English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 21, 2021
Watford WLWLW 0
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Brighton & Hove Albion LDWLW 2
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WAT000
BHA202
American Express Stadium · 29,485 att.

Match Report

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Brighton ease past Watford to go joint top of Premier League

Brighton moved joint top of the Premier League after Shane Duffy and Neal Maupay goals earned them a 2-0 home win against Watford on Saturday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
1
43.1
Possession
56.9
10
SHOTS
13
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
365
Accurate Passes
502
441
Passes
585
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
47
Long Balls
43
27
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
8
25
Effective Clearances
17
25
Clearances
17

Head to Head

BHA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Robert SánchezG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 24Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 20Solly MarchLB
  5. 4Adam WebsterRB
  6. 8Yves BissoumaCM-L
  7. 14Adam LallanaCM-R
  8. 10Alexis Mac AllisterLM
  9. 13Pascal GrossRM
  10. 9Neal MaupayF
  11. 11Leandro TrossardRCF

WAT · 4-1-4-1

  1. 26Daniel BachmannG
  2. 27Christian KabaseleCD-L
  3. 5William Troost-EkongCD-R
  4. 4Peter EteboDM
  5. 11Adam MasinaLB
  6. 15Craig CathcartRB
  7. 6Imran LouzaCM-L
  8. 8Tom CleverleyCM-R
  9. 12Ken SemaLM
  10. 23Ismaïla SarrRM
  11. 25Emmanuel DennisF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Watford 0. Shane Duffy (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a cross following a corner.
  2. 41' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Watford 0. Neal Maupay (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Yves Bissouma.
  3. 45' Substitution, Watford. Cucho Hernández replaces Imran Louza.
  4. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Aaron Connolly replaces Neal Maupay because of an injury.
  5. 62' Adam Webster (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 65' Shane Duffy (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Substitution, Watford. Joshua King replaces Craig Cathcart.
  8. 72' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Enock Mwepu replaces Leandro Trossard.
  9. 78' Substitution, Watford. Troy Deeney replaces Ken Sema.
  10. 80' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jakub Moder replaces Adam Lallana.
  11. 86' Enock Mwepu (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+1' Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

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