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Watford and Crystal Palace play at Vicarage Road Stadium in an 18th round Barclays Premier League duel. The record of recent direct clashes favors the visiting team, who in the last 5 matches won 2, drew 2 and lost 1. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 04-24-2016, ended with the victory of Crystal Palace by ( 2-1). The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between 12th and 17th of the overall standings, in fact this is a clash between the 14th placed in home games and the 11th as a visitor.
Watford
After 6 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses, the home team is in 12th place, having won 21 points. In the last match, they lost with Sunderland away by (1-0), after in the previous game to have lost out in a game against Manchester City, by (2-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 13 points, against only 8 in their games as a visitor. For the championship, Watford had 13 points in 24 chances, after 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats in the last 8 games he played in his stadium. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In his games at home there is a tendency to goals, since 6 of his last 8 games by the competition finished with More of 2.5 goals. In 17 games in this competition, only managed 2 turns on the scoreboard in the 10 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 10 home games in all competitions there are 1 highlights: he scored 5 of his 14 goals in between the minutes (46′-60 ‘).
Watford are back at home for the Premier League after two away from their fans, trying to win their second straight win. In the last round, the team went to the home of Sunderland and ended up losing by 1×0, thus getting to their fourth defeat in five games. Before, the team had faced Manchester City away from home and left there defeated by 2×0. After seventeen rounds, the club accumulates six victories, three draws and eight defeats, thus occupying the twelfth position in the table. For that game, the coach should keep the team in the 4-4-2 or in the 4-3-3.
Crystal Palace
The visiting team is currently in 17th place, with 15 points earned, after 4 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, lost at home to Manchester United by (1-2). In the last match, lost at home to Chelsea by (0-1). Curiously, this is a team that has achieved better results outside of the home, having won 8 points as a visitor and only 7 in their stadium. In the championship, Crystal Palace won 8 points in 24 chances, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in the last 8 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, you do not win as a visitor for 5 games. In his league games as a visitor, the most frequent result at half-time was 1-0 (4 out of 8 matches). The team has conceded goals in 9 of their last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In their games away to this competition there is a tendency to have goals, since 6 in 8 finished with More than 2.5 goals in the scoreboard. This is a team that scores a few times first: just opened the scoring in 4 of their last 17 games for the Barclays Premier League, of these 4 reached the break in lead in 2 and won in the late 90 ‘in 3. In 17 games in this Competition, suffered the first goal 13 times and only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard. In the last 10 away games for all competitions there has been 1 period that stands out: scored 7 of his 16 goals in the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Crystal Palace enter the field for their eighteenth straight English League game after two appearances in front of their fans who should not have been happy with the results. In the last round, the team received Chelsea at home and left the field with the defeat by 0x1. Before, the team had faced Manchester United, also at home, and ended up losing 1×2 in the game that interrupted the reaction attempt of the Crystal Palace. After seventeen rounds, the club accumulates four victories, three draws and ten defeats, thus occupying the seventeenth place in the table. For that match, the coach must keep the team at 4-5-1 or at 4-4-2.
Prediction: Both Team To Score @ 1.81