2013 Football League Championship play-off Final

2013 Football League Championship play-off final

Crystal Palace Watford 1 0
After extra time
Event	2012–13 Football League Championship
Date	27 May 2013
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Wilfried Zaha
Referee	Martin Atkinson
Attendance	82,025
Weather	Clear / 17 °C (63 °F)
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The 2013 Football League Championship play-off final was a football match contested by Crystal Palace and Watford on 27 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium to decide the third and final team to be promoted from Football League Championship to the Premier League for the 2013–14 season.

Crystal Palace won the match 1–0 with a penalty by Kevin Phillips during extra time to return to the top flight after an eight-year absence. Marco Cassetti tripped Wilfried Zaha on the left-hand side of the penalty area. Philips who had come on as a substitute in the 66th minute placed the ball right footed into the top left-hand corner of the net to give the goalkeeper no chance.

Route to the final

Main article: 2012–13 Football League Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Watford	46	23	8	15	85	58	+27	77
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	18	9	69	43	+26	75
5	Crystal Palace	46	19	15	12	73	62	+11	72
6	Leicester City	46	19	11	16	71	48	+23	68

Semi-finals

Main article: 2013 Football League play-offs

First leg

9 May 2013 19:45	Leicester City	1–0	Watford	King Power Stadium, Leicester Attendance: 29,650 Referee: Neil Swarbrick
	Nugent  82'	Report

10 May 2013 19:45	Crystal Palace	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst Park, London Attendance: 23,294 Referee: Michael Oliver
		Report

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Second leg

12 May 2013 12:30	Watford	3–1	Leicester City	Vicarage Road, Watford Attendance: 16,142 Referee: Michael Oliver
	Vydra  15', 65' Deeney  90+7'	Report	Nugent  19'

Watford won 3–2 on aggregate.

13 May 2013 19:45	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Crystal Palace	American Express Community Stadium, Brighton Attendance: 29,518 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
		Report	Zaha  69', 88'

Crystal Palace won 2–0 on aggregate.

Match

Details

27 May 2013 15:00 BST	Crystal Palace	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Watford	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 82,025 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Phillips  105+1' (pen)	Report

Crystal Palace

Watford

GK 1 Julián Speroni RB 2 Joel Ward 80' CB 33 Danny Gabbidon CB 27 Damien Delaney LB 21 Dean Moxey 104' CM 15 Mile Jedinak (c) 28' CM 8 Kagisho Dikgacoi 18' CM 10 Owen Garvan 84' RF 20 Jonathan Williams 66' LF 16 Wilfried Zaha CF 18 Aaron Wilbraham Substitutes: GK 34 Lewis Price DF 3 Ashley Richards DF 28 Peter Ramage MF 7 Yannick Bolasie MF 22 Stuart O'Keefe 60' 18' MF 30 André Moritz 84' FW 9 Kevin Phillips 66' Manager: Ian Holloway

GK 1 Manuel Almunia (c) CB 12 Lloyd Doyley CB 40 Joel Ekstrand 10' CM 27 Marco Cassetti 105' RW 21 Ikechi Anya 86' CM 39 Nathaniel Chalobah 74' CM 8 Jonathan Hogg CM 22 Almen Abdi 60' LW 18 Daniel Pudil CF 9 Troy Deeney CF 20 Matěj Vydra 46' Substitutes: GK 30 Jonathan Bond DF 6 Fitz Hall DF 17 Matthew Briggs MF 7 Mark Yeates MF 38 Cristian Battocchio 74' FW 36 Alexandre Geijo 46' FW 41 Fernando Forestieri 86' Manager: Gianfranco Zola

Man of the Match: Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) Assistant referees: Stuart Burt Peter Kirkup Fourth official: Neil Swarbrick Reserve Assistant Referee: John Brooks

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

	Crystal Palace	Watford
Total shots	12	15
Shots on target	10	9
Ball possession	52%	48%
Corner kicks	6	8
Fouls committed	12	13
Yellow cards	4	3
Red cards	0	0

Source: BBC Sport

References

2012–13 in English football
FA competitions
FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) · Community Shield · FA Trophy (Final)
League cups
Football League Cup (Final) · Football League Trophy (Final) ·
Premier and Football League
Premier League · Football League (Championship · League One · League Two)
Football Conference
Football Conference (Premier · North · South)
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group H)
Other
Summer 2012 transfers · Winter 2012–13 transfers · Summer 2013 transfers
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