Watford 1-1 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2016
Result
Watford 1-1 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Watford 1-1 Crystal Palace: match report
Watford drew with Crystal Palace 1-1 in the Premier League on Monday 26 December 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Yohan Cabaye opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Watford's goal came from Troy Deeney (71', penalty). Crystal Palace scored through Yohan Cabaye (26').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 12th on 21 points from 17 and Crystal Palace 17th on 15 points from 17. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 41.
Watford lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andros Townsend of Crystal Palace (8.4), ahead of Joel Ward (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 0 draws and 1 for Crystal Palace.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Crystal Palace's L-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Yohan Cabaye
- 37'Missed penalty · Christian Benteke
- 45'Yellow card · Christian Benteke
- 45+3'Yellow card · J. Puncheon
- 53'Yellow card · José Holebas
- 70'Yellow card · Damien Delaney
- 71'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 87'Yellow card · Wilfried Zaha
- 90+1'Yellow card · Miguel Britos
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (3-4-2-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Younès Kaboul, Sebastian Prödl, Miguel Britos, Daryl Janmaat, Adlène Guédioura, Valon Behrami, José Holebas, Étienne Capoue, Nordin Amrabat, Odion Ighalo
Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wayne Hennessey, Martin Kelly, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Joel Ward, Mathieu Flamini, Yohan Cabaye, Andros Townsend, Jason Puncheon, Wilfried Zaha, Christian Benteke