Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2017
Result
Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford
Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford: match report
Crystal Palace won against Watford 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 March 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal was an own goal by Troy Deeney in the 68th minute, credited to Crystal Palace.
Discipline: Crystal Palace received no yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 17th on 25 points from 27 and Watford 13th on 31 points from 27. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Watford 17th with 40.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wilfried Zaha of Crystal Palace (8.1), ahead of Mamadou Sakho (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crystal Palace win, 1 draw and 1 for Watford.
Going into the match Crystal Palace's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Watford's L-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Tom Cleverley
- 66'Yellow card · Sebastian Prödl
- 68'Own goal · Troy Deeney
Head-to-head
Team news
Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wayne Hennessey, Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Jeffrey Schlupp, Yohan Cabaye, Luka Milivojevic, Andros Townsend, Jason Puncheon, Wilfried Zaha, Christian Benteke
Watford line-up (4-5-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Craig Cathcart, Sebastian Prödl, Younès Kaboul, Miguel Britos, Daryl Janmaat, Tom Cleverley, Valon Behrami, Étienne Capoue, M'Baye Niang, Troy Deeney