Crystal Palace defeats Watford 1-0 with a goal scored by W. Zaha. HIGHLIGHTS

LONDON. Crystal Palace tops Watford 1-0 after W. Zaha scored a penalty (31').

May 8, 2022

LONDON. Crystal Palace tops Watford 1-0 after W. Zaha scored a penalty (31′). Crystal Palace was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

H. Kamara received a red card (69′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Watford lost the match.

The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Graham Scott who had the assistance of Richard West and Matthew Wilkes. The 4th official was Tony Harrington. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.1 degrees Celsius or 64.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.

Match Statistics

Crystal Palace

1 - 0

Watford

! 68 Ball Possession 32

Shots

15 Total 7
7 On Target 1
8 Off Target 6
3 Shots blocked 4

112 Attack 71
65 Dangerous attack 23
71 Ball safe 65

1 Penalties 0
8 Corners 5

Fouls

11 Total 18
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 1
0 Red Card 1

Other

3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Crystal Palace had a superior ball possession 68% while Watford was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crystal Palace was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Crystal Palace won the match.

Crystal Palace shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Watford shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards (W. Hughes and M. Olise). On the opposite side, Watford received 2 yellow cards (H. Kamara and J. King).

Also, Watford didn’t end the match with 11 players after H. Kamara (Watford) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (69′).

Match Timeline

16'

31'

52'

Ken Sema- sub ->T. Cleverley

Jeffrey Schlupp- sub ->C. Gallagher

62'

Will Hughes- Yellow

64'

69'

73'

69'

73'

T. Mitchell- sub ->Marc Guéhi

73'

78'

Jean-Philippe Mateta- sub ->Wilfried Zaha

83'

84'

Michael Olise- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Brighton & Hove Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

After this encounter, Crystal Palace will have 44 points to hold in the 10th place. On the other side, Watford will stay with 22 points to hold in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Crystal Palace will play away with Everton on the 19th of May with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Everton (8 draws).

Watford will host Leicester City on the 15th of May with a 15-9 head to head stats in favor of Leicester City (4 draws).