Watford vs Crystal Palace Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Watford and Crystal Palace are not yet guaranteed a place in next season’s Premier League and will be looking to take something from this match. Read the match predictions to find out why we make Crystal Palace the football betting tip to beat Watford at Vicarage Road.
Watford FC v Crystal Palace FC TIPS
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Watford vs Crystal Palace Preview
Crystal Palace pulled six points clear of the relegation zone following their 3-2 victory against Brighton last Saturday and could go above Watford on goal difference with a win here.
Watford’s injury list remains unchanged since last weekend and Javi Gracia continues without the services of Tom Cleverley, Jose Holebas, Gerard Deulofeu, Tommie Hoban, Nathaniel Chalobah, Molle Wague and Younes Kaboul.
Richarlison has been used a substitute for the last two games and will be pushing for a place in the starting eleven while defender Miguel Britos and striker Andre Gray are also hoping for a recall. Gracia has stood behind captain Troy Deeney since taking over in January but must be considering his attacking options with the 29-year-old having gone five games without a goal in his most unproductive season since 2011.
Palace manager Roy Hodgson has a decision to make now that Christian Benteke has regained full fitness. Starting the striker would require a reshuffle leading to James McArthur or Ruben Loftus-Cheek having to sit out. The Eagles are playing well with the current formation and Hodgson may decide to leave the lineup unchanged from the one that beat Brighton.
Watford vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips
- Watford have won 3 drawn 2 and lost 5 of their last 10 matches
- Crystal Palace have won 2 drawn 3 and lost 5 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Watford have scored an average of 0.9 goals and conceded an average of 1.6 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Crystal Palace have scored an average of 1.4 goals and conceded an average of 1.7 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Watford’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Crystal Palace’s previous 10 matches
Watford vs Crystal Palace Prediction
Although both sides are in the bottom half of the league it’s 16th-placed Crystal Palace who carry the most momentum going into this match.
Palace have lost one of the last four games which was a 2-1 home defeat to Liverpool where the Eagles were denied a point by a late finish from Mo Salah.
Following a tough run of games with losses at Everton and Chelsea plus home defeats against Tottenham and Manchester United, Palace stopped the rot with a valuable 2-0 victory away to Huddersfield. They drew their next away game 2-2 at Bournemouth before last Saturday’s 3-2 victory over Brighton.
Watford have gone five games without a win, picking up just one point for the draw at home to Bournemouth on 31 March. The Hornets lost their last home game 2-1 against Burnley and come into this match on the back of 1-0 defeat at Huddersfield.
We can expect to see some goals in this match as Palace are expected to exploit the adventurous play of Zaha and Townsend who are in excellent form at the moment. Luka Milivojevic has been the main beneficiary of their creative play and leads Palace’s scoring stats with 10 goals, eight of which have been first goal of the game. The Serbian midfielder has found the net in three of the last four games and is worth considering for goalscorer bets.
As for the match prediction, Palace are starting to get the results their performances deserve and look the best bet to win here.
Team Lineups
| Watford | Crystal Palace |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | |
| Orestis Karnezis |
Wayne Hennessey |
| Defenders | |
| Daryl Janmaat Sebastian Proedl Adrian Mariappa Jose Holebas |
Joel Ward James Tomkins Mamadou Sakho Patrick van Aanholt |
| Midfielders | |
| Abdoulaye Doucoure Etienne Capoue Kiko Will Hughes Roberto Pereyra |
James McArthur Yohan Cabaye Luka Milivojevic Ruben Loftus-Cheek |
| Forwards | |
| Troy Deeney |
Andros Townsend Wilfried Zaha |
| Substitutes | |
| Coach | |
RECENT Head To Head
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Head to Head Statistics
Last6 matches
| Watford | Crystal Palace |
|---|---|
| Wins | |
| 1 | 4 |
| Corners | |
| 24 | 19 |
| Fouls | |
| 69 | 64 |
| Shots | |
| 41 | 54 |
| Shots on Target | |
| 10 | 18 |
| Yellow Cards | |
| 9 | 10 |
| Red Cards | |
| 1 | 0 |
Watford have not beaten Palace in their last six meetings at home. This fixture finished 1-1 last season and Palace won the reverse fixture this season, when Sakho and McArthur scored late in the game to snatch a 2-1 win in December.
Conceding late goals has been costly for Watford this term, they’ve lost four games to goals in the 90th minute or later.
Watford have won six, drawn five and lost six of 17 home matches in the league this season. They’ve kept four clean sheets and failed to score on three occasions.
Crystal Palace have won three, drawn five and lost nine of 17 away games, keeping four clean sheets and failing to score in eight away games.
LiveWatford vCrystal Palace Updates
| 21' | Joel Ward | |
| 45' | Patrick van Aanholt | |
| out Roberto Pereyra in Richarlison | 55' |
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| 63' | Wilfried Zaha | |
| out Stefano Okaka Chuka in Kiko | 71' |
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| 78' | Ruben Loftus-Cheek | |
| out Will Hughes in Andre Gray | 79' |
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| 81' | out James McArthur in Christian Benteke | |
| 88' | James Tomkins |
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