2013 Football League Championship play-off Final

2013 Football League Championship play-off final
Event 2012–13 Football League Championship
Crystal Palace Watford
1 0
After extra time
Date 27 May 2013
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Wilfried Zaha[1]
Referee Martin Atkinson[2]
Attendance 82,025
Weather Clear / 17 °C (63 °F)[3]

The 2013 Football League Championship play-off final was a football match contested by Crystal Palace and Watford on 27 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium to decide the third and final team to be promoted from Football League Championship to the Premier League for the 2013–14 season.

Crystal Palace won the match 1–0 with a penalty by Kevin Phillips during extra time to return to the top flight after an eight-year absence.[4] Marco Cassetti tripped Wilfried Zaha on the left-hand side of the penalty area. Philips who had come on as a substitute in the 66th minute placed the ball right footed into the top left-hand corner of the net to give the goalkeeper no chance. [5][6][7]

Route to the final

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3Watford 46238158558+2777
4Brighton & Hove Albion 46191896943+2675
5Crystal Palace 461915127362+1172
6Leicester City 461911167148+2368

Semi-finals

First leg

9 May 2013
19:45
Leicester City 1–0 Watford
Nugent  82' Report
King Power Stadium, Leicester
Attendance: 29,650
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
Second leg

12 May 2013
12:30
Watford 3–1 Leicester City
Vydra  15', 65'
Deeney  90+7' 		Report Nugent  19'
Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance: 16,142
Referee: Michael Oliver

Watford won 3–2 on aggregate.

Crystal Palace won 2–0 on aggregate.

Match

Details

27 May 2013
15:00 BST
Crystal Palace 1–0 (a.e.t.) Watford
Phillips  105+1' (pen.) Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,025
Referee: Martin Atkinson[2]
Crystal Palace
Watford
GK 1Argentina Julián Speroni
RB 2England Joel Ward  80'
CB 33Wales Danny Gabbidon
CB 27Republic of Ireland Damien Delaney
LB 21England Dean Moxey  104'
CM 15Australia Mile Jedinak (c)  28'
CM 8South Africa Kagisho Dikgacoi  18'
CM 10Republic of Ireland Owen Garvan  84'
RF 20Wales Jonathan Williams  66'
LF 16England Wilfried Zaha
CF 18England Aaron Wilbraham
Substitutes:
GK 34Wales Lewis Price
DF 3Wales Ashley Richards
DF 28England Peter Ramage
MF 7Democratic Republic of the Congo Yannick Bolasie
MF 22England Stuart O'Keefe  60'  18'
MF 30Brazil André Moritz  84'
FW 9England Kevin Phillips  66'
Manager:
England Ian Holloway
GK 1Spain Manuel Almunia (c)
CB 12Jamaica Lloyd Doyley
CB 40Sweden Joel Ekstrand  10'
CB 27Italy Marco Cassetti  105'
RW 21Scotland Ikechi Anya  86'
CM 39England Nathaniel Chalobah  74'
CM 8England Jonathan Hogg
CM 22Switzerland Almen Abdi  60'
LW 18Czech Republic Daniel Pudil
CF 9England Troy Deeney
CF 20Czech Republic Matěj Vydra  46'
Substitutes:
GK 30Wales Jonathan Bond
DF 6England Fitz Hall
DF 17England Matthew Briggs
MF 7Republic of Ireland Mark Yeates
MF 38Italy Cristian Battocchio  74'
FW 36Switzerland Alexandre Geijo  46'
FW 41Italy Fernando Forestieri  86'
Manager:
Italy Gianfranco Zola

Man of the Match:
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)[1]

Assistant referees:
Stuart Burt[2]
Peter Kirkup[2]
Fourth official:
Neil Swarbrick[2]
Reserve Assistant Referee:
John Brooks[2]

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Crystal Palace Watford
Total shots 12 15
Shots on target 10 9
Ball possession 52% 48%
Corner kicks 6 8
Fouls committed 12 13
Yellow cards 4 3
Red cards 0 0

Source: BBC Sport[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Watford's Gianfranco Zola praises Wilfried Zaha". Sky Sports. 27 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Referees". Football League.
  3. ↑ "History for London, United Kingdom". Wunderground. 27 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Zaha's goodbye gift is a place in the Premier League as Phillips converts extra-time penalty the United-bound ace won for his boyhood club". Daily Mail. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Crystal Palace v Watford - as it happened". Guardian. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Wilfried Zaha shines as Kevin Phillips penalty puts Eagles back in the Premiership". The Independent. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Crystal Palace v Watford: Championship play-off final: live". Daily Telegraph. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  8. ↑ Fletcher, Paul (27 May 2013). "Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 29 May 2013.
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