Watford 1-4 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 23 February 2022

Result

Watford 1-4 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Wednesday 23 February 2022, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Watford 1-4 Crystal Palace: match report

Watford lost to Crystal Palace 1-4 in the Premier League on Wednesday 23 February 2022. The half-time score was 1-2.

Jean-Philippe Mateta opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Watford's goal came from Moussa Sissoko (18'). Crystal Palace scored through Jean-Philippe Mateta (15'), Conor Gallagher (42'), Wilfried Zaha (85') and Wilfried Zaha (90').

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

Going into the game Watford were 18th on 18 points from 24 and Crystal Palace 13th on 26 points from 25. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 23 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 48.

Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Wilfried Zaha of Crystal Palace (8.8), ahead of Tyrick Mitchell (7.6).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Jean-Philippe MatetaCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 18'Goal · Moussa SissokoWatford · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Samir CaetanoWatford
  • 42'Goal · Conor GallagherCrystal Palace · 1-2
  • 44'Yellow card · Cheikhou KouyatéCrystal Palace
  • 62'Yellow card · Kiko FemeníaWatford
  • 85'Goal · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace · 1-3
  • 90'Goal · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace · 1-4

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Watford line-up (4-3-3)

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

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

Jack Butland, Nathaniel Clyne, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guéhi, Tyrick Mitchell, Conor Gallagher, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Will Hughes, Michael Olise, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Wilfried Zaha