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Crystal Palace climbed into the top half of the table after easing past basement boys Norwich 3-0 at Selhurst Park.
The Eagles opened the scoring inside 10 minutes when Odsonne Edouard dispatched from 12 yards after Kenny McLean brought down Will Hughes in the area.
Jean-Philippe Mateta then doubled the hosts advantage after getting on the end of an Edouard cross before firing past Angus Gunn in the Canaries goal.
Minutes later, Jeffrey Schlupp extended Palace’s lead with an emphatic finish from a tight angle.
More to follow.
Did you know?
Palace have lost just once and scored 18 goals in their 10 Premier League home games under Patrick Vieira.
Smith’s side have scored just eight goals in their 19 Premier League games this season, the joint-lowest tally in a top-flight campaign after 19 games alongside Leicester in 1977-78.
Since returning to the Premier League in 2013-14, the Eagles have seen 12.4% of their goals in the competition come via penalties (45/364), the largest proportion of any side in that time
Norwich have conceded six penalty goals in the Premier League this season, more than any other side.
Palace enjoyed just their fourth victory in their last 25 Premier League games when Wilfried Zaha didn’t play.
Edouard was directly involved in three goals for Crystal Palace against Norwich, just one goal involvement fewer than he managed in all of his previous 15 games in the Premier League combined.
Gunn conceded his 50th Premier League goal in just his 24th appearance in the competition, with only three keepers shipping 50 in fewer games.
