National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Watford or Crystal Palace that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Watford nor Crystal Palace as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Watford form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Watford have played 1 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). The Watford fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Vicarage Road and will expect new points from this game. Watford has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
No payout for Watford in their previous match, an away game at Brighton & Hove Albion that ended in defeat 0-2. William Troost-Ekong, defender, was given a rating of 7.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Troost-Ekong won 1 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that match, Watford won a home game hosting Aston Villa (3-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Watford perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Watford as a small favourite), we find ten games. Watford has won three of these, drawn four and lost three.
At Vicarage Road, Watford has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Crystal Palace form and stats
They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The visitors are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on P. Vieira, the Palace manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
C. Benteke was the last player to score for the away team. Crystal Palace haven't scored a league goal in the last 298 minutes.
There were no winners in Palace's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 vs Brentford. Vicente Guaita (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.65. Guaita stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, the Palace manager P. Vieira faced defeat when travelling to Chelsea and losing 0-3.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Crystal Palace in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Crystal Palace, three draws and four defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Palace now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at West Ham United is waiting in only four days.
Crystal Palace have the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Watford won three games, three matches ended in a draw and Crystal Palace got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  I. Sarr 1 goals |  E. Dennis 1 goals |  J. Hernández Suárez 1 goals |
Watford missing players
Crystal Palace missing players
| Watford | Crystal Palace | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 40 | 26 | Scored | S | 15 | 27 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.3 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 41% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Everton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Brentford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Manchester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | West Ham United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Watford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Southampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Arsenal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Burnley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 0 |
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