English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 19, 2015
Watford DDLLW 2
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Newcastle United LDWLL 1
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WAT202
NEW011
St. James' Park · 47,806 att.

Match Report

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Odion Ighalo's Watford brace piles pressure on Newcastle

Watford's Odion Ighalo piled the pressure on sorry Newcastle as his first-half double paved the way for a 2-1 victory at St James' Park.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
2
42.4
Possession
57.6
13
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
275
Accurate Passes
405
381
Passes
493
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
9
Crosses
40
0.2
Cross %
0.1
85
Long Balls
63
39
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
3
24
Effective Tackles
16
29
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
7
19
Clearances
8

Head to Head

NEW leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NEW · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Tim KrulG
  2. 2Fabricio ColocciniCD-L
  3. 18Chancel MbembaCD-R
  4. 4Jack ColbackDM
  5. 19Massadio HaidaraLB
  6. 22Daryl JanmaatRB
  7. 5Georginio WijnaldumCM-L
  8. 7Moussa SissokoCM-R
  9. 17Ayoze PérezLM
  10. 20Florian ThauvinRM
  11. 9Papiss CisséF

Substitutes

  1. 21Robert ElliotSUB
  2. 15Jamaal LascellesSUB
  3. 6Michael WilliamsonSUB
  4. 14Gabriel ObertanSUB
  5. 16Rolando AaronsSUB
  6. 10Siem de JongSUB
  7. 8Vurnon AnitaSUB

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 5Sebastian PrödlCD-R
  4. 21Ikechi AnyaLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 23Ben WatsonCM-L
  7. 29Étienne CapoueCM-R
  8. 7José Manuel JuradoLM
  9. 22Almen AbdiRM
  10. 24Odion IghaloCF-L
  11. 9Troy DeeneyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 34Giedrius ArlauskisSUB
  2. 19Víctor IbarboSUB
  3. 20Steven BerghuisSUB
  4. 16Nathan AkéSUB
  5. 17Adlène GuédiouraSUB
  6. 32Alessandro DiamantiSUB
  7. 31Tommie HobanSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Newcastle United 0, Watford 1. Odion Ighalo (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Etienne Capoue.
  2. 28' Goal! Newcastle United 0, Watford 2. Odion Ighalo (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Troy Deeney.
  3. 36' Almen Abdi (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Newcastle United. Siem de Jong replaces Papiss Demba Cissé.
  5. 62' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Watford 2. Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moussa Sissoko.
  6. 76' Substitution, Watford. Steven Berghuis replaces Almen Abdi.
  7. 80' Substitution, Watford. Nathan Aké replaces Jurado.
  8. 80' Substitution, Newcastle United. Rolando Aarons replaces Massadio Haidara.
  9. 80' Etienne Capoue (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 88' Substitution, Watford. Adlène Guédioura replaces Ben Watson.
  11. 88' Substitution, Newcastle United. Gabriel Obertan replaces Florian Thauvin because of an injury.
  12. 89' Jack Colback (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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