English League Championship

FT Friday, January 30, 2015
Watford WLLWW 0
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AFC Bournemouth WLWLL 2
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Vitality Stadium · 10,904 att.

Match Report

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Bournemouth 2-0 Watford: Ritchie leads way past 10-man Watford

Bournemouth took advantage of a Watford red card in the first minute to move three points clear at the top of the Sky Bet Championship with a 2-0 win.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
0
6
Saves
1
28
Possession
72
12
SHOTS
18
1
ON GOAL
8
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
9
Crosses
27
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
7
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
30
Clearances
34

Head to Head

WAT leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BOU

  1. 31Artur BorucG
  2. 2Simon FrancisD
  3. 5Tommy ElphickD
  4. 3Steve CookD
  5. 11Charlie DanielsD
  6. 30Matt RitchieM
  7. 6Andrew SurmanM
  8. 8Harry ArterM
  9. 7Marc PughM
  10. 13Callum WilsonF
  11. 18Yann KermorgantF

Substitutes

  1. 1Lee CampG
  2. 15Adam SmithD
  3. 22Elliott WardD
  4. 19Junior StanislasM
  5. 20Ryan FraserM
  6. 32Eunan O'KaneM
  7. 10Brett PitmanF

WAT

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 15Craig CathcartD
  3. 4Gabriele AngellaD
  4. 31Tommie HobanD
  5. 7Miguel LayúnM
  6. 23Ben WatsonM
  7. 8Daniel TözsérM
  8. 3Gianni MunariM
  9. 21Iketchi AnyaM
  10. 9Troy DeeneyF
  11. 24Odion IghaloF

Substitutes

  1. 30Jonathan BondG
  2. 12Lloyd DoyleyD
  3. 17Vujadin SavicD
  4. 18Daniel PudilD
  5. 32George ByersM
  6. 20Matej VydraF
  7. 26Bernard MensahF

Timeline

  1. 1' Gabriele Angella has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: professional foul
  2. 28' Steve Cook is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 35' Yann Kermorgant hits the penalty kick with his right foot low through the middle and scores!!
  4. 39' Harry Arter is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 46' Watford makes a sub: Daniel Pudil enters for Gianni Munari. Reason: Tactical
  6. 57' Goal!! Matt Ritchie hits a right footed shot low through the middle from the right penalty area and scores!! AFC Bournemouth now leads 2 - 0
  7. 68' Watford makes a sub: Matej Vydra enters for Odion Jude Ighalo. Reason: Tactical
  8. 77' AFC Bournemouth makes a sub: Eunan O'Kane enters for Yann Kermorgant. Reason: Tactical
  9. 87' Tommy Elphick is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 89' AFC Bournemouth makes a sub: Adam Smith enters for Matt Ritchie. Reason: Tactical
  11. 90' End of the game
  12. 90'+3' Watford makes a sub: Bernard Mensah enters for Troy Deeney. Reason: Tactical
  13. 90'+4' AFC Bournemouth makes a sub: Brett Pitman enters for Callum Wilson. Reason: Tactical

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