Crystal Palace 2-1 Brighton: M23 derby finishes down three men

Three goals, three red cards, and 12 minutes of stoppage time provided plenty of added intensity to an M23 derby that saw nine-man Crystal Palace beat 10-man Brighton at Selhurst Park on Saturday.

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How to watch Crystal Palace vs Brighton live, stream link and start time

Kick off time: 10am ET Saturday (April 5)
Venue: Selhurst Park — London
TV Channel: Peacock
Streaming: Stream live on Peacock

Crystal Palace vs Brighton final score: 2-1

Jean Philippe-Mateta, 3', Danny Welbeck 31', Daniel Munoz 55'

Crystal Palace vs Brighton live updates — By Nick Mendola

Van Hecke red card

A second yellow to Brighton's center back.

Daichi Kamada races onto a loose ball and Van Hecke feels no choice but to get in the way of the Japanese attacker.

It's a second yellow, easy. Ten men versus nine now for the second half-dozen minutes of stoppage time.

Marc Guehi red card — Second yellow late + HUGE stoppage time

Guehi comes in high with studs showing and he's seeing a second yellow as we hit stoppage time.

Palace will finish with nine men against their rivals.

Brighton will have 12 minutes stoppage time against nine men.

Nketiah red card — Two yellows in under 10 minutes

A red card off the bench with two yellows in short order.

The first was for the dive, the second looks so ugly.

Nketiah is turning to trap a high pass and his boot catches a stooping Van Hecke square in the face.

Here's a real opening for Brighton get a point.

Eddie Nketiah called for dive

Munoz leads another Palace rush and his low cross is blocked by Van Hecke.

Eddie Nketiah is onto the rebound and touches by his man, exaggerating contact into a free fall.

It's a yellow card. Still 2-1 Palace, 70'.

Daniel Munoz goal — Palace 2-1 Brighton (55th minute)

Eze sends the ball to the right flank for the marauding Daniel Munoz.

The right back hammers a shot that turns off the rear end of Pervis Estupinan, flying across goal and inside Bart Verbruggen's far post.

Coming together ends Brighton rush

Kaoru Mitoma's heavy touch after picking up Carlos Baleba's pass leads to a desperation pass.

Mitoma gets the pass away and his follow-through catches Maxence Lacroix on the ankle.

It's a less-intense version of the James Tarkowski clearance versus Liverpool at midweek, and perhaps one that wouldn't have been called a foul had the Everton incident not been top of media mind from midweek.

Halftime — Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton

Brighton have been just a bit better in possession, shot attempts, and... pretty much everything except goals.

Jean-Philippe Mateta's brilliant left-footed rip that opened the scoring and the margins are fine.

Again, we said just a bit better, and this game is very much up for grabs at Selhurst Park.

Danny Welbeck goal — Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton (31st minute)

Yankuba Minteh has just enough room on his left peg to whip in a cross in front of Marc Guehi.

Danny Welbeck has good-enough position on Daniel Munoz to make a lunging redirection past Henderson and tie the game at 1.

Double save from Dean Henderson!

Carlos Baleba powers his laces through a left-footed effort that swerves as it reaches Dean Henderson, who keeps his hand strong to push the ball away from goal.

Danny Welbeck's on the case, but Henderson gets to his feet quickly and makes another save to keep it 1-0 to Palace into the 15th minute.

Jean-Philippe Mateta goal! Palace 1-0 Brighton (3rd minute)

What a finish from the moustache-sporting, headguard-wearing Frenchman.

Marc Guehi carries deep into the Brighton half, pushing the ball to a central Eberechi Eze.

The playmaker then plays Mateta into the box, and the forward slashes a gorgeous left-footed shot high inside the far post.

Crystal Palace lineup

Henderson, Munoz, Lerma, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell, Kamada, Wharton, Sarr, Eze, Mateta

Brighton & Hove Albion lineup

Verbruggen, Gomez, Dunk, Van Hecke, Estupinan, Baleba, O'Riley, Hinshelwood, Mitoma, Minteh, Welbeck

Crystal Palace vs Brighton preview — By Joe Prince-Wright

The Eagles are flying high, as they reached the FA Cup semifinals at the weekend where they will face Aston Villa at Wembley. However, Oliver Glasner's side were a tad lucky to grab a point at bottom club Southampton on Wednesday through Matheus Franca's 92nd-minute equalizer. They were struggling with a hangover from their FA Cup quarterfinal win at Fulham but still looked dangerous through Mateta, Eze and Sarr in attack.

Brighton lost 3-0 at home to Aston Villa on Wednesday as Fabian Hurzeler's side dominated the game but couldn't finish and Villa were ruthless. That defeat impacts their Champions League aspirations but the Seagulls are still in the hunt for European qualification. A win in this derby (they lost at home to Palace back in December) would be a nice boost after losing to Nottingham Forest on penalty kicks in the FA Cup quarterfinals last weekend.

Crystal Palace team news, focus

The Eagles have a very settled lineup and in attack Mateta, Eze and Sarr will lead the way. But they do have very useful options off the bench as Nketiah, Kamada, Chilwell and Franca made a big difference when they came on in midweek.

OUT: Cheick Doucoure (knee), Chadi Riad (knee) | QUESTIONABLE: Chris Richards (calf)

Brighton team news, focus

The injuries continue to mount up for Brighton with eight players out as Rutter and Webster are the latest key players to go down. There's still plenty of quality in this Brighton side but Mitoma and Joao Pedro looked a little jaded against Villa in midweek. Welbeck, Minteh and O'Riley could all come in to start.

OUT: Joel Veltman (ankle), Adam Webster (thigh), Tariq Lamptey (ankle), Igor Julio (hamstring), Jason Steele (shoulder), James Milner (thigh), Ferdi Kadioglu (toe), Georginio Rutter (ankle)

Crystal Palace vs Brighton prediction

It feels like Palace will edge this one. They are balanced and well organized and Eze and Mateta hold the key and are both full of confidence. Crystal Palace 2-1 Brighton.