English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 11, 2018
Brighton & Hove Albion DLDDW 0
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Watford DLWWD 2
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BHA000
WAT112
Vicarage Road · 20,051 att.

Match Report

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Roberto Pereyra shines as Watford ease to victory vs. Brighton

Roberto Pereyra scored twice as Watford opened their Premier League campaign with a 2-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion at Vicarage Road.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
0
46.8
Possession
53.2
6
SHOTS
19
0
ON GOAL
5
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
297
Accurate Passes
328
385
Passes
437
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
7
15
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.4
79
Long Balls
79
40
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
17
Interceptions
11
26
Effective Clearances
11
26
Clearances
11

Head to Head

WAT leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WAT · 4-2-2-2

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 27Christian KabaseleCD-L
  3. 15Craig CathcartCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 2Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 29Étienne CapoueCM-L
  7. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréCM-R
  8. 9Troy DeeneyCF-L
  9. 18Andre GrayCF-R
  10. 37Roberto PereyraAM-L
  11. 19Will HughesAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Heurelho GomesSUB
  2. 10Isaac SuccessSUB
  3. 21Kiko FemeníaSUB
  4. 6Adrian MariappaSUB
  5. 5Sebastian PrödlSUB
  6. 12Ken SemaSUB
  7. 11Adam MasinaSUB

BHA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 4Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 30BernardoLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 24Davy PropperCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 20Solly MarchLM
  9. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 17Glenn MurrayF
  11. 13Pascal GrossRCF

Substitutes

  1. 8Yves BissoumaSUB
  2. 9Jürgen LocadiaSUB
  3. 14Leon BalogunSUB
  4. 27David ButtonSUB
  5. 3Gaëtan BongSUB
  6. 7Biram KiyalSUB
  7. 16Alireza JahanbakhshSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Dale Stephens (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Gaëtan Bong replaces Bruno because of an injury.
  3. 35' Goal! Watford 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Roberto Pereyra (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by José Holebas with a cross following a corner.
  4. 54' Goal! Watford 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Roberto Pereyra (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Holebas.
  5. 60' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yves Bissouma replaces Pascal Groß.
  6. 64' Etienne Capoue (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 71' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Solly March.
  8. 73' José Holebas (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Substitution, Watford. Isaac Success replaces Andre Gray.
  10. 81' Substitution, Watford. Ken Sema replaces Will Hughes.
  11. 81' Bernardo (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 87' Substitution, Watford. Kiko Femenía replaces Roberto Pereyra.

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