English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 15, 2018
Cardiff City WLWLW 2
–
Watford DLLLD 3
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WAT123
Vicarage Road · 20,032 att.

Match Report

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Watford withstand Cardiff comeback to win five-goal clash

Watford held on to repel a late comeback and beat Cardiff City 3-2 in the Premier League at Vicarage Road on Saturday.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
1
28.5
Possession
71.5
10
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
158
Accurate Passes
548
255
Passes
663
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
1
13
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.1
71
Long Balls
65
26
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
6
17
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
6
26
Effective Clearances
14
26
Clearances
14

Head to Head

CAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WAT · 4-2-2-2

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 27Christian KabaseleCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 21Kiko FemeníaRB
  6. 20Domingos QuinaCM-L
  7. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréCM-R
  8. 9Troy DeeneyCF-L
  9. 7Gerard DeulofeuCF-R
  10. 37Roberto PereyraAM-L
  11. 12Ken SemaAM-R

CAR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 22Sol BambaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 17Aron GunnarssonDM
  5. 3Joe BennettLB
  6. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaRB
  7. 7Harry ArterCM-L
  8. 21Víctor CamarasaCM-R
  9. 11Josh MurphyLM
  10. 33Junior HoilettRM
  11. 13Callum PatersonF

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Watford 1, Cardiff City 0. Gerard Deulofeu (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abdoulaye Doucouré.
  2. 45' Substitution, Cardiff City. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing replaces Josh Murphy.
  3. 52' Goal! Watford 2, Cardiff City 0. José Holebas (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Gerard Deulofeu.
  4. 59' Substitution, Cardiff City. Lee Peltier replaces Joe Bennett because of an injury.
  5. 68' Goal! Watford 3, Cardiff City 0. Domingos Quina (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ken Sema.
  6. 77' Substitution, Watford. Isaac Success replaces Ken Sema.
  7. 78' Substitution, Cardiff City. Bobby Reid replaces Aron Gunnarsson.
  8. 80' Goal! Watford 3, Cardiff City 1. David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Víctor Camarasa.
  9. 81' Substitution, Watford. Stefano Okaka replaces Troy Deeney.
  10. 82' Goal! Watford 3, Cardiff City 2. Bobby Reid (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  11. 87' Substitution, Watford. Tom Cleverley replaces Gerard Deulofeu.

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