English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 8, 2015
Watford DWWLL 2
–
Everton LWLWL 2
1st2ndT
WAT112
EVE022
Goodison Park · 39,063 att.

Match Report

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Watford hold Everton to point on return to Premier League

Watford earned a point on their Premier League return as they held Everton to an opening-day 2-2 draw at Goodison Park.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
3
33.4
Possession
66.6
11
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
200
Accurate Passes
451
286
Passes
558
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
31
0.2
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
103
22
Accurate Long Balls
66
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
2
19
Effective Tackles
10
25
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
42
Effective Clearances
20
53
Clearances
25

Head to Head

EVE leads series 2-0

Lineups

EVE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24Tim HowardG
  2. 6Phil JagielkaCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 32Brendan GallowayLB
  5. 23Seamus ColemanRB
  6. 20Ross BarkleyAM
  7. 18Gareth BarryLM
  8. 16James McCarthyRM
  9. 10Romelu LukakuF
  10. 15Tom CleverleyAM-L
  11. 11Kevin MirallasAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 35Conor McAlenySUB
  2. 1Joel RoblesSUB
  3. 8Bryan OviedoSUB
  4. 14Steven NaismithSUB
  5. 9Arouna KonéSUB
  6. 27Jiang GuangtaiSUB
  7. 21Leon OsmanSUB

WAT · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 5Sebastian PrödlCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 8Valon BehramiCM-L
  7. 29Étienne CapoueCM-R
  8. 19Miguel LayúnLM
  9. 21Ikechi AnyaRM
  10. 9Troy DeeneyF
  11. 7José Manuel JuradoRCF

Substitutes

  1. 23Ben WatsonSUB
  2. 13Rene GilmartinSUB
  3. 4Gabriele AngellaSUB
  4. 18Daniel PudilSUB
  5. 14Juan Carlos ParedesSUB
  6. 10Matej VydraSUB
  7. 24Odion IghaloSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Everton 0, Watford 1. Miguel Layún (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  2. 42' Troy Deeney (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 54' Seamus Coleman (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Substitution, Watford. Juan Carlos Paredes replaces Miguel Layún.
  5. 63' Substitution, Everton. Arouna Koné replaces Brendan Galloway.
  6. 66' José Holebas (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 74' Substitution, Watford. Odion Ighalo replaces Jurado.
  8. 76' Goal! Everton 1, Watford 1. Ross Barkley (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Arouna Koné.
  9. 77' Substitution, Everton. Bryan Oviedo replaces Kevin Mirallas because of an injury.
  10. 79' Substitution, Watford. Ben Watson replaces Valon Behrami.
  11. 83' Goal! Everton 1, Watford 2. Odion Ighalo (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Troy Deeney.
  12. 86' Goal! Everton 2, Watford 2. Arouna Koné (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
  13. 90'+1' Substitution, Everton. Steven Naismith replaces Romelu Lukaku.

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