Watford 2-1 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 August 2018
Result
Watford 2-1 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Sunday 26 August 2018, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Watford 2-1 Crystal Palace: match report
Watford defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 August 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
Roberto Pereyra opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Watford's goals came from Roberto Pereyra (53') and José Holebas (71'). Crystal Palace scored through Wilfried Zaha (78').
Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 5th on 6 points from 2 and Crystal Palace 10th on 3 points from 2. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 49.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Daryl Janmaat of Watford (7.8), level with Christian Kabasele (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 2 draws and 3 for Crystal Palace.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Étienne Capoue
- 7'Yellow card · Wilfried Zaha
- 37'Yellow card · Daryl Janmaat
- 53'Goal · Roberto Pereyra
- 71'Goal · José Holebas
- 78'Goal · Wilfried Zaha
- 80'Yellow card · Max Meyer
- 84'Yellow card · José Holebas
- 86'Yellow card · Roberto Pereyra
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-2-2-2)
Ben Foster, Daryl Janmaat, Craig Cathcart, Christian Kabasele, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Andre Gray, Troy Deeney
Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)
Wayne Hennessey, Joel Ward, Martin Kelly, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, Andros Townsend, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Jeffrey Schlupp, Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha