Crystal Palace can win on the road versus former play-off foes Watford

Both Watford and Crystal Palace (2/1 match favourites with Coral) sit safely midtable on nine Premier League points apiece ahead of their Sunday duel, but these pair of plucky outsiders should see this as an ideal encounter to propel themselves upwards.

Palace memorably last met the Hornets in 2013 for a Championship play-off at Wembley. That grand stage saw former Eagles attacker Kevin Phillips convert an extra-time spot-kick and catapult the London club back into the top tier, where they have remained ever since.

Now Watford have caught up with their former rivals, however, and are 6/4 to take the spoils on Hertfordshire soil, having taken to top-flight football impressively despite undergoing such an extensive overhaul of coach and squad in summer.

There is plenty of history here, with the Eagles just edging 110 head-to-heads with 45 wins across all competitions, though the last league tussle between the two ended evenly and is 9/4 to do so again.

As Palace have lost none of their past four trips to Vicarage Road they seem smart to back, especially with the capital club seemingly much more comfortable on the road, where they are better on the break.

Dangerous Dwight Gayle hit a hat-trick last time out on Capital One Cup duty, as Alan Pardew oversaw a 4-1 thrashing of former club Charlton Athletic, and the in-form forward is 2/1 to be on target again anytime.

It looked as though over-performing Palace were back on track terrifically after two defeats on the trot to big-guns Manchester City and Tottenham, so the Londoners look good value at 24/5 to win and both teams to score.