English League Championship

FT Monday, April 6, 2015
Middlesbrough LWWLW 0
–
Watford DWWLD 2
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MID000
WAT112
Vicarage Road · 19,656 att.

Match Report

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Watford beat Middlesbrough to move to top of Championship table

Troy Deeney became the first player in Watford history to score 20 goals in three consecutive seasons as the Hornets beat leaders Middlesbrough 2-0 to go top of the Championship.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
0
3
Saves
2
54
Possession
46
12
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
16
Crosses
16
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
3
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
36
Clearances
41

Head to Head

WAT leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WAT

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 15Craig CathcartD
  3. 4Gabriele AngellaD
  4. 31Tommie HobanD
  5. 14Juan Carlos ParadesM
  6. 8Daniel TözsérM
  7. 23Ben WatsonM
  8. 5Adlene GuediouraM
  9. 21Iketchi AnyaM
  10. 9Troy DeeneyF
  11. 24Odion IghaloF

Substitutes

  1. 30Jonathan BondG
  2. 39Matthew ConnollyD
  3. 7Miguel LayúnD
  4. 18Daniel PudilD
  5. 3Gianni MunariM
  6. 22Almen AbdiM
  7. 20Matej VydraF

MID

  1. 13Dimitrios KonstantopoulosG
  2. 32Dwight TiendalliD
  3. 29Fernando AmorebietaD
  4. 39Jonathan WoodgateD
  5. 3George FriendD
  6. 7Grant LeadbitterM
  7. 8Adam ClaytonM
  8. 27Albert AdomahM
  9. 10Lee TomlinM
  10. 20Adam ReachM
  11. 23Patrick BamfordF

Substitutes

  1. 12Connor RipleyG
  2. 6Ben GibsonD
  3. 26Tomás KalasD
  4. 18Dean WhiteheadM
  5. 34Adam ForshawM
  6. 9Garcia KikeF
  7. 21Jelle VossenF

Timeline

  1. 26' Adam Reach is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 37' Goal!! Troy Deeney hits a left footed shot low through the middle from the left penalty area and scores!! Watford now leads 1 - 0
  3. 60' Watford makes a sub: Matthew Connolly enters for Craig Cathcart. Reason: Tactical
  4. 62' Middlesbrough makes a sub: Garcia Kike enters for Lee Tomlin. Reason: Tactical
  5. 63' Middlesbrough makes a sub: Tomas Kalas enters for Dwight Tiendalli. Reason: Tactical
  6. 65' Goal!! Odion Jude Ighalo hits a left footed shot to the upper right corner from the centre and scores!! Watford now leads 2 - 0
  7. 69' Watford makes a sub: Matej Vydra enters for Odion Jude Ighalo. Reason: Tactical
  8. 70' Adlene Guedioura is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  9. 84' Middlesbrough makes a sub: Adam Forshaw enters for Adam Clayton. Reason: Tactical
  10. 90' End of the game
  11. 90'+2' Watford makes a sub: Miguel Layun enters for Adlene Guedioura. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90'+4' Grant Leadbitter is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  13. 90'+4' Miguel Layun is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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