Season 71 - Week 4

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Palace teams report, Wednesday...

Desert Rats FC had a nightmare home game against the second-bottom team, defying all tactical and personnel changes to lose 1-3. Plamen Atanasov provided the goal for the Rats, and central defender Josh Stannard played his 50th match.

Palace Terriers were away at 2nd place in a classic top-of-the-table clash, and emerged with a tighter grip on top spot. Striker Waldemar Sanchez put the Terriers ahead just before the break, and Zdenek Krajca capped his MoM performance with the second goal, eight minutes into the second half. The hosts pulled a goal back 15 minutes from the end, before debutant Bojan Milosavljevic had a dramatic last 12 minutes, firstly getting booked for a foul, then finishing off a move started by fellow midfielder Stanislav Dolgoborodov for 3-1 and then with a minute to go, suffering a five-day heavy ankle strain injury.

Palace Casuals were at home against the League leaders, and pulled off a shock result. MoM Johan Shaqiri put the Casuals in front just before the half-hour, but the visitors were level again 13 minutes later. Philip Deery scored his second in two games on the stroke of half-time to put the home side in the lead at the break. Twenty minutes onto the second half, Rasmus Sadi scored a debut goal to increase the lead, which they kept until the end, despite conceding an 80th minute penalty. 15 minutes from time, Deery incurred an ankle injury in a tackle and will miss about 3 days.