Match ends, Crystal Palace 2, Huddersfield Town 0.
Crystal Palace 2-0 Huddersfield: Terriers' relegation confirmed at Selhurst Park
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Huddersfield equalled the record for the earliest relegation in a Premier League season as second-half goals from Luka Milivojevic and Patrick van Aanholt earned Crystal Palace all three points at Selhurst Park.
The Terriers' defeat, combined with victories for Burnley and Southampton, confirmed the visitors' demotion back to the Championship.
Huddersfield, who have propped up the table since December, join Derby County and Ipswich Town as only the only teams in Premier League history to be relegated with six games left to play.
Milivojevic opened the scoring in the second half, sending Ben Hamer the wrong way from the penalty spot after Wilfried Zaha had been fouled by Juninho Bacuna.
Patrick van Aanholt's composed finish secured a valuable victory for Palace, who move eight points clear of the bottom three.
Huddersfield spurned several chances to open the scoring with the score at 0-0, but they failed to make the most of those opportunities as their two-year stay in the Premier League came to an end.
Where did it all go wrong for Huddersfield?
Having started the day 16 points adrift of safety, it was always going to take a remarkable turnaround for Huddersfield to preserve their top-flight status for a third season.
The Terriers' energetic and fearless approach under David Wagner last term endeared them to neutrals as they achieved what many regarded as impossible by avoiding an immediate return to the second tier.
Life has been much more difficult this season.
Wagner left the club by mutual consent in January with the club eight points adrift at the foot of the table having taken only 11 points from 22 games.
Siewert has been unable to spark a recovery, losing eight of his nine league games in charge with the sole exception a win at home against Wolves in February.
One of Town's main problems has been their lack of goals. They have scored only 18 in their 32 games, finding the net just once away from home in 2019.
They were unfortunate not to make the scoresheet at Selhurst Park, with Chris Lowe twice forcing fine saves from Vicente Guaita.
The Spanish goalkeeper produced a one-handed save to prevent the defender's header from nestling in the back of the net, before tipping another goal-bound effort past the far post.
Karlan Grant also went close to giving the visitors the lead before half-time, but the former Charlton man failed to direct his effort on target.
The Huddersfield players received a warm reception from the travelling Terriers fans at the end of the game, but Burnley's win over Wolves and Southampton's victory at Brighton mean Siewert's side will be playing Championship football again next season.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Crystal Palace
- 31Guaita
- 29Wan-Bissaka
- 5Tomkins
- 6Dann
- 3van Aanholt
- 7MeyerSubstituted forMcArthurat 45'minutes
- 4Milivojevic
- 15Schlupp
- 10TownsendSubstituted forKouyatéat 80'minutes
- 23BatshuayiSubstituted forBentekeat 73'minutes
- 11Zaha
Substitutes
- 2Ward
- 8Kouyaté
- 13Hennessey
- 14J Ayew
- 17Benteke
- 18McArthur
- 34Kelly
Huddersfield
- 12Hamer
- 2Smith
- 26Schindler
- 5Kongolo
- 37Durm
- 7BacunaSubstituted forWilliamsat 80'minutes
- 6Hogg
- 10Mooy
- 21PritchardSubstituted forStankovicat 90+4'minutes
- 15LöweSubstituted forKachungaat 80'minutes
- 16Grant
Substitutes
- 9Kachunga
- 13Coleman
- 19Williams
- 27Stankovic
- 33Hadergjonaj
- 41Daly
- 44Rowe
- Referee:
- Lee Probert
- Attendance:
- 25,193
Match Stats
Home TeamCrystal PalaceAway TeamHuddersfield
- Possession
- Home48%
- Away52%
- Shots
- Home19
- Away15
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away5
- Corners
- Home5
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away7
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 2, Huddersfield Town 0.
Substitution
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Jon Gorenc Stankovic replaces Alex Pritchard.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Luka Milivojevic.
Attempt blocked. Alex Pritchard (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Danny Williams.
Attempt saved. Christopher Schindler (Huddersfield Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Pritchard with a cross.
Alex Pritchard (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Scott Dann (Crystal Palace).
Goal!
Goal! Crystal Palace 2, Huddersfield Town 0. Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
Attempt missed. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Benteke.
Tommy Smith (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace).
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Christopher Schindler.
Attempt blocked. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Milivojevic with a cross.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Ben Hamer.
Foul by Erik Durm (Huddersfield Town).
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Pritchard.
Substitution
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Cheikhou Kouyaté replaces Andros Townsend.
Substitution
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Danny Williams replaces Juninho Bacuna.
Substitution
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Elias Kachunga replaces Chris Löwe.
Attempt missed. Alex Pritchard (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Goal!
Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Huddersfield Town 0. Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Juninho Bacuna (Huddersfield Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Crystal Palace. Wilfried Zaha draws a foul in the penalty area.
Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Huddersfield Town).
James McArthur (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Christian Benteke with a headed pass.
Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Huddersfield Town).
James McArthur (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Christian Benteke replaces Michy Batshuayi.
Attempt missed. Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tommy Smith with a cross.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.
Attempt saved. Karlan Grant (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
Juninho Bacuna (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace).
Attempt missed. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha following a fast break.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by James McArthur.
Offside, Crystal Palace. Jeffrey Schlupp tries a through ball, but Michy Batshuayi is caught offside.
Foul by Juninho Bacuna (Huddersfield Town).
