English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 26, 2018
Crystal Palace WWWWL 1
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Watford WWDWW 2
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WAT022
Vicarage Road · 20,014 att.

Match Report

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Watford claim third straight win in 2-1 win over Crystal Palace

Unfancied Watford continued their great start to the Premier League season with a third successive win when they beat visiting Crystal Palace 2-1.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
2
56.3
Possession
43.7
9
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
326
Accurate Passes
227
436
Passes
331
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
5
9
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.3
79
Long Balls
72
42
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
16
19
Tackles
26
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
19
28
Effective Clearances
16
28
Clearances
16

Head to Head

CRY leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

WAT · 4-2-2-2

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 27Christian KabaseleCD-L
  3. 15Craig CathcartCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 2Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 29Étienne CapoueCM-L
  7. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréCM-R
  8. 9Troy DeeneyCF-L
  9. 18Andre GrayCF-R
  10. 37Roberto PereyraAM-L
  11. 19Will HughesAM-R

CRY · 4-4-2

  1. 13Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 12Mamadou SakhoCD-L
  3. 34Martin KellyCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 2Joel WardRB
  6. 18James McArthurCM-L
  7. 4Luka MilivojevicCM-R
  8. 15Jeff SchluppLM
  9. 10Andros TownsendRM
  10. 11Wilfried ZahaCF-L
  11. 17Christian BentekeCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Etienne Capoue (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 7' Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Daryl Janmaat (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 53' Goal! Watford 1, Crystal Palace 0. Roberto Pereyra (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Etienne Capoue.
  5. 71' Goal! Watford 2, Crystal Palace 0. José Holebas (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the top right corner. Assisted by Daryl Janmaat.
  6. 73' Substitution, Watford. Ken Sema replaces Andre Gray.
  7. 75' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Max Meyer replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.
  8. 78' Goal! Watford 2, Crystal Palace 1. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Max Meyer.
  9. 80' Max Meyer (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 84' José Holebas (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 85' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Alexander Sørloth replaces Christian Benteke.
  12. 86' Roberto Pereyra (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+4' Substitution, Watford. Isaac Success replaces Troy Deeney.

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