English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 29, 2021
Watford WLWLW 0
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Tottenham Hotspur WWLWW 1
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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium · 57,672 att.

Match Report

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Tottenham go top as Son strike sees off Watford

Tottenham moved to the top of the table with a 1-0 win over Watford as Harry Kane made his first league start of the season.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
10
7
Saves
2
42.4
Possession
57.6
9
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
297
Accurate Passes
439
364
Passes
500
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
25
0.3
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
40
26
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
11
16
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
9
36
Effective Clearances
11
36
Clearances
11

Head to Head

TOT leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

TOT · 4-3-3

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 15Eric DierCD-L
  3. 6Davinson SánchezCD-R
  4. 3Sergio ReguilónLB
  5. 25Japhet TangangaRB
  6. 29Oliver SkippCM
  7. 20Dele AlliLM
  8. 5Pierre-Emile HøjbjergRM
  9. 10Harry KaneF
  10. 23Steven BergwijnLF
  11. 7Son Heung-MinRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Lucas MouraSUB
  2. 19Ryan SessegnonSUB
  3. 2Matt DohertySUB
  4. 18Giovani Lo CelsoSUB
  5. 8Harry WinksSUB
  6. 4Cristian RomeroSUB
  7. 22Pierluigi GolliniSUB
  8. 33Ben DaviesSUB
  9. 11Bryan GilSUB

WAT · 4-1-4-1

  1. 26Daniel BachmannG
  2. 31Francisco SierraltaCD-L
  3. 5William Troost-EkongCD-R
  4. 4Peter EteboDM
  5. 11Adam MasinaLB
  6. 15Craig CathcartRB
  7. 33Juraj KuckaCM-L
  8. 19Moussa SissokoCM-R
  9. 25Emmanuel DennisLM
  10. 23Ismaïla SarrRM
  11. 7Joshua KingF

Substitutes

  1. 12Ken SemaSUB
  2. 2Jeremy NgakiaSUB
  3. 27Christian KabaseleSUB
  4. 8Tom CleverleySUB
  5. 29Cucho HernándezSUB
  6. 3Danny RoseSUB
  7. 6Imran LouzaSUB
  8. 17Ashley FletcherSUB
  9. 35Robert ElliotSUB

Timeline

  1. 28' Peter Etebo (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 42' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Watford 0. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 45' Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 51' Substitution, Watford. Jeremy Ngakia replaces Craig Cathcart because of an injury.
  5. 54' Moussa Sissoko (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Substitution, Watford. Cucho Hernández replaces Joshua King.
  8. 68' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Lucas Moura replaces Steven Bergwijn.
  9. 71' Substitution, Watford. Tom Cleverley replaces Moussa Sissoko.
  10. 85' Oliver Skipp (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 88' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Bryan Gil replaces Son Heung-Min.
  12. 90'+4' Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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