Watford vs Crystal Palace

23 February 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

Moussa Sissoko 18’

Jean-Philippe Mateta 15’
Conor Gallagher 42’
Wilfried Zaha 85’, 90’

Match summary

Crystal Palace won comfortably, 4-1 away at Watford. Crystal Palace led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jean-Philippe Mateta put Crystal Palace ahead in the 15th minute, Moussa Sissoko equalised with a header in the 18th minute, set up by Kiko Femenía, and Conor Gallagher put Crystal Palace back in front in the 42nd minute, set up by Tyrick Mitchell. In the second half, Wilfried Zaha made it 1-3 in the 85th minute, set up by Jordan Ayew and Zaha made it 1-4 in the 90th minute, set up by James McArthur.

Watford can feel hard done by, creating 1.72 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.82 from 7.

Match stats

8 Shots 7

1 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.72 xG 0.82

1.72 Non-penalty xG 0.82

4 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Watford Crystal Palace

Kick-off

15’

Jean-Philippe Mateta

0-1

Moussa Sissoko
Assist: Kiko Femenía

1-1

18’

42’

Conor Gallagher
Assist: Tyrick Mitchell

1-2

Half-time1-2

85’

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: Jordan Ayew

1-3

90’

Wilfried Zaha
Assist: James McArthur

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Watford

Kiko Femenía
Samir

Crystal Palace

Cheikhou Kouyaté

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.

Watford 1.72 xGCrystal Palace 0.82 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crystal Palace attacking Watford attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ben Foster	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiko Femenía	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.69	2
Samir	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Craig Cathcart	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.62	1
Hassane Kamara	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.29	2
Moussa Sissoko	MID	90	1		1	0.67	0.07	1
Imran Louza	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tom Cleverley	MID	76			0	0.00	0.04	1
Ismaila Sarr	FWD	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Joshua King	FWD	54			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emmanuel Dennis	FWD	90			4	0.99	0.03	1
Juan Camilo Hernández	Sub	36			1	0.02	0.00	0
Edo Kayembe	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jack Butland	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathaniel Clyne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joachim Andersen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Guehi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrick Mitchell	DEF	90		1	1	0.03	0.32	1
Cheikhou Kouyaté	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Gallagher	MID	90	1		1	0.32	0.00	0
Will Hughes	MID	83			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Olise	FWD	76			1	0.10	0.00	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	FWD	90	1		2	0.15	0.00	0
Wilfried Zaha	FWD	90	2		2	0.23	0.20	3
Jordan Ayew	Sub	14		1	0	0.00	0.10	1
James McArthur	Sub	7		1	0	0.00	0.12	1
Odsonne Edouard	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 32% Avg odds 2.97

Draw 31% Avg odds 3.12

Crystal Palace win 37% Avg odds 2.64

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

Form going into the game

Watford L D L L W

Crystal Palace D L D D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford, 07 Mar 20 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford, 07 May 22 All Watford vs Crystal Palace 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.