Welcome to the Evening Standard's Premier League match coverage of Watford vs Crystal Palace LIVE.
The struggling hosts will attempt to put on a performance in front of their new manager today as Nigel Pearson - announced as the successor to Quique Sanchez Flores on Friday - watches on from the stands before officially taking the reins.
For now, caretaker boss Hayden Mullins remains in the dugout after overseeing a defeat at Leicester in midweek - bottom-club Watford's ninth of the season already that left them seven points adrift of safety.
Looking to heap more misery on the Hornets is an in-form Crystal Palace team that, despite a mounting defensive selection crisis, rose to fifth with successive wins over Burnley and Bournemouth.
Follow the match action live with Jack Rosser at Vicarage Road.
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