Crystal Palace vs Watford

7 March 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Jordan Ayew 28’

Match summary

Crystal Palace beat Watford 1-0. Crystal Palace led 1-0 at half-time.

Jordan Ayew put Crystal Palace ahead in the 28th minute, set up by James McArthur.

The chances backed that up: Crystal Palace created 0.86 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Watford's 0.45 from 10.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Watford
10 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 8
4 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0.86 xG 0.45
0.86 Non-penalty xG 0.45
10 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Crystal Palace Watford
Kick-off
Jordan Ayew
Assist: James McArthur1-0 (Crystal Palace)
28’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Crystal Palace
  • Cheikhou Kouyaté
  • Jordan Ayew
  • Christian Benteke
  • Wilfried Zaha
Watford
  • Kiko Femenía
  • Etienne Capoue
  • Abdoulaye Doucouré
  • Ignacio Pussetto

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.86 0.45 28’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), 1-0 28’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.86 0.45 28’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), 1-0 Ayew 28’
Crystal Palace 0.86 xGWatford 0.45 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Watford attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
56’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 90+5’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 13’ Christian Kabasele (Watford), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 33’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 28’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 58’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 73’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 13’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 13’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 48’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 58’ Troy Deeney (Watford), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 38’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Etienne Capoue (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 56’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 90+5’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 13’ Christian Kabasele (Watford), from a corner, 0.11 xG, blocked 33’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 28’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 58’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 73’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 13’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 13’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 48’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 58’ Troy Deeney (Watford), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Etienne Capoue (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 68’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Vicente Guaita GK900 0.000.000
Joel Ward DEF900 0.000.000
Gary Cahill DEF900 0.000.000
Scott Dann DEF900 0.000.071
Patrick van Aanholt DEF901 0.020.021
James McCarthy MID900 0.000.082
Cheikhou Kouyaté MID901 0.080.000
James McArthur MID7310 0.000.092
Jordan Ayew FWD9013 0.220.000
Christian Benteke FWD902 0.100.604
Wilfried Zaha FWD903 0.440.000
Luka Milivojevic Sub170 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 36% Avg odds 2.70
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.08
Watford win 33% Avg odds 2.89

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Crystal Palace LLLWW
Watford LLDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Watford 0-0 Crystal Palace, 07 Dec 19 Next meeting: Watford 1-4 Crystal Palace, 23 Feb 22  All Crystal Palace vs Watford meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.