Patrick Vieira

Palace have not won a match in 2023 and were beaten 1-0 by Brighton in the Premier League on Wednesday, their third defeat in a row.

The Eagles do not concede a lot but without scoring themselves, the threat of relegation gets bigger with every week that passes. The league average stands at two years and five days. Goalscoring has been a huge issue - Palace have not found the net for the past four matches and have not scored twice in a game since December. In the wider Premier League, only six managers have been in charge for more than three years and nine have been in charge for fewer than 12 months. "Ultimately, results in recent months have placed us in a precarious league position and we felt a change is necessary to give us the best chance of retaining Premier League status." Palace have not won a match in 2023 and were beaten 1-0 by Brighton in the Premier League on Wednesday, their third defeat in a row.

The Arsenal legend leaves Selhurst Park with the Eagles 12th in the Premier League table – three points above the relegation zone. Though, Palace have not ...

“Ultimately, results in recent months have placed us in a precarious league position and we felt a change is necessary to give us the best chance of retaining Premier League status. We also wish Patrick, Osian, Kristian and Saïd the very best for their futures.” Permanent successor is unlikely to be in place before the Arsenal game.

Crystal Palace have sacked Patrick Vieira as their manager after only 20 months. The former France midfielder leaves Selhurst Park with the Eagles sitting.

The former France midfielder leaves Selhurst Park with the Eagles sitting 12th in the Premier League table, only three points above the relegation zone. Crystal Palace have sacked Patrick Vieira as their manager after only 20 months. EPL: Crystal Palace sack Patrick Vieira ahead of Arsenal clash

Patrick Vieira, former France international, has been sacked as the manager of Crystal Palace after failing to win any match in 2023.

“That said, Patrick’s impact since joining us in the summer of 2021 has been significant, and he is held in the highest regard by myself, and all of his colleagues. “It is with enormous regret that this difficult decision has been made. Ultimately, results in recent months have placed us in a precarious league position and we felt a change is necessary to give us the best chance of retaining Premier League status,” the chairman said.

Crystal Palace confirmed on Friday that they had parted ways with head coach Patrick Vieira, with the Eagle sitting just three points off the drop.

[Premier League standing](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/premier-league/table/2kwbbcootiqqgmrzs6o5inle5) comes after Vieira oversaw a winless run of 12 matches, as the Eagles are still without a victory in 2023. Criticisms aimed at Palace's pragmatic style of play that were borne in the Hodgson era have recently been aimed at Vieira, as his side "Ultimately, results in recent months have placed us in a precarious league position and we felt a change is necessary to give us the best chance of retaining Premier League status.

The Eagles opted to dispense with the Frenchman's services because the club's chiefs were unconvinced by the quality of his coaching staff, the players had ...

The Eagles have scored the fewest goals (5) and have the worst goal difference (-10) in such games this term, while Arsenal have the fewest goals conceded (4) and best goal difference (+16). [dismissed by Palace after a run of 12 games without a win](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/make-a-copy-not-for-publication-goal-official-news-story-template/blt5aa0395b0a460caa) but the decision was not made lightly. The Eagles have failed to win a single game so far since the turn of the year.