Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2022

Result

Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford: match report

Crystal Palace won against Watford 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 May 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Wilfried Zaha of Crystal Palace in the 31st minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 12th on 41 points from 34 and Watford 19th on 22 points from 34. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Watford 19th with 23.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-3-3 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Olise of Crystal Palace (8.0), ahead of Joachim Andersen (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Crystal Palace wins, 3 draws and 3 for Watford.

Going into the match Crystal Palace's last five read W-D-L-L-W and Watford's L-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Hassane KamaraWatford
  • 31'Penalty goal · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace · 1-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Will HughesCrystal Palace
  • 68'Second yellow · Hassane KamaraWatford
  • 84'Yellow card · Joshua KingWatford
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Michael OliseCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crystal Palace 4, draws 3, Watford 3.

Team news

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Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)

Jack Butland, Nathaniel Clyne, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guéhi, Joel Ward, Conor Gallagher, Will Hughes, Eberechi Eze, Michael Olise, Odsonne Édouard, Wilfried Zaha

Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Craig Cathcart, Samir Caetano, Hassane Kamara, Moussa Sissoko, Edo Kayembe, Tom Cleverley, Ismaïla Sarr, Joshua King, Emmanuel Dennis