English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 30, 2019
Watford WLWLW 1
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Manchester United WWWLL 2
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WAT011
MAN112
Old Trafford · 74,543 att.

Match Report

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Manchester United get permanent Solskjaer era off to winning start

Goals from Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial secured a 2-0 home victory over Watford to put United back into the top four.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
7
48.5
Possession
51.5
20
SHOTS
8
8
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
323
Accurate Passes
340
399
Passes
431
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
1
19
Crosses
8
0.1
Cross %
0.1
50
Long Balls
54
27
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
8
13
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
10
15
Effective Clearances
35
15
Clearances
35

Head to Head

MAN leads series 4-1

Lineups

MAN · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 4Phil JonesCD-L
  3. 12Chris SmallingCD-R
  4. 23Luke ShawLB
  5. 18Ashley YoungRB
  6. 11Anthony MartialM
  7. 31Nemanja MaticCM
  8. 8Juan MataAM
  9. 6Paul PogbaLM
  10. 21Ander HerreraRM
  11. 10Marcus RashfordCF-R

WAT · 4-2-2-2

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 3Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 27Christian KabaseleCD-R
  4. 11Adam MasinaLB
  5. 2Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 29Étienne CapoueCM-L
  7. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréCM-R
  8. 9Troy DeeneyCF-L
  9. 7Gerard DeulofeuCF-R
  10. 37Roberto PereyraAM-L
  11. 19Will HughesAM-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Will Hughes (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Goal! Manchester United 1, Watford 0. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luke Shaw with a through ball following a fast break.
  3. 55' Substitution, Watford. Kiko Femenía replaces Daryl Janmaat because of an injury.
  4. 63' Substitution, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard replaces Juan Mata.
  5. 63' Substitution, Manchester United. Andreas Pereira replaces Ander Herrera.
  6. 72' Goal! Manchester United 2, Watford 0. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  7. 73' Substitution, Watford. Andre Gray replaces Gerard Deulofeu.
  8. 77' Substitution, Manchester United. Marcos Rojo replaces Anthony Martial.
  9. 81' Substitution, Watford. Isaac Success replaces Will Hughes.
  10. 82' Adam Masina (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90' Goal! Manchester United 2, Watford 1. Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Isaac Success.
  12. 90'+2' Andreas Pereira (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.

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