With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Crystal Palace fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Watford.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Crystal Palace form and stats
5-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Crystal Palace so far this season.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Crystal Palace, as their goalkeeper Vicente Guaita Panadero has completely shut out the opponents for 182 minutes in the Premier League.
A strong away win for Crystal Palace against Brighton & Hove Albion the last match, as Jordan Ayew were on target. Before that, Crystal Palace had a home game versus Newcastle United which ended with a victory 1-0.
Vicente Guaita loved the game against Brighton & Hove Albion. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory.
This is expected to be a close game, with Crystal Palace perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Crystal Palace as a small favourite), we find five games. Crystal Palace has won three of these, drawn one and lost one.
Crystal Palace have scored 11 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Crystal Palace have conceded only 13 goals.
Watford form and stats
Watford have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-4-8 (14 played).
Impressive finishing from Troy Deeney and Ismaila Sarr (2) secured the home win 3-0 against Liverpool in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Manchester United's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Watford in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Watford, four draws and three defeats.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Watford have conceded 26 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Crystal Palace - Watford 1-0. Crystal Palace-Watford H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Crystal Palace four wins, Watford three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Ayew 7 goals |   T. Deeney 6 goals |  I. Sarr 5 goals |
Crystal Palace missing players
Watford missing players
| Crystal Palace | Watford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 25 | 11 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 32 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 26 | 43 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 68% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 93% | 82% |
| 29% | 14% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 43% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 43% | 39% |
| 29% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 32% |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 43% | 43% |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 285 | 169 | 89 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 123 | 324 |
| 95 | 51 | 28 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 39 | 89 |
| 26% | 22% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | 30% |
- Crystal Palace has the fewest scored goals (11) at home
- Crystal Palace has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
- Watford have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Watford haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 44 | 79 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 27 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 39 | 57 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 26 | 50 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 45 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 42 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 41 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 42 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 40 |
| 8 | Sheffield United | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Burnley | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -6 | 38 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 27 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 37 |
| 11 | Everton | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | -5 | 37 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 36 |
| 13 | Southampton | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -17 | 32 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -8 | 28 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -14 | 27 |
| 17 | Watford | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 27 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 24 | -17 | 27 |
| 19 | Aston Villa | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 52 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -18 | 25 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 25 | -26 | 21 |