Watford 2-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Championship · Saturday 28 February 2009

Result

Watford 2-0 Crystal Palace

Championship · Saturday 28 February 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Watford 2-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Watford won against Crystal Palace 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 28 February 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Don Cowie opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Watford's goals came from Don Cowie (22') and an own goal by José Fonte (72'). Crystal Palace did not score.

Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 18th on 36 points from 32 and Crystal Palace 13th on 44 points from 32. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Crystal Palace 15th with 57.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 2 draws and 3 for Crystal Palace.

Going into the match Watford's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Crystal Palace's D-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Don CowieWatford · 1-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Danny ButterfieldCrystal Palace
  • 72'Own goal · José FonteWatford · 2-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Alan LeeCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Watford 2, draws 2, Crystal Palace 3.

Team news

Watford expected line-up

Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King