English Premier League

FT Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Watford WWLDL 1
–
Crystal Palace DWDDD 2
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WAT101
CRY022
Selhurst Park · 23,566 att.

Match Report

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Crystal Palace stun Watford with two late goals to seal comeback win

Crystal Palace rallied late to stun 10-man Watford 2-1 and escape the relegation places.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
1
46.4
Possession
53.6
7
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
242
Accurate Passes
318
352
Passes
415
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
20
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.1
52
Long Balls
57
19
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
8
21
Tackles
13
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
45
26
Clearances
45

Head to Head

CRY leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CRY · 4-4-2

  1. 1Julian SperoniG
  2. 6Scott DannCD-L
  3. 5James TomkinsCD-R
  4. 15Jeff SchluppLB
  5. 24Timothy Fosu-MensahRB
  6. 4Luka MilivojevicCM-L
  7. 7Yohan CabayeCM-R
  8. 8Ruben Loftus-CheekLM
  9. 10Andros TownsendRM
  10. 17Christian BentekeCF-L
  11. 11Wilfried ZahaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Wayne HennesseySUB
  2. 26Bakary SakoSUB
  3. 34Martin KellySUB
  4. 44Jairo RiedewaldSUB
  5. 18James McArthurSUB
  6. 3Patrick van AanholtSUB
  7. 14Lee Chung-YongSUB

WAT · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 5Sebastian PrödlCD
  3. 27Christian KabaseleCD-L
  4. 6Adrian MariappaCD-R
  5. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréCM-L
  6. 8Tom CleverleyCM-R
  7. 25José HolebasLM
  8. 2Daryl JanmaatRM
  9. 9Troy DeeneyF
  10. 11RicharlisonCF-L
  11. 28André CarrilloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Ben WatsonSUB
  2. 29Étienne CapoueSUB
  3. 21Kiko FemeníaSUB
  4. 30Orestis KarnezisSUB
  5. 10Isaac SuccessSUB
  6. 37Roberto PereyraSUB
  7. 18Andre GraySUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Watford 1. Daryl Janmaat (Watford) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Richarlison with a cross.
  2. 63' Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 67' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Patrick van Aanholt replaces Andros Townsend.
  4. 70' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Bakary Sako replaces Timothy Fosu-Mensah because of an injury.
  5. 71' Substitution, Watford. Roberto Pereyra replaces André Carrillo.
  6. 77' Substitution, Crystal Palace. James McArthur replaces Yohan Cabaye.
  7. 78' Tom Cleverley (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 80' Substitution, Watford. Andre Gray replaces Troy Deeney.
  9. 84' Substitution, Watford. Kiko Femenía replaces Richarlison because of an injury.
  10. 85' Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 87' Second yellow card to Tom Cleverley (Watford) for a bad foul.
  12. 89' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Watford 1. Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  13. 90'+1' Roberto Pereyra (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+2' Goal! Crystal Palace 2, Watford 1. James McArthur (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

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