CRYSTAL PALACE 3 v 0 SOUTHAMPTON

Welcome to this evening's game at Selhurst Park, thank you for checking in here and resisting the temptation to switch on Skysports instead! It is much appreciated.

As for team news, Warnock names the same side that beat Derby at the weekend, with the exemption of Paul Ifill who returns in place of Griffit on the bench.

Palace: Speroni, Clyne, McCarthy, Fonte, Hill, Watson, Carle, Oster, Scannell, Beattie, Kuqi. SUBS: Derry, Lee, Moses, Butterfield, Ifill.

So'ton: Davis, Perry, Skacel, Wright-Phillips, Surman, McGoldrick, Lallana, James, Cork, Robertson, Pearce. SUBS: Wotton, Gasmi, Bialkowski, Mills, Paterson.

1 min: Palace should be ahead already as Kuqi puts Carle through on goal but Perry and Skacel combine to produce a great last ditch block on him. Should have shot earlier though.

4 min: McGoldrick goes down theatrically under Watson's challenge in the box. Nothing given and rightly so, was an horrendous dive.

6 min: Beattie bursts into the box but his cut back is cut out by Davis in goal. Southampton then go right up the other end and Speroni is forced to save McGoldrick's effort, was comfortable for him.

8 min: GOAL! That man Kuqi is at it again. Clyne hits it long from the half way line and Kuqi gives Pearce a light push before collecting the ball on his chest and calmly lobbing it over Davis. The man is on form and he is now joint top scorer with Watson.

15 min: GOAL! Palace are rampant. Oster's cross hits Fonte in the middle and the ball rebounds to Beattie eight yards out. He steadies himself before hitting a first time half volley beyond Davis.

21 min: So'ton have had a little bit of pressure but created nothing and now Beattie has won a free kick 25 yards out following a great run from inside his own half. Watson goes low towards the bottom left corner but it is wide.

24 min: Clyne doesn't do a great job of clearing a cross and Fonte is forced to brilliantly block Wright-Phillips effort.

26 min: Surman and Wright-Phillips combine and the former shoots just wide from 25 yards.

28 min: So'ton are beginning to find some room and work the ball out to Robertson who shoots low to the bottom corner but Speroni gathers.

30 min: SUB: Watson looks to have tweaked his groin so is replaced by Derry, who takes over the captain's armband from Hill.

33 min: There's a bit of ping ball in the So'ton box from Beattie's cross but it comes to nothing. Is all quite quiet at the minute.

36 min: Lallana tries to wriggle into space on the edge of the box but Fonte times his tackle superbly to stop him in his tracks.

42 min: Oster shoots high and wide from Scannell's lay-back. So'ton haven't been bad by any means and a two-goal lead maybe flatters Palace. They need not to concede before the break.

43 min: YELLOW CARD. Hill booked for a late tackle on McGoldrick.

45 min: Two minutes added on

45 min: Perry makes a mess of a long ball and Kuqi nips in but shoots well wide from an angle.

HALF TIME: Palace are comfortable but need to keep their concentration and not relax after the break otherwise So'ton could get back into this.

46 min: SUB: Pearce is replaced by Wotton so that's a midfielder for a defender. Surman shoots from 35 yards and it's only a foot wide but Speroni had it covered.

48 min: SUB: Another injury for Palace as Oster is replaced by Butterfield. Not sure what is wrong with the Welshman but he goes straight down the tunnel. Butterfield is playing centre mid.

52 min: McCarthy needlessly gives away a foul on the edge of the box but Skacel wastes the free kick, hitting straight at the wall.

55 min: So'ton controlling things at the minute without breaking Palace down as James skins Hill but hits his cross into the side netting.

56 min: Kuqi blasts over from a difficult angle following good work from Scannell and Beattie.

58 min: Lallana puts Surman through with a great ball. He hits it over Speroni but there's no power on it and Fonte gets back to clear. That's a warning for Palace.

62 min: Palace are defending quite deep and letting So'ton come on to them but they've defended well so far. With Watson and Oster off though there is a definite lack of creativity in the midfield.

65 min: SUB: Scannell off, Ifill on in Palace's last change.

68 min: Wotton's daisy cutter is easy for Speroni and it's all a little flat out there.

69 min: SUB: Robertson off, Mills on.

72 min: I can't imagine this is great viewing on the TV. Palace are playing with Derry and Butterfield sitting in front of the back four and are just hitting it long for Kuqi. They seem happy with what they have. So'ton for their part are seeing plenty of the ball but have created little.

75 min: GOAL! Just as I say that Ifill makes the game safe. Speroni collects Lallana's free kick, hits it upfield quickly, James tries to control it but gets it wrong, Ifill slips in and finishes coolly with his left foot. Game over and it's top six for Palace tonight.

76 min: Attendance: 13,799

81 min: SUB: Wright-Phillips off, Gasmi on

83 min: Kuqi nutmegs Cork, bears down on goal and shoots wild and wide with Beattie square in the middle. That's the Kuqi we all know and love.

86 min: YELLOW CARD: Perry booked as Kuqi tumbles over his prone body out wide. From the free-kick Davis saves from Beattie but the forward was offside anyway.

90 min: Carle shoots from distance but Davis parries it.

FULL TIME: The Eagles cruise into the play off places and that was easy for them. Next up is Doncaster at Selhurst on Sunday. See you then.