English Premier League

FT Saturday, November 28, 2015
Watford LWWLL 3
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Aston Villa LLLDL 2
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WAT123
AVL112
Villa Park · 35,057 att.

Match Report

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Troy Deeney the Watford hero as Aston Villa lose again

Troy Deeney piled on the misery for his boyhood club Aston Villa with the decisive goal in Watford's 3-2 win at Villa Park.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
6
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
10
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
4
34.9
Possession
65.1
14
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
157
Accurate Passes
402
263
Passes
494
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
21
Crosses
31
0.2
Cross %
0.1
67
Long Balls
62
17
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
2
17
Effective Tackles
7
21
Tackles
9
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
22
35
Clearances
30

Head to Head

AVL leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 6Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 4Micah RichardsCD-R
  4. 18Kieran RichardsonLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 24Carlos SánchezCM
  7. 8Idrissa GueyeLM
  8. 17Jordan VeretoutRM
  9. 19Jordan AyewF
  10. 9Scott SinclairLF
  11. 25Carles GilRF

Substitutes

  1. 7Leandro BacunaSUB
  2. 16Joleon LescottSUB
  3. 20Adama TraoréSUB
  4. 15Ashley WestwoodSUB
  5. 39Rudy GestedeSUB
  6. 5Jores OkoreSUB
  7. 31Mark BunnSUB

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 3Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 15Craig CathcartCD-R
  4. 16Nathan AkéLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 23Ben WatsonCM-L
  7. 29Étienne CapoueCM-R
  8. 22Almen AbdiLM
  9. 14Juan Carlos ParedesRM
  10. 24Odion IghaloCF-L
  11. 9Troy DeeneyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Alessandro DiamantiSUB
  2. 20Steven BerghuisSUB
  3. 21Ikechi AnyaSUB
  4. 19Víctor IbarboSUB
  5. 7José Manuel JuradoSUB
  6. 34Giedrius ArlauskisSUB
  7. 17Adlène GuédiouraSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Watford 1. Odion Ighalo (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 41' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Watford 1. Micah Richards (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Veretout with a cross following a set piece situation.
  3. 67' Substitution, Watford. Giedrius Arlauskis replaces Heurelho Gomes because of an injury.
  4. 67' Substitution, Watford. Ikechi Anya replaces Juan Carlos Paredes.
  5. 68' Substitution, Aston Villa. Adama Traoré replaces Carles Gil.
  6. 69' Own Goal by Alan Hutton, Aston Villa. Aston Villa 1, Watford 2.
  7. 74' Etienne Capoue (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 81' Substitution, Watford. Adlène Guédioura replaces Almen Abdi.
  9. 82' Substitution, Aston Villa. Rudy Gestede replaces Idrissa Gueye.
  10. 85' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Watford 3. Troy Deeney (Watford) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  11. 86' Troy Deeney (Watford) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  12. 88' Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 89' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Watford 3. Jordan Ayew (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kieran Richardson.
  14. 90'+8' Nathan Aké (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+9' Carlos Sánchez (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

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