Crystal Palace FC vs Watford FC, Premier League 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2021-22

Crystal Palace FC

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Watford FC

Sat 7 May 2022 · 14:00 UTC Selhurst Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 16' Hassane Kamara

Will Hughes 64' Y

R 69' Hassane Kamara

Y 84' Joshua King

Michael Olise 90' Y

Overview

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Crystal Palace FC vs Watford FC — Premier League at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace FC 10 games · 7 pts (2026/27)
Watford FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Kevin Friend
Referee Matthew Wilkes
Referee Harry Lennard
Referee Tony Harrington
Referee Graham Scott
Referee Richard West

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Arsenal FC	10	27
2	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	10	22
3	Manchester City FC	10	21
4	Liverpool FC	10	18
5	Chelsea FC	10	16
6	Everton FC	10	16
7	AFC Bournemouth	10	15
8	Brentford FC	10	14
9	Leeds United FC	10	14
10	Aston Villa FC	10	13
11	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10	12
12	Newcastle United FC	10	12
13	Hull City AFC	10	11
14	Ipswich Town FC	10	11
15	Fulham FC	10	10
16	Nottingham Forest FC	10	9
17	Coventry City FC	10	9
18	Manchester United FC	10	8
19	Sunderland AFC	10	8
20	Crystal Palace FC	10	7

Head-to-Head

Crystal Palace FC 7 games · Avg 2.3 goals Watford FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-05-07 Crystal Palace FC 1–0 Watford FC 2022-02-23 Watford FC 1–4 Crystal Palace FC 2020-03-07 Crystal Palace FC 1–0 Watford FC 2019-12-07 Watford FC 0–0 Crystal Palace FC 2019-03-16 Watford FC 2–1 Crystal Palace FC

Recent Form

Crystal Palace FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 May	Watford FC	H	1–0	W
30 Apr	Southampton FC	A	2–1	W
25 Apr	Leeds United FC	H	0–0	D
20 Apr	Newcastle United FC	A	0–1	L
17 Apr	Chelsea FC	A	0–2	L
10 Apr	Leicester City FC	A	1–2	L

Watford FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 May	Crystal Palace FC	A	0–1	L
30 Apr	Burnley FC	H	1–2	L
23 Apr	Manchester City FC	A	1–5	L
16 Apr	Brentford FC	H	1–2	L
09 Apr	Leeds United FC	H	0–3	L
02 Apr	Liverpool FC	A	0–2	L

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

10% Clean Sheets
Crystal Palace FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Crystal Palace FC

0-15

1/4

16-30

–/3

31-45

3/4

46-60

2/7

61-75

1/1

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Crystal Palace FC

Tyrick Mitchell

2 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Crystal Palace FC host Watford FC — let the battle begin!
5' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
15' Eberechi Eze is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Crystal Palace FC tonight.
16' Watford FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
21' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Crystal Palace FC that had 333 games and scored 393 goals.
26' Crystal Palace FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
31' The deadlock is broken! Wilfried Zaha gets on the scoresheet on 31 minutes.
36' The energy levels are beginning to show. Roy Hodgson might look to freshen things up shortly.
41' Watford FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
46' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
51' A quiet spell here at Selhurst Park. Watford FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
52' The Watford FC manager makes a substitution. Tom Cleverley departs to be replaced by Ken Sema.
57' Over 57 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
62' Adam Masina needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
63' The crowd applauds Conor Gallagher as he leaves the pitch. Jeffrey Schlupp steps in for Crystal Palace FC.
64' Crystal Palace FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 64.
69' It’s gonna be a Red card for Hassane Kamara.
73' Adam Masina is replacing Emmanuel Dennis for the Watford FC side.
78' Time for substitution for Watford FC. Samir is replaced by William Troost-Ekong.
83' Time for substitution for Crystal Palace FC. Wilfried Zaha is replaced by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
84' Watford FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 84.
89' It is a cagey affair so far. Crystal Palace FC in their trying to find a way past Watford FC's compact .
90' The referee calls foul for Michael Olise. He receives a Yellow card.
It finishes all square. Crystal Palace FC and Watford FC share the spoils 1-0.

Lineups

Crystal Palace FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Will Hughes
17
Nathaniel Clyne
2
Joel Ward
11
Wilfried Zaha ↓ Jean-Philippe Mateta 83'
1
Jack Butland
10
Eberechi Eze
16
Joachim Andersen
22
Odsonne Edouard
7
Michael Olise
6
Marc Guehi ↓ Tyrick Mitchell 73'
23
Conor Gallagher ↓ Jeffrey Schlupp 63'

Bench

Coach Patrick Vieira

Watford FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Roy Hodgson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Wilfried Zaha	4
Craig Cathcart	2
Wilfried Zaha	1
Tom Cleverley	1
Michy Batshuayi	1
Etienne Capoue	1
Andre Gray	1
Jordan Ayew	1

Head to Head

Crystal Palace FC Form

2022-05-07 Crystal Palace FC 1–0 Watford FC W 2022-04-30 Southampton FC 1–2 Crystal Palace FC W 2022-04-25 Crystal Palace FC 0–0 Leeds United FC D 2022-04-20 Newcastle United FC 1–0 Crystal Palace FC L 2022-04-17 Chelsea FC 2–0 Crystal Palace FC L 2022-04-10 Leicester City FC 2–1 Crystal Palace FC L

Watford FC Form

2022-05-07 Crystal Palace FC 1–0 Watford FC L 2022-04-30 Watford FC 1–2 Burnley FC L 2022-04-23 Manchester City FC 5–1 Watford FC L 2022-04-16 Watford FC 1–2 Brentford FC L 2022-04-09 Watford FC 0–3 Leeds United FC L 2022-04-02 Liverpool FC 2–0 Watford FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.43 Crystal Palace FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.7 Watford FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 64% + Under — clean sheet likely 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Crystal Palace FC57% Draw27% Watford FC16%

Actual: Crystal Palace FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes39% 0% No61%

Avg goals/match: 2.13

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	86%	14%
± 1.5	63%	37%
± 2.5	36%	64%
± 3.5	17%	83%
± 4.5	7%	93%

Double Chance

Crystal Palace FC or Draw

84%

Draw or Watford FC

43%

Crystal Palace FC or Watford FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Crystal Palace FC35% Draw52% Watford FC13%

Actual: Crystal Palace FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

14.1%

1 – 1

12.7%

2 – 0

11.7%

2 – 1

8.3%

0 – 1

7.1%

3 – 0

5.5%

3 – 1

1 – 2

2 – 2

0 – 2

2.7%

4 – 0

Asian Handicap — Crystal Palace FC

Handicap	Crystal Palace FC covers	Push	Watford FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	16%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	26%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	12%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Crystal Palace FC keeps clean sheet

50% ✗

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.