Week 18 features a match on Sat Dec 18th, where Watford and Crystal Palace will play a match in Watford in a Premier League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 17th placed Watford is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Brentford. Emmanuel Dennis struck first for Watford in the 24th minute, then Pontus Jansson tied it up for Brentford in the 84th minute on a feed from Marcus Forss But luckily in the 95th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a penalty goal by Bryan Mbeumo. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, Crystal Palace recorded a 3-1 win against Everton. Conor Gallagher scored the first goal for Crystal Palace in the 41st minute, then James Tomkins added another in the 62nd minute. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Both Christian Benteke and Marc Guehi have been the hottest scorers for Crystal Palace in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Emmanuel Dennis has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Watford
Claudio Ranieri’s squad will be without Adam Masina, Ismaila Sarr and Ben Foster, while Crystal Palace will be without Joachim Andersen, James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson.