Brighton & Hove Albion secured a fourth straight Premier League win for simply the second time, as three targets in the opening 10 minutes fired the Seagulls to a convincing 5-0 victory over rivals Crystal Palace.
Having swept apart Kauno Zalgiris in midweek to document a fifth successive win throughout all competitions, Brighton carried their red-hot type into the early phases in opposition to Palace.
The Seagulls opened the scoring in the fourth minute, when Pascal Gross’ inswinging free-kick was inadvertently glanced into his personal web by Jaydee Canvot.
A second objective adopted simply three minutes later, as Diego Gomez picked up the ball on the midway line and fired an impressive 55-yard strike over a retreating Walter Benitez to ship the Amex into raptures.
The guests had no reply to Brighton’s onslaught, and Fabian Hurzeler’s males added a 3rd in the tenth minute, when Charalampos Kostoulas’ intelligent back-heel was swept into the underside nook by Yasin Ayari.
Armed with all of the momentum, the hosts continued to manage proceedings because the first half progressed, with Gomez seeing a volley blocked by Honest Ahanor, whereas Benitez stood agency to thwart a robust strike from Ferdi Kadioglu.
Similar to the first half, Brighton got here flying out of the blocks firstly of the second interval, and Kostoulas netted their fourth of the afternoon, with the Greek teenager tucking dwelling from shut vary after Ayari’s preliminary effort was blocked.
Determined to keep away from additional embarrassment, the Eagles went in pursuit of a response, however substitute Jean-Philippe Mateta spurned an excellent probability, firing in opposition to the crossbar when well-placed in the field.
Palace hit the woodwork for a second time heading into the ultimate 20 minutes, as Jefferson Lerma nodded in opposition to the submit from Daichi Kamada’s nook.
The hosts had no such bother in the ultimate third, although, scoring a late fifth by means of Jack Hinshelwood, who smashed dwelling a rebound from point-blank vary.
That put the seal on an emphatic victory, as Brighton rise to second in the Premier League forward of Arsenal’s go to to Nottingham Forest in a while Sunday, whereas Palace drop to 14th in the desk.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Olivier Boscagli (Brighton)
