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Having knocked Doncaster out in the fifth round, Crystal Palace are through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where they will face Watford on 16th March. Any latecomers to the ticket sales party, though, would have been disappointed to find out that the away allocation for the clash at Vicarage Road has already sold out.
The Hornets surely granted the minimum 15% allocation for their visitors in what could be seen as an attempt to limit the impact of the Eagles’ 12th man on the huge tie.
The Premier League clubs have stirred up somewhat of a minor rivalry after Watford mascot Harry the Hornet mocked Palace talisman Wilfried Zaha by diving in December 2016 as the Ivorian winger was booked for simulation – this latest low blow will be only make the cup clash next month more heated.
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The hosts have the edge in terms of results in recent meetings having beaten the Selhurst Park outfit by a scoreline of 2-1 on both occasions this season but, as we all know, it’s anyone’s game in the cup and Roy Hodgson seems to have found a new winning formula at Palace.
Here’s what the SE25 faithful had to say on Twitter…