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Crystal Palace eye crucial points at Watford
London — Crystal Palace may have moved to six points above the Premier League relegation zone, but Saturday’s visit to Vicarage Road to face Watford could be crucial to the survival hopes of Roy Hodgson’s side. While the Hornets are in a relatively comfortable 12th place, they are only three points above Palace and are smarting from a stoppage-time defeat at Huddersfield last week. Javier Gracia’s team have not won since a March 3 victory over bottom club West Brom and history is against them when facing the Eagles. Watford are winless in their last six home meetings with Palace in all competitions, losing three of those games, and they have not beaten the London side since a 2-0 victory in the second-tier Championship in 2009. All of which makes this a winnable game for Hodgson’s Palace, whose in-form winger Wilfried Zaha will pose serious questions for the Watford defence. Palace have a relatively easy run-in with a trips to Leicester City and Stoke City before a final day home fi...
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