Crystal Palace don begin their pre-season campaign with a 2-0 victory over Swindon Town for a friendly match wey happen for Crystal Palace Academy for Beckenham, London.
Di game wey VAVEL stream live see Palace dominate from start to finish. Nketiah score two goals, one for each half, to give Pierre Sage side di win.
For di first half, Nketiah open scoring after confusion for Swindon box. Hughes take corner kick, ball enter box, Nketiah try shot wey Ripley save, but di rebound fall for Nketiah wey fire powerful shot into net.
Palce continue to press high and increase score for di game. Nketiah receive pass inside area, hit am hard into goal to make am 2-0 for Crystal Palace wey dominate di game.
Just outside penalty area, Palace win free kick wey Rak-Sakyi take but e go over goal. Shortly after, Aaron Drinan receive pass up front and shoot powerfully but e go into BenÃtez hands.
For di next play, Esse shoot from distance with deflection off defense wey result for corner. Hughes take di corner and Nketiah head powerfully wide.
Di game barely start when Romain Esse suffer heavy foul for midfield. E be attended to and already back for di game.
Palace try to maintain possession and control di game actions, managing to put pressure on Swindon.
For di pre-season, Crystal Palace line up with 3-4-3 formation: Benitez, King, Walker-Smith and Adaramola; Mingueza, Hughes, Ozoh and Mitchell; Esse, Rak-Sakyi and Nketiah.
Swindon Town also use 3-4-3 formation: Ripley, Negru, McGregor and Trialist; Glatzel, Virtue-Thick, Kikeny and Clark; Clarke, Drinan and Holman.
Swindon only get two players for bench for dis match: Lewis Ward and Lucas Griffiths-Brown.
For Crystal Palace, Pierre Sage get plenty players to use: Joe Whitworth, Remi Matthews, Daniel Imray, Jaydee Canvot, Mofe Jemide, Dean Benamar, Borna Sosa, Joel Drake-Thomas, Justin Devenny, Cheick Doucouré, Brennan Johnson, Rio Cardines and Matheus França.
Crystal Palace transfer window so far dey timid, with Evann Guessand being di only one to leave. Di arrivals na Mingueza from Celta, plus Romain Esse, Owen Goodman, Matheus França and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi all returning from loan.
Swindon follow same line with few transfers. Ryan Delaney, Thomas Wilson-Brown, Redman Evans and Darren Oldaker leave, while James Debayo, Matty Virtue, Stephan Negru and Mitch Clark arrive.
For di 2025-26 Premier League season, Crystal Palace finish 15th with 45 points, one point ahead of Nottingham Forest and four ahead of Tottenham, plus two behind Leeds and four behind Newcastle and Everton.
For League Two, Swindon finish ninth with 75 points, one point behind Barnet and three behind Grimsby, di first team to qualify for playoffs, and seven points ahead of Oldham. Dem no gain promotion to League One.
Crystal Palace last official game of season na Conference League title win 1-0 against Rayo Vallecano, with goal from Mateta. Dem draw 2-2 with Brentford and lose 2-1 to Arsenal for di last three games.
Swindon come into today game with one win and two losses. Dem lose 2-1 to Chesterfield for League Two season close, win 4-0 friendly against Swindon Supermarine, and lose 1-0 to Chippenham.
