Watford promoted to Premier League after Championship win over Brighton
Watford won 2-0 at Brighton in the lunchtime kickoff but had to wait to celebrate promotion to the Premier League.
English League Championship
FT
Saturday, April 25, 2015
| 1st | 2nd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAT | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| BHA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The American Express Community Stadium · 28,841 att.
Match Report
Team Stats
11
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
0
4
Saves
3
41
Possession
59
13
SHOTS
13
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
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
11
Crosses
23
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
33
Clearances
23
Head to Head
WAT leads series 2-1-2
Lineups
BHA
- 13David StockdaleG
- 3Gordon GreerD
- 5Lewis DunkD
- 33Greg HalfordD
- 2BrunoM
- 30Joe BennettM
- 6Dale StephensM
- 18Jake CaskeyM
- 28Biram KiyalM
- 32Mustapha CarayolF
- 11Chris O'GradyF
Substitutes
- 31Christian WaltonG
- 4Aaron HughesD
- 14Iñigo CalderónD
- 24Rohan InceM
- 25Kazenga Lua LuaM
- 12Craig Mackail-SmithF
- 19Leon BestF
WAT
- 1Heurelho GomesG
- 4Gabriele AngellaD
- 15Craig CathcartD
- 39Matthew ConnollyD
- 14Juan Carlos ParadesM
- 5Adlene GuediouraM
- 23Ben WatsonM
- 22Almen AbdiM
- 21Iketchi AnyaM
- 24Odion IghaloF
- 9Troy DeeneyF
Substitutes
- 30Jonathan BondG
- 7Miguel LayúnD
- 31Tommie HobanD
- 47Marco MottaD
- 8Daniel TözsérM
- 11Fernando ForestieriF
- 20Matej VydraF
Timeline
- 26' Watford makes a sub: Daniel Tozser enters for Iketchi Anya. Reason: Tactical
- 29' Goal!! Troy Deeney hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Watford now leads 1 - 0
- 43' Baram Kayal is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
- 60' Brighton & Hove Albion makes a sub: Craig Mackail-Smith enters for Mustapha Carayol. Reason: Tactical
- 61' Craig Cathcart is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
- 65' Watford makes a sub: Matej Vydra enters for Odion Ighalo. Reason: Tactical
- 66' Gabriele Angella is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
- 78' Brighton & Hove Albion makes a sub: Kazenga LuaLua enters for Jake Caskey. Reason: Tactical
- 79' Brighton & Hove Albion makes a sub: Inigo Calderon enters for Bruno. Reason: Injury
- 82' Watford makes a sub: Fernando Martin Forestieri enters for Almen Abdi. Reason: Tactical
- 87' Troy Deeney is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
- 90' Adlene Guedioura is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
- 90' End of the game
- 90'+2' Dale Stephens is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
- 90'+5' Goal!! Matej Vydra hits a left footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Watford now leads 2 - 0
- 90'+7' Gordon Greer is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
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