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Watford face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Monday evening, 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 just last season, in May 2006, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a Football League Play-Offs (Lvl 2) match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Jan | Watford | 1 - 5 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 16 Aug | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 08 Apr | Crystal Palace | 0 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The Eagles's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Watford's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Hornets's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 9 against.
Crystal Palace are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 11 points from their 12 games thus far. Watford are leading the way in the Coca-Cola Championship, with their 12 games giving them a return of 29 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Watford | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Watford are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Watford | Undefeated in last 4 away games. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |