Crystal Palace had 22 touches within the field to Ipswich’s 12.