Ghana Stars Jordan Ayew and Jeffrey Schlupp found the back of the net as Crystal Palace recorded a 6-3 win over League Two side Crawley in a pre-season friendly on Saturday.
It was the Eagles’ second off-season game after 1-1 draw with Charlton Athletic last weekend.
Palace ran into a 4-0 first half lead against Crawley courtesy of Odsonne Edouard, Daichi Kamada and a brace from Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, who is of Ghanaian heritage.
Jordan Ayew gets in on the act 🫡#CPFC pic.twitter.com/UVTp1IkN5D
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) July 27, 2024
Crawley tried to find a way back into the game and did through Rushian Hepburn-Murphy before Ayew, who came on for Chris Richards in the 61st minute, made it 5-2.
Jack Roles gave Crawley their third goal but Schlupp, who replaced Rak-Sakyi also in the 61st minute, put the game to bed three minutes from time.
Schluppy makes it six 🤝#CPFC pic.twitter.com/1bsgR7Rpfr
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) July 27, 2024
Oliver Glasner’s side will continue their preparations for the 2024-25 Premier League season with a friendly against Wolverhampton Wanderers followed by games against West Ham and French Ligue 1 outfit Nantes before their season opener away at Brentford on August 18.
