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Watford 1-2 Crystal Palace - December 31, 2005 / Championship 2005/2006

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Championship 2005/2006 - Round 27

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

December 31, 2005

15 856

Watford

1 - 2

Crystal Palace

Darius Henderson

59'

18'

Darren Ward

72'

Andy Johnson (penalty)

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18' - Goal Darren Ward

31' - Substitution Matthew Springis substituted by Ashley Young31

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59' - Goal Darius Henderson59

72' - Goal Andy Johnson

90' - Substitution Michael Hughesis substituted by Mark Hudson photo Wayne Andrews

90' - Substitution Clinton Morrisonis substituted by Wayne Andrews photo Dougie Freedman

90' - Substitution Andy Johnsonis substituted by Dougie Freedman

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

1 - 2

Crystal Palace

Watford Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Watford

Foster

Ben Foster

England

B.date03/04/1983

Age22 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Mackay

Malky Mackay

Scotland

B.date19/02/1972

Age33 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Carlisle

Clarke Carlisle

England

B.date14/10/1979

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Chambers

James Chambers

England

B.date20/11/1980

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Doyley

Lloyd Doyley

Jamaica

B.date01/12/1982

Age23 years

H1m81

positionFull-back

Bangura

Al Bangura

Sierra Leone

B.date24/01/1988

Age17 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mahon

Gavin Mahon

England

B.date02/01/1977

Age28 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Spring31

Matthew Spring

England

B.date17/11/1979

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

McNamee

Anthony McNamee

England

B.date13/07/1983

Age22 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Henderson59

Darius Henderson

England

B.date07/09/1981

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

King

Marlon King

Jamaica

B.date26/04/1980

Age25 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ben Foster		22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malky Mackay		33	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Clarke Carlisle		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Chambers		25	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lloyd Doyley		23	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Al Bangura		17	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin Mahon		28	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Spring	31	26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anthony McNamee		22	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darius Henderson	59	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marlon King		25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crystal Palace

Király

Gábor Király

Hungary

B.date01/04/1976

Age29 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Ward18

Darren Ward

England

B.date13/09/1978

Age27 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Hall

Fitz Hall

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age25 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Popovic

Tony Popovic

Australia

B.date04/07/1973

Age32 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Boyce

Emmerson Boyce

Barbados

B.date24/09/1979

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hughes90

Michael Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1971

Age34 years

H1m70

positionRight Midfielder

Leigertwood

Mikele Leigertwood

Antigua and Barbuda

B.date12/11/1982

Age23 years

H1m88

positionRight central midfielder

Soares

Tom Soares

England

B.date10/07/1986

Age19 years

H1m83

positionBox-to-box midfielder

McAnuff

Jobi McAnuff

Jamaica

B.date09/11/1981

Age24 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Morrison90

Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/05/1979

Age26 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Johnson7290

Andy Johnson

England

B.date10/02/1981

Age24 years

H1m70

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gábor Király		29	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Ward	18	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fitz Hall		25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Popovic		32	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emmerson Boyce		26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Hughes	90	34	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mikele Leigertwood		23	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Soares		19	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jobi McAnuff		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clinton Morrison	90	26	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Johnson	7290	24	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ashley Young	31	20	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Mark Hudson	90	23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dougie Freedman	90	31	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Andrews	90	28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Al Bangura

Paul Devlin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Hughes

Dougie Freedman

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Adrian Boothroyd

Keith Burkinshaw

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Boothroyd vs Crystal Palace

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 2005

Boothroyd vs Dowie

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Iain Dowie

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Dowie vs Watford

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 2005

Dowie vs Boothroyd

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 2005

Referee

Philip Dowd

1 victory	3 draws	6 losses	Watford10 matches	General total	Crystal Palace20 matches	10 victories	1 draw	9 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Watford1 match	Season total	Crystal Palace3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on January 05, 2013					Latest figure on January 17, 2015

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Key figures

Iain Dowie has registered 50 goal(s) conceded in Championship since the 22/12/2003 as the manager of next after this match..

Crystal Palace keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 26/12/2005).

Crystal Palace keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 26/12/2005).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWatford 3-1 Wolverhampton29/10/2005

VWatford 3-1 Queens Park Rangers01/11/2005

VWatford 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday19/11/2005

DWatford 1-1 Brighton & Hove03/12/2005

DWatford 1-1 Plymouth10/12/2005

VWatford 3-0 Southampton26/12/2005

Overall

DPreston North End 1-1 Watford26/11/2005

DWatford 1-1 Brighton & Hove03/12/2005

DWatford 1-1 Plymouth10/12/2005

LBurnley 4-1 Watford17/12/2005

VWatford 3-0 Southampton26/12/2005

DMillwall 0-0 Watford28/12/2005

Current form

Away

DCrewe Alexandra 2-2 Crystal Palace29/10/2005

VBrighton & Hove 2-3 Crystal Palace20/11/2005

LLuton Town 2-0 Crystal Palace26/11/2005

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Crystal Palace30/11/2005

LPlymouth 2-0 Crystal Palace17/12/2005

VIpswich Town 0-2 Crystal Palace26/12/2005

Overall

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Crystal Palace30/11/2005

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Millwall03/12/2005

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Wolverhampton10/12/2005

LPlymouth 2-0 Crystal Palace17/12/2005

VIpswich Town 0-2 Crystal Palace26/12/2005

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Derby County28/12/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	7	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	5	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	24
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
11	Victories (Competition total)	11
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
10	Draws (Competition total)	5
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	8
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

42	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.62	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.54
1.69	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.64
1.19	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.08
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.55

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

39	Yellow cards (Competition total)	51
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	31
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Marlon King	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Clinton Morrison
Marlon King	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Clinton Morrison
Marlon King	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Dougie Freedman
Marlon King	6 goals during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Clinton Morrison

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

3 v

6 d

3 l

13 gf

17 ga

Away

13 matches

6 v

2 d

5 l

16 gf

15 ga

Total

25 matches

9 v

8 d

8 l

29 gf

32 ga

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

5 v

2 d

6 l

15 gf

16 ga

Away

12 matches

3 v

6 d

3 l

17 gf

13 ga

Total

25 matches

8 v

8 d

9 l

32 gf

29 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 27, 1982
Home	1 - 0	December 15, 2001

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 17, 2004
Away	5 - 1	January 17, 2004

Latest head to head

January 17, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Watford

1 - 5

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

August 16, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Crystal Palace

1 - 0

Watford

April 08, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Crystal Palace

0 - 1

Watford

September 21, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Watford

3 - 3

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

March 09, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Crystal Palace

0 - 2

Watford

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Heidar Helguson	2 goals	2002 - 2004
Neal Ardley	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Gifton Noel-Williams	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Marcus Gayle	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Micah Hyde	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Allan Nielsen	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Andy Johnson	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Hayden Mullins	2 goals	2002 - 2002
George Ndah	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Neil Shipperley	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Wayne Routledge	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Danny Granville	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Lloyd Doyley	6 matches	2001 - 2004
Marcus Gayle	5 matches	2001 - 2004
Micah Hyde	5 matches	2001 - 2004
Heidar Helguson	5 matches	2001 - 2004
Neil Cox	5 matches	2001 - 2004
Paul Robinson	5 matches	2001 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Dougie Freedman	6 matches	2001 - 2004
Danny Butterfield	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Steven Thomson	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Wayne Routledge	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Julian Gray	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Aki Riihilahti	4 matches	2001 - 2004