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Watford face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Hornets will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in October 2007, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Apr | Watford | 0 - 2 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 05 Jan | Watford | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | FAC |
| 2007/2008 | Mon 29 Oct | Crystal Palace | 0 - 2 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 09 May | Watford | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | D1PO |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 06 May | Crystal Palace | 0 - 3 | Watford | D1PO |
| 2005/2006 | Fri 31 Mar | Crystal Palace | 3 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 31 Dec | Watford | 1 - 2 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Eagles, with 3 goals against.
In complete contrast to Crystal Palace, Watford are having a torrid time on their travels, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the Hornets have hit 4 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 9 |
| Watford | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Hornets are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Crystal Palace. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | 4 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Watford | Not won in previous 8 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |