Aidy Boothroyd
Former Watford boss on Radio 5 live sports extra

“He’s impressive Yohan Cabaye, he’s got all that talent but he works so hard for the team too. He can win games and his relationship with Alan Pardew will have played a part in him coming to Palace, but it shows where the club are at the moment.”

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Watford having more of the ball now but it's Palace who carry all the threat in the final third. Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo not in the game for Watford yet. 

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Do you reckon Crystal Palace are trying to get at Watford down the right? This graphic certainly suggests so.

Ikechi Anya - who started his career as a striker - is playing left-back for the Hornets...

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Aidy Boothroyd
Former Watford boss on Radio 5 live sports extra

“It’s a key battle between Allan Nyom and whoever is playing on the left for Palace. If Palace can leave Yannick Bolasie out there and isolate him that could cause Watford problems.”

Yohan Cabaye lines up another free-kick for the dominant Palace, it hits the wall though and Jason Puncheon screws the follow-up wide.

Is Puncheon in with a chance of an England call-up at all? Roy Hodgson could use his remaining qualifiers to give some fringe players a go.

He won't. But he could do. 

Ben Watson hurt his wrist in the penalty area during that Brede Hangeland chance but after some treatment he's OK to continue. The early break-neck, break-wrist tempo is threatening to die down. 

Aidy Boothroyd
Former Watford boss on Radio 5 live sports extra

"It was a brilliant save, a great delivery from Cabaye spun in towards the far post, Hangeland got on it and it was an excellent reaction save from Heurehlo Gomes.”

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Troy Deeney is dropping deep to try and link up with Odion Ighalo but his low cross is easily cut out. Palace counter and win a free-kick. 

What a delivery! Yohan Cabaye with a sensational cross, Brede Hangeland meets it with a meaty forehead and Heurelho Gomes makes a point-blank stop.

Should really have scored...

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Let us know if you are tuning in from foreign fields. I make it around 20 nationalities across the team sheet today. A global game for sure.

Palace continue to keep hold of the ball - they've had a touch under 80% of the possession so far.

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It's still a game being played on steroids, no time to take a touch in midfield. Our texter's rather fanciful claim earlier on that this is also the two best sets of fans in the Premier League may not be far off the mark - plenty of noise in the opening stages. 

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Aidy Boothroyd
Former Watford boss on Radio 5 live sports extra

Watford's record signing 'Saint' Etienne Capoue launches a shot wide from 25 yards. It's shoot on sight stuff in the early days here. I'm all for that.

If the game carries on at this pace we'll need oxygen in the press box, never mind on the field. Watford attack this time, Craig Cathcart's cross not dealt with and Troy Deeney almost getting in behind the Palace defence. 100mph stuff. 

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A console game start from Palace, they pass it to Yannick Bolasie from kick-off and he runs straight at goal, shooting over from 20 yards! That's the way to do it. Electric. 

Former Watford manager Aidy Boothroyd is watching the game for BBC 5 Live Sports Extra today:

“It’s a different club to the one I was at. We used to get players from Chorleywood, now they get them from all over the world.”

Game on at Watford. Lovely afternoon for it.

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Gregory Edwards: My dad's last game before he died was Swansea Reading 2011 play-off final.A memory I'll cherish forever. My dad with his two boys.

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Watford: Gomes, Nyom, Prodl, Cathcart, Anya, Abdi, Capoue, Watson, Jurado, Deeney, Ighalo. Subs: Paredes, Ake, Guedioura, Ibarbo, Berghuis, Diamanti, Arlauskis.

Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Kelly, Dann, Hangeland, Souare, Cabaye, Ledley, Sako, Puncheon, Bolasie, Gayle. Subs: Mariappa, Campbell, Zaha, Alex McCarthy, McArthur, Gray, Croll.

Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)

Watford have won just one of their eight Premier League matches played on a Sunday (W1 D2 L5), but are unbeaten in their last three.

This is the first top-flight meeting of these two sides. Sun's out, fans in good voice, Harry the Hornet is buzzing. Let's do this!