English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 24, 2015
Watford WWLDL 2
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Stoke City DWWWW 0
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bet365 Stadium · 27,587 att.

Match Report

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Watford beat Stoke thanks to goals from Troy Deeney and Almen Abdi

Troy Deeney notched his first goal of the season as Watford ended Stoke's winning run by beating them 2-0 at the Britannia Stadium.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
8
5
Corner Kicks
11
0
Saves
1
33.8
Possession
66.2
13
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
0
0.2
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
188
Accurate Passes
440
269
Passes
526
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
12
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
66
29
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
3
18
Effective Tackles
16
20
Tackles
19
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
13
25
Clearances
17

Head to Head

WAT leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 26Philipp WollscheidCD-L
  3. 20Geoff CameronCD-R
  4. 3Erik PietersLB
  5. 8Glen JohnsonRB
  6. 27Bojan KrkicAM
  7. 6Glenn WhelanLM
  8. 16Charlie AdamRM
  9. 11JoseluF
  10. 10Marko ArnautovicAM-L
  11. 22Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Marc WilsonSUB
  2. 15Marco van GinkelSUB
  3. 25Peter CrouchSUB
  4. 19Jonathan WaltersSUB
  5. 24Shay GivenSUB
  6. 14Ibrahim AfellaySUB
  7. 7Stephen IrelandSUB

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 3Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 15Craig CathcartCD-R
  4. 16Nathan AkéLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 29Étienne CapoueCM-L
  7. 23Ben WatsonCM-R
  8. 22Almen AbdiLM
  9. 21Ikechi AnyaRM
  10. 24Odion IghaloCF-L
  11. 9Troy DeeneyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Adlène GuédiouraSUB
  2. 32Alessandro DiamantiSUB
  3. 19Víctor IbarboSUB
  4. 34Giedrius ArlauskisSUB
  5. 5Sebastian PrödlSUB
  6. 14Juan Carlos ParedesSUB
  7. 8Valon BehramiSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Substitution, Stoke City. Marc Wilson replaces Geoff Cameron because of an injury.
  2. 43' Goal! Stoke City 0, Watford 1. Troy Deeney (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Odion Ighalo.
  3. 60' Substitution, Stoke City. Jonathan Walters replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  4. 61' Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Joselu.
  5. 66' Substitution, Watford. Juan Carlos Paredes replaces Ikechi Anya.
  6. 69' Goal! Stoke City 0, Watford 2. Almen Abdi (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Odion Ighalo.
  7. 77' Glenn Whelan (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 78' Substitution, Watford. Valon Behrami replaces Almen Abdi.
  9. 89' Odion Ighalo (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 89' Erik Pieters (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 89' Substitution, Watford. Adlène Guédioura replaces Odion Ighalo.
  12. 90' Charlie Adam (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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