This Sunday afternoon promoted Watford host Crystal Palace at Vicarage Road. Kick-Off 16:00 BST.
Watford have made a reasonable start to their Premier League campaign. Quique Flores' side are coming of a 2-1 victory over Newcastle and they have now won their last 2 league games on the bounce. Indeed the Hornets have only tasted defeat once this season, and that was a 0-2 defeat at table toppers Manchester City. Currently Watford sit in 10th place on 9 points, and this season Watford’s home record reads W1, D2, L0.
Watford can be backed at around 2.55 and if you do fancy them to do well then you have the option of keeping the draw on your side and they can be backed +0.0 goals at around 1.82
The last time the two teams met was in the Championship play off in May 2013 when Palace ran out 1-0 winners after extra time. Interestingly Watford have only won one of the two clubs last nine meetings. .
The draw can be backed at around 3.35 and this looks to offer some value.
Crystal Palace have also started the season in positive fashion despite losing their last 2 league matches, 0-1 away to Spurs and 0-1 at home to Manchester City. Palace currently sit in 8th place on 9 pts and their recent away record reads a very solid looking W8, D3, L4.
When facing teams of Watford’s stature, Palace’s record reads a decent looking W5, D4, L1 and they can be backed at around 3.05. As with Watford if you do fancy them to do well then you should certainly look to keep the draw on your side and Alan Pardew’s side can be backed on the Asian handicap -0.0 goals at around 2.20.
As far as goals are concerned then Watford are yet to concede at home and 4 of their opening 6 matches have seen 2 or less goals. When looking at Palace’s away record to teams of Watford’s stature then 6 of their last 9 have seen 3 or more goals scored. Also Palace have conceded in all 9 of their last 9 away matches. Here my ratings suggest some very small value backing Over 2.0/2.5 goals at around 1.95
This is a very interesting matchup between 2 sides that have both made positive starts to the season. Looking at the goal line then the stats are just too mixed to get involved. For my trade I am going to go with the away side, who since returning to the Premier League have an excellent record away at promoted sides that reads W5, D1, L0. When we combine this to their record against similar opposition where they have won their last 4 matches then Alan Pardew’s side look a tough nut to crack. The draw has to be given some serious consideration and I will keep this on my side, and my recommended trade is Crystal Palace -0.0 goals at around 2.20.