Watford 0-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 April 2018

Result

Watford 0-0 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 21 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Watford 0-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Watford drew with Crystal Palace 0-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 April 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Neither side found the net.

Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 12th on 37 points from 34 and Crystal Palace 16th on 34 points from 34. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Crystal Palace 11th with 44.

Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James Tomkins of Crystal Palace (8.1), ahead of Christian Kabasele (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 1 draw and 3 for Crystal Palace.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Joel WardCrystal Palace
  • 29'Yellow card · Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Patrick van AanholtCrystal Palace
  • 60'Yellow card · A. MariappaWatford
  • 63'Yellow card · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace
  • 78'Yellow card · Ruben Loftus-CheekCrystal Palace
  • 88'Yellow card · James TomkinsCrystal Palace
  • 89'Yellow card · Craig CathcartWatford

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Watford 1, draws 1, Crystal Palace 3.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-4-2)

Orestis Karnezis, Adrian Mariappa, Craig Cathcart, Christian Kabasele, José Holebas, Will Hughes, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Brian Gartland, Troy Deeney, Stefano Okaka

Crystal Palace line-up (4-4-2)

Wayne Hennessey, Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Yohan Cabaye, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Andros Townsend, Wilfried Zaha