English FA Cup

FT Sunday, April 24, 2016
Watford LLDWL 1
–
Crystal Palace DWDDL 2
1st2ndT
WAT011
CRY112
Wembley Stadium · 79,110 att.

Match Report

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Connor Wickham goal earns Crystal Palace place in FA Cup final

Crystal Palace will play Manchester United in the final of the FA Cup after they beat Watford 2-1 at Wembley on Sunday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
1
53.8
Possession
46.2
13
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
280
Accurate Passes
247
388
Passes
334
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
5
20
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
72
21
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
19
Effective Tackles
12
25
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
19
30
Clearances
25

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

CRY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 27Damien DelaneyCD-L
  3. 6Scott DannCD-R
  4. 23Pape SouaréLB
  5. 2Joel WardRB
  6. 10Yannick BolasieAM
  7. 7Yohan CabayeLM
  8. 15Mile JedinakRM
  9. 21Connor WickhamF
  10. 42Jason PuncheonAM-L
  11. 11Wilfried ZahaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Julian SperoniSUB
  2. 16Dwight GayleSUB
  3. 28Joe LedleySUB
  4. 18James McArthurSUB
  5. 34Martin KellySUB
  6. 26Bakary SakoSUB
  7. 25Emmanuel AdebayorSUB

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 18Costel PantilimonG
  2. 3Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 15Craig CathcartCD-R
  4. 16Nathan AkéLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 23Ben WatsonCM-L
  7. 29Étienne CapoueCM-R
  8. 7José Manuel JuradoLM
  9. 22Almen AbdiRM
  10. 9Troy DeeneyCF-L
  11. 24Odion IghaloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Valon BehramiSUB
  2. 20Steven BerghuisSUB
  3. 17Adlène GuédiouraSUB
  4. 4Mario SuárezSUB
  5. 21Ikechi AnyaSUB
  6. 5Sebastian PrödlSUB
  7. 1Heurelho GomesSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Watford 0. Yannick Bolasie (Crystal Palace) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Damien Delaney with a headed pass following a corner.
  2. 32' Substitution, Watford. Mario Suárez replaces Etienne Capoue because of an injury.
  3. 38' Jurado (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 54' Scott Dann (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 55' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Watford 1. Troy Deeney (Watford) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jurado with a cross following a corner.
  6. 55' Substitution, Watford. Adlène Guédioura replaces Almen Abdi.
  7. 61' Goal! Crystal Palace 2, Watford 1. Connor Wickham (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pape Souaré with a cross.
  8. 74' Substitution, Crystal Palace. James McArthur replaces Yannick Bolasie.
  9. 79' Mario Suárez (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 81' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Bakary Sako replaces Jason Puncheon.
  11. 82' Substitution, Watford. Ikechi Anya replaces Nyom.
  12. 86' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Emmanuel Adebayor replaces Connor Wickham.
  13. 89' Troy Deeney (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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