1 min: Jaidi climbs high to meet Speed's corner but fails to keep his header on target.

3 mins: Palace appeals for a penalty are rejected as Johnson goes down under N'Gotty's challenge after catching the big Frenchman unawares.

13 mins: Speed and Campo collide going for the same ball, putting the Spaniard out of the game and the Welshman needing stitches.

33 mins: Wanderers' best effort is foiled as Kiraly gets down smartly to save a Stelios shot that takes a deflection off Davies' heel; Jaidi's glancing header deflects Speed's corner just beyond Diouf diving in at the far post.

38 mins: Referee Barry has Wanderers in a rage, turning down penalty appeals when Boyce brings down Diouf. The verdict: a corner.

41 mins: Wanderers are mob-handed in the box but fail to make it count as Stelios heads Speed's cross off target.

GOAL!

45 mins: After finding it so difficult to break the deadlock, Davies makes it look so easy, beating offside appeals and having space and time to spare to get on the end of N'Gotty's free kick and, with his back to goal, steer his header wide of Kiraly's dive.

Half-time: Wanderers 1 Palace 0

48 mins: Wanderers, down to 10 min with Speed having another shirt change, get a lucky escape as Jaaskelainen stops but can't hold Watson's shot and Granville hits the rebound against the bar with the goal at his mercy.

51 mins: Pedersen spurns a chance, finding himself in the clear after Granville's slip but unable to find a way past Kiraly.

54 mins: Pedersen is foiled twice in a minute, Kiraly tipping his header over then finding Nolan in the way as he attempts to convert Diouf's resulting flag kick.

76 mins: Davies skims the bar with a stunning long-range shot after superb work by Stelios on the right wing.

84 mins: Popovic flashes a header across the face of goal from Granville's dangerous free kick.

86 mins: Pedersen gets on the end of a Davies flick and has a good sight of goal but his final shot is too high.

Full-time: Wanderers 1 Palace 0