Watford 0-1 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 27 September 2015
Result
Watford 0-1 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Sunday 27 September 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Watford 0-1 Crystal Palace: match report
Watford were beaten by Crystal Palace 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 27 September 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Yohan Cabaye of Crystal Palace in the 71st minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 14th on 8 points from 6 and Crystal Palace 10th on 9 points from 6. Watford went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Crystal Palace 15th with 42.
Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Brede Hangeland of Crystal Palace (7.8), ahead of Almen Abdi (7.7).
Going into the match Watford's last five read W-W-L-D-D and Crystal Palace's L-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 39'Yellow card · Almen Abdi
- 70'Yellow card · José Jurado
- 71'Penalty goal · Yohan Cabaye
- 76'Yellow card · Yohan Cabaye
- 79'Yellow card · Sebastian Prödl
- 81'Yellow card · J. Puncheon
- 82'Yellow card · Craig Cathcart
- 88'Yellow card · Wilfried Zaha
- 90+4'Yellow card · Wayne Hennessey
Team news
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Allan Nyom, Sebastian Prödl, Craig Cathcart, Ikechi Anya, Almen Abdi, Étienne Capoue, Ben Watson, José Jurado, Troy Deeney, Odion Ighalo
Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wayne Hennessey, Martin Kelly, Scott Dann, Brede Hangeland, Pape Souaré, Yohan Cabaye, Joe Ledley, Jason Puncheon, Bakary Sako, Yannick Bolasie, Dwight Gayle