Crystal Palace v Watford, 18 March 2017

Score1-0 to Crystal Palace
RefereeMartin Atkinson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSelhurst Park
Attendance25,109

View Crystal Palace v Watford head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Crystal Palace had now won nine of the last 14 meetings in all competitions (lost two).

1 Crystal Palace

0 Watford

Goals:

Troy Deeney own goal 68 OG

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey
Defender Mamadou Sakho
Defender James Tomkins
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Yohan Cabaye
Midfielder Luka Milivojević
Midfielder Jason Puncheon
Midfielder Andros Townsend
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Zaha
Forward Christian Benteke

Starting lineup:

Heurelho Gomes Goalkeeper
Miguel Britos Defender
Craig Cathcart Defender
Daryl Janmaat Defender
Younès Kaboul Defender
Sebastian Prödl Defender
Valon Behrami Defender/Midfielder
Etienne Capoue Midfielder
Tom Cleverley Midfielder
Troy Deeney Forward
M'Baye Niang Forward

Substitutions:

Scott Dann for James Tomkins 83
Damien Delaney for Andros Townsend 87
Bakary Sako for Yohan Cabaye 87

Substitutions:

Abdoulaye Doucouré for Valon Behrami 46
Nordin Amrabat for Daryl Janmaat 63
Isaac Success for Tom Cleverley 80

Cards:

Cards:

Tom Cleverley 38 Y
Sebastian Prödl 66 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Julián Speroni
Defender Scott Dann
Defender Damien Delaney
Defender Martin Kelly
Midfielder/Forward LEE Chung-yong
Midfielder/Forward Bakary Sako
Forward Fraizer Campbell

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon
Defender José Holebas
Defender/Midfielder Camilo Zúñiga
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder/Forward Nordin Amrabat
Forward Stefano Okaka
Forward Isaac Success

Comments:

League position: 16th Crystal Palace had now kept three consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since April 2014. Palace won this game despite none of their players recording a shot on target. They had now failed to score in the first-half of 21 of their games so far in this Premier League season; only bottom club Sunderland (22) had failed to score in more. Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce said: "We are now starting to implement our ideas and seeing the benefit. We are looking very solid. No doubt the biggest problem was the amount of goals we were conceding and now we are not conceding those goals."

Comments:

League position: 14th Watford had now won one of their last ten away games in the Premier League (lost seven). Troy Deeney became the first Hornet to score two own goals in the Premier League (also versus Manchester United on 21 November 2015). The Hornets had now kept only one clean sheet in the Premier League since 29 October 2016. Watford manager Walter Mazzarri said: "We are not happy. There was a foul before the goal and it was an own goal. We didn't deserve to lose."

1 Crystal Palace

Goals:

Troy Deeney own goal 68 OG

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey
Defender Mamadou Sakho
Defender James Tomkins
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Yohan Cabaye
Midfielder Luka Milivojević
Midfielder Jason Puncheon
Midfielder Andros Townsend
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Zaha
Forward Christian Benteke

Substitutions:

Scott Dann for James Tomkins 83
Damien Delaney for Andros Townsend 87
Bakary Sako for Yohan Cabaye 87

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Julián Speroni
Defender Scott Dann
Defender Damien Delaney
Defender Martin Kelly
Midfielder/Forward LEE Chung-yong
Midfielder/Forward Bakary Sako
Forward Fraizer Campbell

Comments:

League position: 16th Crystal Palace had now kept three consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since April 2014. Palace won this game despite none of their players recording a shot on target. They had now failed to score in the first-half of 21 of their games so far in this Premier League season; only bottom club Sunderland (22) had failed to score in more. Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce said: "We are now starting to implement our ideas and seeing the benefit. We are looking very solid. No doubt the biggest problem was the amount of goals we were conceding and now we are not conceding those goals."

0 Watford

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Heurelho Gomes Goalkeeper
Miguel Britos Defender
Craig Cathcart Defender
Daryl Janmaat Defender
Younès Kaboul Defender
Sebastian Prödl Defender
Valon Behrami Defender/Midfielder
Etienne Capoue Midfielder
Tom Cleverley Midfielder
Troy Deeney Forward
M'Baye Niang Forward

Substitutions:

Abdoulaye Doucouré for Valon Behrami 46
Nordin Amrabat for Daryl Janmaat 63
Isaac Success for Tom Cleverley 80

Cards:

Tom Cleverley 38 Y
Sebastian Prödl 66 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon
Defender José Holebas
Defender/Midfielder Camilo Zúñiga
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder/Forward Nordin Amrabat
Forward Stefano Okaka
Forward Isaac Success

Comments:

League position: 14th Watford had now won one of their last ten away games in the Premier League (lost seven). Troy Deeney became the first Hornet to score two own goals in the Premier League (also versus Manchester United on 21 November 2015). The Hornets had now kept only one clean sheet in the Premier League since 29 October 2016. Watford manager Walter Mazzarri said: "We are not happy. There was a foul before the goal and it was an own goal. We didn't deserve to lose."