English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 28, 2019
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Watford LDLWD 3
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Match Report

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Ten-man Watford dominate Villa with Deeney double in 3-0 win

Watford gave their Premier League survival hopes a shot in the arm with a 3-0 home win over Aston Villa on Saturday, thanks to Troy Deeney's brace.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
2
51.2
Possession
48.8
11
SHOTS
20
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
352
Accurate Passes
331
433
Passes
417
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
5
22
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
63
24
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
9
6
Effective Tackles
10
11
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
9
23
Effective Clearances
23
23
Clearances
23

Head to Head

WAT leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

WAT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Ben FosterG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 27Christian KabaseleCD-R
  4. 21Kiko FemeníaLB
  5. 6Adrian MariappaRB
  6. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréAM
  7. 19Will HughesLM
  8. 29Étienne CapoueRM
  9. 9Troy DeeneyF
  10. 7Gerard DeulofeuAM-L
  11. 23Ismaïla SarrAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Andre GraySUB
  2. 1Heurelho GomesSUB
  3. 14Nathaniel ChalobahSUB
  4. 4Craig DawsonSUB
  5. 20Domingos QuinaSUB
  6. 11Adam MasinaSUB
  7. 22Isaac SuccessSUB

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Tom HeatonG
  2. 30Kortney HauseCD-L
  3. 15Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 27Ahmed ElmohamadyRB
  6. 8Henri LansburyAM
  7. 14Conor HourihaneLM
  8. 6Douglas LuizRM
  9. 9WesleyF
  10. 10Jack GrealishAM-L
  11. 23JotaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 17TrézéguetSUB
  2. 24Frédéric GuilbertSUB
  3. 25Ørjan NylandSUB
  4. 26Jonathan KodjiaSUB
  5. 21Anwar El GhaziSUB
  6. 11Marvelous NakambaSUB
  7. 5James ChesterSUB

Timeline

  1. 28' VAR Decision: No Penalty Aston Villa.
  2. 42' Goal! Watford 1, Aston Villa 0. Troy Deeney (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Jota.
  4. 45' Substitution, Watford. Nathaniel Chalobah replaces Will Hughes because of an injury.
  5. 51' Adrian Mariappa (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 57' Second yellow card to Adrian Mariappa (Watford) for a bad foul.
  7. 60' Substitution, Watford. Craig Dawson replaces Nathaniel Chalobah.
  8. 64' VAR Decision: Penalty Watford.
  9. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa. Frederic Guilbert replaces Matt Targett because of an injury.
  10. 67' Goal! Watford 2, Aston Villa 0. Troy Deeney (Watford) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  11. 71' Goal! Watford 3, Aston Villa 0. Ismaila Sarr (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Etienne Capoue following a fast break.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  12. 71' Ismaïla Sarr (Watford) VAR - Goal Awarded at 71'
  13. 72' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jonathan Kodjia replaces Henri Lansbury.
  14. 74' Etienne Capoue (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 84' Ismaila Sarr (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 85' Substitution, Watford. Adam Masina replaces Craig Cathcart because of an injury.
  17. 86' VAR Decision: No card change Gerard Deulofeu (Watford).
  18. 90'+2' Troy Deeney (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+6' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

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