English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 7, 2020
Watford LLDLW 0
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Crystal Palace LLLWW 1
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Selhurst Park · 25,461 att.

Match Report

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Palace move up to 10th with win over Watford

Crystal Palace extended their winning run in the Premier League and moved into the top half of the standings with a 1-0 win over Watford.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
3
55.8
Possession
44.2
10
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
349
Accurate Passes
266
464
Passes
371
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
5
29
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
66
23
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
11
22
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
13
18
Effective Clearances
33
18
Clearances
33

Head to Head

WAT leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

CRY · 4-3-3

  1. 31Vicente GuaitaG
  2. 24Gary CahillCD-L
  3. 6Scott DannCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 2Joel WardRB
  6. 22James McCarthyCM
  7. 18James McArthurLM
  8. 8Cheikhou KouyatéRM
  9. 17Christian BentekeF
  10. 11Wilfried ZahaLF
  11. 9Jordan AyewRF

Substitutes

  1. 4Luka MilivojevicSUB
  2. 7Max MeyerSUB
  3. 44Jairo RiedewaldSUB
  4. 10Andros TownsendSUB
  5. 13Wayne HennesseySUB
  6. 15Jeff SchluppSUB
  7. 34Martin KellySUB

WAT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 27Christian KabaseleCD-R
  4. 11Adam MasinaLB
  5. 21Kiko FemeníaRB
  6. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréAM
  7. 29Étienne CapoueLM
  8. 19Will HughesRM
  9. 9Troy DeeneyF
  10. 37Roberto PereyraAM-L
  11. 23Ismaïla SarrAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Andre GraySUB
  2. 33Ignacio PussettoSUB
  3. 4Craig DawsonSUB
  4. 6Adrian MariappaSUB
  5. 14Nathaniel ChalobahSUB
  6. 1Heurelho GomesSUB
  7. 10Danny WelbeckSUB

Timeline

  1. 28' Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Watford 0. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by James McArthur.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  2. 30' VAR Decision: Goal Crystal Palace - Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford (Jordan Ayew).
  3. 31' Kiko Femenía (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 49' VAR Decision: No card change Etienne Capoue (Watford).
  6. 50' Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 50' Etienne Capoue (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 52' Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 59' Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 70' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Luka Milivojevic replaces James McArthur.
  11. 74' Substitution, Watford. Danny Welbeck replaces Troy Deeney.
  12. 74' Substitution, Watford. Ignacio Pussetto replaces Roberto Pereyra.
  13. 84' Substitution, Watford. Andre Gray replaces Will Hughes.
  14. 85' Ignacio Pussetto (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+4' Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.

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