Watford 2-0 Crystal Palace: result and report
Championship · Saturday 28 February 2009
Result
Watford 2-0 Crystal Palace
Championship · Saturday 28 February 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Watford 2-0 Crystal Palace: match report
Watford won against Crystal Palace 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 28 February 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Don Cowie opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Watford's goals came from Don Cowie (22') and an own goal by José Fonte (72'). Crystal Palace did not score.
Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 18th on 36 points from 32 and Crystal Palace 13th on 44 points from 32. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Crystal Palace 15th with 57.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 2 draws and 3 for Crystal Palace.
Going into the match Watford's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Crystal Palace's D-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Don Cowie
- 67'Yellow card · Danny Butterfield
- 72'Own goal · José Fonte
- 90'Yellow card · Alan Lee
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford expected line-up
Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King