Watford v Crystal Palace, 07 December 2019

Score0-0
RefereeMartin Atkinson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVicarage Road
Attendance20,070

View Watford v Crystal Palace head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 9 Watford won: 3 Drawn: 3 Crystap Palace won: 3 Watford scored: 8 Crystal Palace scored: 8 Crystal Palace retained their record of not having lost on consecutive league visits to Vicarage Road since October 1961.

0 Watford

Manager: Hayden Mullins

0 Crystal Palace

Manager: Roy Hodgson

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ben Foster
Defender Craig Cathcart
Defender Christian Kabasele
Defender Adam Masina
Defender/Midfielder Kiko Femenía
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder Roberto Pereyra
Midfielder/Forward Ismaïla Sarr
Forward Troy Deeney
Forward Gerard Deulofeu

Starting lineup:

Vicente Guaita Goalkeeper
Gary Cahill Defender
Martin Kelly Defender
James Tomkins Defender
Cheikhou Kouyaté Defender/Midfielder
Jeffrey Schlupp Defender/Midfielder
James McArthur Midfielder
Luka Milivojević Midfielder
Andros Townsend Midfielder
Wilfried Zaha Midfielder/Forward
Jordan Ayew Forward

Substitutions:

Andre Gray for Roberto Pereyra 77
Nathaniel Chalobah for Abdoulaye Doucouré 78

Substitutions:

Jaïro Riedewald for Jeffrey Schlupp 46
Christian Benteke for Andros Townsend 73
James McCarthy for Cheikhou Kouyaté 83

Cards:

Abdoulaye Doucouré 34 Y
Craig Cathcart 40 Y
Kiko Femenía 87 Y
Etienne Capoue 90 Y

Cards:

Wilfried Zaha 38 Y
James Tomkins 72 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Dimitri Foulquier
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Midfielder Will Hughes
Forward Andre Gray
Forward Isaac Success

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey
Defender Scott Dann
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Midfielder Víctor Camarasa
Midfielder James McCarthy
Forward Christian Benteke
Forward Connor Wickham

Comments:

League position: 20th This was caretaker manager Hayden Mullins' second and final game in charge. Nigel Pearson was announced as the new manager on the previous day and he watched this game from the stands. Watford avoided losing four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2017. This was now the second time that the Hornets had failed to win any of their opening eight home games from the start of a league season (also nine games in 1990-91 in League Division Two). They had now taken 38 points from their last 38 games in the Premier League.

Comments:

League position: 8th Crystal Palace had now drawn 100 of their 404 games in the Premier League (won 117, lost 187). Palace had now kept three consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since March 2017. Jaïro Riedewald made his first appearance in the Premier League since the visit of Brighton and Hove Albion on 14 April 2018.

0 Watford

Manager: Hayden Mullins

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ben Foster
Defender Craig Cathcart
Defender Christian Kabasele
Defender Adam Masina
Defender/Midfielder Kiko Femenía
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder Roberto Pereyra
Midfielder/Forward Ismaïla Sarr
Forward Troy Deeney
Forward Gerard Deulofeu

Substitutions:

Andre Gray for Roberto Pereyra 77
Nathaniel Chalobah for Abdoulaye Doucouré 78

Cards:

Abdoulaye Doucouré 34 Y
Craig Cathcart 40 Y
Kiko Femenía 87 Y
Etienne Capoue 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Dimitri Foulquier
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Midfielder Will Hughes
Forward Andre Gray
Forward Isaac Success

Comments:

League position: 20th This was caretaker manager Hayden Mullins' second and final game in charge. Nigel Pearson was announced as the new manager on the previous day and he watched this game from the stands. Watford avoided losing four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2017. This was now the second time that the Hornets had failed to win any of their opening eight home games from the start of a league season (also nine games in 1990-91 in League Division Two). They had now taken 38 points from their last 38 games in the Premier League.

0 Crystal Palace

Manager: Roy Hodgson

Starting lineup:

Vicente Guaita Goalkeeper
Gary Cahill Defender
Martin Kelly Defender
James Tomkins Defender
Cheikhou Kouyaté Defender/Midfielder
Jeffrey Schlupp Defender/Midfielder
James McArthur Midfielder
Luka Milivojević Midfielder
Andros Townsend Midfielder
Wilfried Zaha Midfielder/Forward
Jordan Ayew Forward

Substitutions:

Jaïro Riedewald for Jeffrey Schlupp 46
Christian Benteke for Andros Townsend 73
James McCarthy for Cheikhou Kouyaté 83

Cards:

Wilfried Zaha 38 Y
James Tomkins 72 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey
Defender Scott Dann
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Midfielder Víctor Camarasa
Midfielder James McCarthy
Forward Christian Benteke
Forward Connor Wickham

Comments:

League position: 8th Crystal Palace had now drawn 100 of their 404 games in the Premier League (won 117, lost 187). Palace had now kept three consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since March 2017. Jaïro Riedewald made his first appearance in the Premier League since the visit of Brighton and Hove Albion on 14 April 2018.