Watford vs Crystal Palace 2021-22 English Premier League

Watford

18': Moussa Sissoko

FT
1 - 4

Crystal Palace

15': Jean-Philippe Mateta
42': Conor Gallagher
85': Wilfried Zaha
90': Wilfried Zaha

Crystal Palace add to Watford woes with rare away win

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Conor Gallagher scored an exquisite goal and Wilfried Zaha netted two as Crystal Palace overwhelmed Watford 4-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
15': Goal! Watford 0, Crystal Palace 1. Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
18': Goal! Watford 1, Crystal Palace 1. Moussa Sissoko (Watford) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kiko Femenía with a cross following a corner.
40': Samir (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Goal! Watford 1, Crystal Palace 2. Conor Gallagher (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tyrick Mitchell with a cross.
44': Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
51': Substitution, Watford. Cucho Hernández replaces Joshua King.
62': Kiko Femenía (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jordan Ayew replaces Michael Olise.
73': Substitution, Watford. Edo Kayembe replaces Tom Cleverley.
80': Substitution, Crystal Palace. James McArthur replaces Will Hughes.
85': Goal! Watford 1, Crystal Palace 3. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Ayew with a cross.
90': Goal! Watford 1, Crystal Palace 4. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James McArthur following a fast break.
90'+2': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Odsonne Édouard replaces Jean-Philippe Mateta.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Watford 1, Crystal Palace 4.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Vicarage Road
Location: Watford, England
Attendance: 20,012

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
0	Arsenal	0	0	0
0	Aston Villa	0	0	0
0	AFC Bournemouth	0	0	0
0	Brentford	0	0	0

Full Table

Statistics

CRY		WAT
9	Fouls	12
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	6
0	Saves	1
54.7	Possession	45.3
7	SHOTS	8
5	ON GOAL	1
0.7	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
469	Accurate Passes	363
556	Passes	456
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	4
13	Crosses	16
0.2	Cross %	0.3
71	Long Balls	68
26	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
0	Blocked Shots	3
14	Effective Tackles	6
23	Tackles	11
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
6	Interceptions	8
20	Effective Clearances	13
20	Clearances	13

Line-Ups

Watford (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Ben Foster (GK)
22	Samir
15	Craig Cathcart
14	Hassane Kamara
21	Kiko Femenía
6	Imran Louza
8	Tom Cleverley
19	Moussa Sissoko
7	Joshua King
25	Emmanuel Dennis
23	Ismaïla Sarr

Substitutes:

Edo Kayembe, Ken Sema, Jeremy Ngakia, Christian Kabasele, William Troost-Ekong, Cucho Hernández, Samuel Kalu, Daniel Bachmann, Adam Masina.

Crystal Palace (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Jack Butland (GK)
6	Marc Guéhi
16	Joachim Andersen
3	Tyrick Mitchell
17	Nathaniel Clyne
8	Cheikhou Kouyaté
12	Will Hughes
23	Conor Gallagher
14	Jean-Philippe Mateta
11	Wilfried Zaha
7	Michael Olise