In my opinion Watford have really good chances to make at least one point in today's match up.

Both teams played each other last time in August 2021, also here at Vicarage Road. Watford recorded 1:0 win in league Cup so for sure they have good mental advantage. Watford didn't lost in 6 of 7 last matches against Crystal Palace in all competitions.

Watford coming to this game with strong line up, even their two key players which missed last round match (Kucka & Pedro) are available today. On the other hand Crystal Palace is still without their key defender Ward. First goalkeeper Guiata is very doubtful today .

Roy Hodgson is the oldest manager in Premier League and without any shadow of doubt he is the most experienced manager in competition. He came to help Watford to avoid relegation. Players trust him and in last round they recorded huge win on away against Aston Villa 1 :0 (expected goals scored for Watford 1.75). For sure now confidence in team is on the highest possible level and they wants to go with momentum. Roy Hodgson have huge advantage in this match up because he trained Crystal Palace since September 2017 till May 2021. He knows the opposition players very well, he knows their weaknesses.

On the other hand is hard to trust for Crystal Palace and see them as a favorite today. Since middle of December they played 9 Premier League matches and they recorded only one win - at home against Norwich, the worst team in whole league. In addition to that Crystal Palace won only 1 of 12 away matches in Premier League so far.

Watford improvement under Roy Hodgson is huge - they kept clean sheet twice in last 4 matches. In comparison: they kept clean sheet twice in previous 36 Premier League matches before Hodgson came to the club. Crystal Palace is still without a win in 2022 and I don't see 3 points for them today as well.

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在我看来，沃特福德在今天的比赛中有很好的机会至少得一分。

两队上一次比赛是在2021年8月，也是在维卡奇路球场。沃特福德在联赛杯中取得了1:0的胜利，所以他们有很好的心理优势。沃特福德在最近与水晶宫的7场比赛中有6场没有输掉。

沃特福德带着强大的阵容来到了这场比赛，即使他们的两名缺席了上一轮比赛的关键球员(库卡和佩德罗)今天也可以上场。另一方面，水晶宫仍然没有他们的关键防守球员沃德。第一门将吉亚塔今天很有疑问。

罗伊·霍奇森是英超联赛中年龄最大的教练，毫无疑问他也是联赛中最有经验的教练。他是来帮助沃特福德避免降级的。球员们信任他，在上一轮客场1:0击败阿斯顿维拉的比赛中，他们取得了巨大的胜利(沃特福德的预期进球为1.75)。可以肯定的是，现在球队的信心达到了最高水平，他们想要带着动力前进。罗伊·霍奇森在这场比赛中有巨大的优势，因为他从2017年9月到2021年5月在水晶宫训练。他非常了解对手的球员，他知道他们的弱点。

另一方面，水晶宫很难被信任，也很难把它们视为当今的宠儿。自12月中旬以来，他们打了9场英超比赛，只取得了一场胜利——在主场对阵诺维奇，这是整个联赛中最差的球队。除此之外，到目前为止，水晶宫在英超的12场客场比赛中只赢了1场。

霍奇森领导下的沃特福德的进步是巨大的——他们在最近4场比赛中保持了2场零失球。相比之下:在霍奇森来之前的36场英超比赛中，他们有两次保持不失球。水晶宫在2022年仍然没有一场胜利，我也没有看到他们今天得到3分。