Premier League preview and news: Crystal Palace - Watford at Selhurst Park

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

In total; 34 rounds of fixtures are done and Crystal Palace are 19 points ahead of Watford. What will happen?

Insights:
  • Watford is in the worst form (1-0-5)

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.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

5 victories, 8 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Crystal Palace have to build on here at Selhurst Park in the Premier League.

Crystal Palace are returning here after visiting Southampton and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Zaha and Eze scored the goal(s). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Vieira when Zaha scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute. Guéhi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Guéhi won 4 of 7 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Leeds United.

Crystal Palace are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 17 games.

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Watford form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Watford so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-10 (win-draw-lose). With the Watford losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Watford might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Burnley proved too strong as Watford slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Vicarage Road. Kucka got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Kucka hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Prior to that match, the Watford manager Hodgson faced defeat when travelling to Manchester City and losing 1-5.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Watford playing away, we found seven games. Results were three away wins, zero draws and four home wins.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Everton in just four days.

The attacking power of Watford when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 17 league matches away. As for defending, Watford rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 28 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Watford - Crystal Palace 1-4 was the result in these squads' previous head-to-head game, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Palace won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Watford have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
12 goals
WatfordE. Dennis
E. Dennis
10 goals
Crystal PalaceC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
8 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Watford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crystal Palace Watford
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 6 17 34
9 5 2 Won W 1 4 6
14 8 4 Drew D 1 3 4
11 4 0 Lost L 4 10 24
45 25 9 Scored S 4 16 32
42 17 4 Conceded C 12 28 69
88% 82% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
76% 76% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 59% 74%
53% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 41% 56%
26% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 35%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 18% 26%
50% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 41% 50%
29% 41% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 18% 9%
32% 24% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 53% 47%
 
4.5 4.7 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.1 4.3
4.9 4.2 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.6 6.1
1.7 1.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.8 12.2 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 9.8 10.8
3.8 4.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.2 3.5
35% 36% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 27%
 
12 10.3 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15.5 14.7
3.9 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.2 4.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Watford have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Watford have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Premier League
  • Watford have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Premier League
  • Watford is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 34 26 5 3 84 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 63 83
2 Liverpool 34 25 7 2 86 22 17 14 3 0 45 7 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 82
3 Chelsea 33 19 9 5 68 28 16 8 5 3 32 18 17 11 4 2 36 10 40 66
4 Arsenal 33 19 3 11 52 40 17 11 2 4 28 15 16 8 1 7 24 25 12 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 4 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 17 8 3 6 25 20 18 58
6 Manchester United 35 15 10 10 54 52 18 9 5 4 29 22 17 6 5 6 25 30 2 55
7 West Ham United 34 15 7 12 52 44 17 9 4 4 30 22 17 6 3 8 22 22 8 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 15 4 15 33 32 17 7 2 8 18 19 17 8 2 7 15 13 1 49
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 10 14 11 34 42 17 3 7 7 12 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -8 44
10 Newcastle United 35 11 10 14 40 56 18 7 6 5 24 27 17 4 4 9 16 29 -16 43
11 Leicester City 32 11 9 12 47 51 16 8 4 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 42
12 Crystal Palace 34 9 14 11 45 42 17 5 8 4 25 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 3 41
13 Aston Villa 33 12 4 17 44 46 16 6 3 7 26 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -2 40
14 Brentford 34 11 7 16 41 49 17 6 3 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40
15 Southampton 35 9 13 13 41 58 18 6 7 5 22 22 17 3 6 8 19 36 -17 40
16 Burnley 34 7 13 14 31 46 17 5 6 6 16 20 17 2 7 8 15 26 -15 34
17 Leeds United 34 8 10 16 38 72 17 4 5 8 18 34 17 4 5 8 20 38 -34 34
18 Everton 32 8 5 19 34 55 16 7 2 7 21 20 16 1 3 12 13 35 -21 29
19 Watford 34 6 4 24 32 69 17 2 1 14 16 41 17 4 3 10 16 28 -37 22
20 Norwich City 34 5 6 23 22 71 17 3 3 11 12 34 17 2 3 12 10 37 -49 21

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 34 26 5 3 84 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 63 83
2 Liverpool 34 25 7 2 86 22 17 14 3 0 45 7 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 82
3 Chelsea 33 19 9 5 68 28 16 8 5 3 32 18 17 11 4 2 36 10 40 66
4 Arsenal 33 19 3 11 52 40 17 11 2 4 28 15 16 8 1 7 24 25 12 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 4 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 17 8 3 6 25 20 18 58
6 Manchester United 35 15 10 10 54 52 18 9 5 4 29 22 17 6 5 6 25 30 2 55
7 West Ham United 34 15 7 12 52 44 17 9 4 4 30 22 17 6 3 8 22 22 8 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 15 4 15 33 32 17 7 2 8 18 19 17 8 2 7 15 13 1 49
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 10 14 11 34 42 17 3 7 7 12 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -8 44
10 Newcastle United 35 11 10 14 40 56 18 7 6 5 24 27 17 4 4 9 16 29 -16 43
11 Leicester City 32 11 9 12 47 51 16 8 4 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 42
12 Crystal Palace 34 9 14 11 45 42 17 5 8 4 25 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 3 41
13 Aston Villa 33 12 4 17 44 46 16 6 3 7 26 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -2 40
14 Brentford 34 11 7 16 41 49 17 6 3 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40
15 Southampton 35 9 13 13 41 58 18 6 7 5 22 22 17 3 6 8 19 36 -17 40
16 Burnley 34 7 13 14 31 46 17 5 6 6 16 20 17 2 7 8 15 26 -15 34
17 Leeds United 34 8 10 16 38 72 17 4 5 8 18 34 17 4 5 8 20 38 -34 34
18 Everton 32 8 5 19 34 55 16 7 2 7 21 20 16 1 3 12 13 35 -21 29
19 Watford 34 6 4 24 32 69 17 2 1 14 16 41 17 4 3 10 16 28 -37 22
20 Norwich City 34 5 6 23 22 71 17 3 3 11 12 34 17 2 3 12 10 37 -49 21

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