Palace vs Watford: Crystal Palace round off their pre-season friendlies with a match against Watford on Saturday as they eye successive wins.
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Match Details:
Teams: Crystal Palace vs Watford
Date: Saturday 7th August, 2021
Time: 07:30 PM IST
Venue: Selhurst Park, London
Final pre-season matchday 👊
🆚 Crystal Palace
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— Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) August 7, 2021
MATCH PREVIEW:
Crystal Palace will look to finish off their pre-season campaign on a high as they face Watford on Saturday.
The Eagles won their last match against Reading 3-1 as Mateta, Ayew and Banks scored.
Reading equalized through Swift but lost the plot henceforth, as they succumbed to the Palace pressure.
Crystal Palace has not been in the best of form in pre-season with 3 wins, 1 draw and a loss sandwiched in between.
Hence, they would like to end the preparations with a thumping win.
On the other hand, Watford drew their last pre-season match against Stevenage 1-1 as Reid and Sema scored for either side.
Watford have drawn successive matches and would be slightly desperate to get back on track with a win before they face Aston Villa in their opening clash.
Both sides met in the Premier League two seasons ago, where Palace edged the contest 1-0 through Ayew’s first half goal.
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Palace leads the H2H wins 9-5 with 5 draws as well in their last 19 matches.
Line-ups
Crystal Palace:
Guaita, Clyne, Guehi, Kouyate, Mitchell, Ridewald, Gallagher, McArthur, Banks, Mateta and Ayew
Watford:
Foster, Femenia, Troost-Ekong, Kabasele, Rose, Etebo, Cleverly, Gosling, Sarr, Deeney and Sema
Prediction: Palace 1-1 Watford
Both sides have not hit top gear in pre-season and we expect a closely fought match in this one.
Neither side would aim to get into the season with a loss. As a result, we foresee a draw taking place.
