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Watford vs Crystal Palace: result 2-2 and analysis

ChampionshipRegular Season - 31Kick-off on February 8, 2013 at 07:45 PM (UTC)Vicarage Road, Rhydmwyn, Flintshire

Watford
2-2
Crystal Palace

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What was the result of Watford vs Crystal Palace?

Watford and Crystal Palace drew 2-2 on February 8, 2013.

Goalscorers

  • 7′Almen AbdiWatford
  • 14′N. ChalobahWatford
  • 66′P. RamageCrystal Palace
  • 70′Kevin PhillipsCrystal Palace

Official lineup for Watford vs Crystal Palace

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Watford

  1. 9T. Deeney
  2. 20M. Vydra
  1. 8J. Hogg
  2. 22Almen Abdi
  3. 39N. Chalobah
  1. 6F. Hall
  2. 12Lloyd Doyley
  3. 18Daniel Pudil
  4. 27Marco Cassetti
  5. 31T. Hoban
  1. 1Manuel Almunia Rivero

Crystal Palace

  1. 7Y. Bolasie
  2. 11Stephen Dobbie
  3. 16W. Zaha
  4. 17G. Murray
  1. 8K. Dikgacoi
  2. 12Alex Marrow
  1. 3J. Richards
  2. 21D. Moxey
  3. 27D. Delaney
  4. 28P. Ramage
  1. 1J. Speroni
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Watford have 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats; Crystal Palace have 3, 7 and 5.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Watford
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Feb 2, 2013Bolton(home)2-1Championship
Jan 29, 2013Bristol City(away)0-2Championship
Jan 26, 2013Nottingham Forest(away)3-0Championship
Jan 19, 2013Huddersfield(home)4-0Championship
Jan 12, 2013Middlesbrough(away)2-1Championship
Crystal Palace
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Feb 2, 2013Charlton(home)2-1Championship
Jan 30, 2013Huddersfield(away)0-1Championship
Jan 19, 2013Bolton(home)0-0Championship
Jan 15, 2013Stoke City(away)1-4FA Cup
Jan 12, 2013Burnley(away)0-1Championship

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 3 meetings: 1 Watford win, 0 draws, 2 Crystal Palace wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Aug 18, 2012Crystal Palace 2-3 WatfordChampionship
Feb 18, 2012Crystal Palace 4-0 WatfordChampionship
Oct 15, 2011Watford 0-2 Crystal PalaceChampionship

Last archived meeting: Crystal Palace vs Watford on Aug 18, 2012

How many goals should we expect?

Watford score 2.2 and concede 1.3 goals per match over their last 15; Crystal Palace score 1.2 and concede 1.3.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Watford2.21.3310/1512/15
Crystal Palace1.21.349/159/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

2026-27 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
20Watford11326101911

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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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