Watford will hope for a repeat result as Lee Mason takes charge of the Hornets for the second time this season when they take on Crystal Palace tomorrow night.

The Hornets claimed a late 2-1 win over Swansea with Mason officiating the visit to South Wales in September.

They also enjoy a favourable record in games under Mason in recent years, and have lost only 2 of the seven matches he has refereed in the past three seasons.

Mason has tended to air of the side of leniency this season, showing 21 yellow card in his ten outings this term along with a solitary red.

His one dismissal came in Southampton’s 3-2 defeat of West Ham United after an elbow from Marco Arnautovic.