The English Premier League continues this weekend and one of the most important fixtures in terms of relegation will be played at Selhurst Park as Watford travel to meet Crystal Palace.
The hosts begin the weekend in 12th place on 41 points while the visitors are in 19th place on 22 points and in big trouble.
Ebs arriving at the back post 💥#CPFC pic.twitter.com/WsmokgaUFS— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) May 1, 2022
Ebs arriving at the back post 💥#CPFC pic.twitter.com/WsmokgaUFS
Crystal Palace come into the match having picked up a good 2-1 win at Southampton last weekend. The Saints opened the scoring after only 9 minutes but The Eagles got back into the match by scoring the equaliser 15 minutes into the second half. Crystal Palace continued to attack into the final minutes and scored a late winning goal.
It was an important result for Crystal Palace, who had failed to win any of their previous 4 matches in all competitions.
There had been defeats at Leicester City and Newcastle United in the Premier League plus a 2-0 loss to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final.
Home form in the Premier League shows Crystal Palace are undefeated in their last 4 games. However, they have won only 1 of those 4 matches, with the victory coming against Arsenal. There have been draws at home against Burnley, Manchester City, and Leeds United.
Trends show in their last 7 home games in Premier League, Crystal Palace have recorded only 1 win.
Crystal Palace have bene good at home defensively in recent games and have kept a clean sheet in their last 3 league matches on home soil.
Watford make the short journey to Selhurst Park on the back of a costly 2-1 home defeat against Burnley last weekend.
The Hornets opened the scoring after just 8 minutes but Burnley equalised with only 7 minutes of the game remaining. Worse was to follow as Burnley scored a second goal just 3 minutes later to take all 3 points.
That result means Watford have lost each of their last 5 Premier League fixtures and they are extremely close to being relegated.
Their away form in the Premier League shows just 1 win from their last 5 on the road. They have only conceded 2 goals in their last 4 away Premier League games but have been struggling to score, netting only 3 times in their last 5 away league fixtures.
Looking ahead to the team news and Crystal Palace have just one player unavailable, with Nathan Ferguson suffering from a hamstring problem.
Watford also have just one injury concern and Cucho will miss the remainder of the season due to a hamstring injury.
There is more riding on this game for Watford than Crystal Palace but with the pressure on the visitors to win, it could fall nicely into the hands of The Eagles. We expect to see both teams find the back of the net in this game but for Crystal Palace to show their quality and take maximum points.