Premier League

Attendance: 25,461

Premier League | Gameweek 29

Mar 7, 2020 at 3pm UK

Crystal Palace
1-0
Watford

Ayew (28')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Reaction

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The Match

Match Report

Victory allowed Roy Hodgson to celebrate his new contract.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Premier League clash between Crystal Palace and Watford, including team news and predicted lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a win with a probability of 43.38%. A win for had a probability of 29.81% and a draw had a probability of 26.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.59%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.78%) and 2-0 (8.01%). The likeliest win was 0-1 (9.21%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.71%).

Result
Crystal Palace	Draw	Watford
43.38%	26.82%	29.81%

Both teams to score 49.84%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

45.02%

54.98%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.75%

76.25%

Crystal Palace Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.86%

25.14%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.15%

59.85%

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.58%

33.42%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.95%

70.04%

Score Analysis

Crystal Palace 43.37%

Watford 29.81%

Draw 26.81%

Crystal Palace	Draw	Watford
1-0 @ 11.59% 2-1 @ 8.78% 2-0 @ 8.01% 3-1 @ 4.04% 3-0 @ 3.69% 3-2 @ 2.21% 4-1 @ 1.39% 4-0 @ 1.27% Other @ 2.39% Total : 43.37%	1-1 @ 12.71% 0-0 @ 8.4% 2-2 @ 4.81% Other @ 0.89% Total : 26.81%	0-1 @ 9.21% 1-2 @ 6.97% 0-2 @ 5.05% 1-3 @ 2.55% 0-3 @ 1.84% 2-3 @ 1.76% Other @ 2.44% Total : 29.81%

Build-up

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