Crystal Palace substitute Eberechi Eze punished bottom club Sheffield United with a superb solo goal as the Blades set another unwanted record.
Jeffrey Schlupp had already opened the scoring with a deflected finish before the Ghana winger went off injured.
That paved the way for Eze to come on and the former QPR forward doubled the lead before half-time, starting his run from inside his own half and finishing from 18 yards after evading a couple of challenges.
Sheffield United offered little going forward and by failing to beat Palace in their 17th match of the season, Chris Wilder’s team set the record for the longest winless start to a Premier League campaign.
The Blades finished the game with 16-year-old substitute Antwoine Hackford on the pitch, the youngest player to appear for the club in the Premier League.
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Crystal Palace
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Squad number31Player nameGuaita
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Squad number2Player nameWard
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Squad number5Player nameTomkins
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Squad number8Player nameKouyaté
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Squad number27Player nameMitchell
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Squad number10Player nameTownsend
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Squad number18Player nameMcArthur
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Squad number4Player nameMilivojevic
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Squad number15Player nameSchlupp
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Squad number20Player nameBenteke
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Squad number11Player nameZaha
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Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew
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Squad number25Player nameEze
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Squad number44Player nameRiedewald
Sheffield United
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Squad number1Player nameRamsdale
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Squad number22Player nameAmpadu
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Squad number12Player nameEgan
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Squad number3Player nameStevens
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Squad number20Player nameBogle
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Squad number6Player nameBasham
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Squad number16Player nameNorwood
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Squad number4Player nameFleck
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Squad number23Player nameOsborn
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Squad number17Player nameMcGoldrick
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Squad number11Player nameMousset
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Squad number24Player nameBrewster
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Squad number32Player nameHackford
Line-ups
Crystal Palace
- 31Guaita
- 2Ward
- 5Tomkins
- 8Kouyaté
- 27Mitchell
- 10Townsend
- 18McArthur
- 4MilivojevicSubstituted forRiedewaldat 90+5′minutes
- 15SchluppSubstituted forEzeat 40′minutesBooked at 67mins
- 20BentekeSubstituted forJ Ayewat 48′minutes
- 11Zaha
Substitutes
- 1Butland
- 3van Aanholt
- 6Dann
- 9J Ayew
- 12Sakho
- 22McCarthy
- 23Batshuayi
- 25Eze
- 44Riedewald
Sheff Utd
- 1Ramsdale
- 22Ampadu
- 12Egan
- 3Stevens
- 20BogleBooked at 45mins
- 6Basham
- 16NorwoodBooked at 63mins
- 4FleckBooked at 89mins
- 23OsbornSubstituted forHackfordat 80′minutes
- 17McGoldrick
- 11MoussetSubstituted forBrewsterat 61′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Baldock
- 13Lowe
- 21Verrips
- 24Brewster
- 29Bryan
- 32Hackford
Live Text
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Match ends, Crystal Palace 2, Sheffield United 0.
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Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 2, Sheffield United 0.
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Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Joel Ward.
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Ethan Ampadu (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
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Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jairo Riedewald replaces Luka Milivojevic.
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Attempt saved. David McGoldrick (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by John Fleck.
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Attempt blocked. Antwoine Hackford (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Basham.
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John Fleck (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by John Fleck (Sheffield United).
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Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. John Fleck (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by John Egan.
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Attempt blocked. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
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Attempt blocked. David McGoldrick (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Luka Milivojevic.
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Substitution, Sheffield United. Antwoine Hackford replaces Ben Osborn.
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Ben Osborn (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
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Attempt missed. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by James McArthur.
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