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It has been a rather mixed week so far, with one of their hopes of silverware being ended by a disappointing 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace in the FA Cup, a result that ended an eight-match unbeaten streak in all competitions

The visitors had picked up just one point from the last 18 on offer going into the game, but they were the first to threaten when Nathan Redmond skipped forward and sent Cameron Jerome through, only for Kasper Schmeichel to prevent the Norwich striker from taking the ball past himb

The visitors were forced into making the top flight’s earliest substitution of the season when Pedro limped off to be replaced by Oscar seven minutes in, but there was a bigger setback to come later in the half

Struggling Championship side, Leeds United, were the visitors and although the Whites brought a sizeable away following, they did not cause Watford any problems and in the end Scott Wootton’s comical own goal was enough to send the Hornets through to the last eight