Jean-Philippe Mateta and Wilfried Zaha fire Crystal Palace to victory at Wolves

Crystal Palace extended their unbeaten away run in 2022 to five games with a 2-0 victory over Wolves at Molineux.

It is the first time since June 2020 that the Eagles have claimed consecutive league wins away from Selhurst Park, having beaten Watford 4-1 in their previous road trip.

Jean-Philippe Mateta opened the scoring from close range in the 19th minute with his second goal in three games after Palace started the game brightly.

Their lead was doubled through Wilfried Zaha’s 34th-minute penalty and the visitors held firm to secure a third consecutive victory over the Wanderers, lifting Patrick Vieira’s side up to 10th place in the process.

Palace began well and missed the chance to break the deadlock in the opening 15 minutes with Mateta and Jeffrey Schlupp squandering chances.

French striker Mateta was unable to bundle the ball home from a Michael Olise corner after a clever header from Joachim Andersen at the front post sent the ball in the 24-year-old’s direction.

Moments later, Schlupp’s tame shot did not trouble Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa after the winger successfully negotiated his way into the Wanderers box with neat footwork.

Vieira’s side made up for their missed chances in the 19th minute when Mateta poked the ball home after good work from himself and Zaha.

After receiving the ball from Conor Gallagher, Zaha did well to break free from Conor Coady on the right before Mateta beat Sa at the front post and tapped the ball home.

Wolves struggled to steal control of proceedings and were faced with a mountain to climb when Max Kilman was penalised for bringing Schlupp down in the penalty area.

Zaha stepped up and calmly placed the ball into the back of the net for his third goal in three games and hand Palace a