Crystal Palace extend unbeaten run as Michael Olise leads victory over Wolves | first division

Michael Olise put on another impressive display as crystal Palace recorded their fifth win in six Premier League games by beating Wolves at Molineux.

Olise, the star of the show with two goals in Monday's 4-0 thrashing of Manchester United at Selhurst Park, gave the Eagles the lead in the 26th minute with a delightful curling shot, and was then key in the build-up. two minutes later, scored by Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Wolves, who had hit the crossbar with a Matt Doherty header, pulled one back midway through the second half when Matheus Cunha fired home. Olise's pass set up the ball for Eberechi Eze in the 73rd minute to close the scoring for Palace, who were on 10 goals. men for the expulsion of Naouirou Ahamada with five minutes remaining in regulation time.

The latest good result in Palace's strong conclusion to the season under Oliver Glasner sees them overtake Gary O'Neil's Wolves into 12th place in the table, with a game to play. Olise now has 10 league goals this season and Mateta 13, 10 of which have come in the 12 games Palace have played so far with Glasner in charge.

As expected, Glasner named the same starting XI as he had on Monday, but an early change occurred when Will Hughes was injured in a collision with Cunha and was replaced by Ahamada. Earlier, Wolves captain Max Kilman had headed in from a corner and soon after the visitors had a good chance when Mario Lemina lost possession near his own area, the ball reached Mateta and he went wide.

Olise subsequently failed to convert a decent opportunity, shooting wide, and then gave another display of his class when he fired from outside the box past Dan Bentley, a late replacement in the Wolves line-up for the ailing José Sá. , to put Palacio in front.

Within moments, extra magic from Olise helped the visitors double their lead: the 22-year-old entered the box from the right and played a delicate pass to tee up Nathaniel Clyne. The defender shot against the post and Mateta was available to finish from close range in the follow-up. Chris Richards nodded as Palace looked for another, and Wolves came close to reducing the deficit just before half-time when Doherty's header hit the crossbar, with Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson possibly getting a touch.

After seeing a shot saved by Henderson early in the second half, Cunha had the ball in the net in the 66th minute, firing in from a cutback by Hwang Hee-chan. Initially the attempt was disallowed due to an offside signal, but the VAR intervened and after a control the goal was awarded.

Wolves got back into the game, but Palace soon regained a two-goal lead, with Olise inevitably involved, playing a through ball which Eze took around Bentley and tucked in.

Following a brief clash between Glasner and Nélson Semedo as the Wolves defender tried to get hold of the ball, which saw the manager booked, Bentley did well to deny Daniel Muñoz, before Henderson thwarted Pablo Sarabia and Lemina.

Ahamada was then sent off for a foul on Cunha and a penalty was awarded. That became a free kick after a VAR review, as replays showed the challenge occurred outside the area, and Wolves were unable to make the man advantage count in the closing stages.