Friendlies: Palace thump Valencia

Crystal Palace thumped Valencia 3-1 in their final pre-season friendly at Selhurst Park but Hull – still without a manager – were beaten.

Connor Wickham scored twice on a beautiful sunny day in South London and Mile Jedinak converted a penalty, while the Spaniards pulled a late goal back through Juame Domenech.

The 23-year-old Wickham showed promise last season but was hampered by injury, and will be hoping to take the new Premier League season by storm.

And he showed he might do just that with a fine display, firing his side ahead superbly before putting the ball in the net for a second time only to see it ruled out for an earlier foul by Yannick Bolasie.

But Wickham got his second goal from a rebound after his penalty was saved and squandered further chances before Jedinak denied him the chance at a hat-trick by converting from the spot on 70 …

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