Superb Palace further dent Wolves' top-four hopes

Crystal Palace produced a sensational first-half performance to further damage Wolves’ top-four hopes with goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and a Wilfried Zaha penalty.

The hosts were punished for their slow start and have now lost their last three Premier League games to leave them seven points adrift of Manchester United in fourth.

Palace set the tempo from the start with Mateta scrambling in the opener after 19 minutes before Max Kilman brought down Jeffrey Schlupp in the box, and Zaha expertly dispatched the spot-kick.

Patrick Vieira's side have now lost just twice in their last 11 matches across all competitions and were deserved winners at Molineux to lift them up to tenth.

Wolves' season, in contrast, is in danger of petering out with this game the latest in their goal-shy campaign that has seen them score only 24 times.

They rarely looked like scoring and had goalkeeper Jose Sa to thank for a string of saves to keep them in the match. He denied Michael Olise superbly just before half-time, sprawling to his right to keep out the Palace winger's curling shot.

Then he saved from Conor Gallagher early in the second half as Wolves tried to launch a comeback. Raul Jimenez was brought on to try and inspire them, but had little impact on the final 30 minutes.

Wolves sub Chiquinho, a January signing, did have a good chance late on yet was denied by Vicente Guaita, who went largely untroubled across the afternoon.

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Wolves will next face Watford in the Premier League on Thursday March 10 at 7.30pm.

Crystal Palace will take on Manchester City in the Premier League on Monday March 14 at 8pm, live on Sky Sports.