English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 14, 2021
Aston Villa DLWWW 2
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Watford WWLWL 3
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WAT213
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Match Report

Sarr stars for Watford as Villa struggles without Grealish

— Watford record signing Ismaila Sarr starred on his Premier League return as the Hornets held off a late challenge from Aston Villa to secure a 3-2 win on Saturday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
0
62.1
Possession
37.9
11
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
435
Accurate Passes
234
508
Passes
317
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
2
26
Crosses
8
0.1
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
63
28
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
11
Interceptions
9
6
Effective Clearances
25
6
Clearances
25

Head to Head

WAT leads series 3-2

Lineups

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. 33Juraj KuckaCM-L
  8. 8Tom CleverleyCM-R
  9. 12Ken SemaLM
  10. 23Ismaïla SarrRM
  11. 25Emmanuel DennisF

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 3Matt TargettLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 10Emiliano BuendíaAM
  7. 19Marvelous NakambaLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 20Danny IngsF
  10. 18Ashley YoungAM-L
  11. 21Anwar El GhaziAM-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Watford 1, Aston Villa 0. Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 23' Juraj Kucka (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Goal! Watford 2, Aston Villa 0. Ismaila Sarr (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Dennis following a fast break.
  4. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Matt Targett.
  5. 54' Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 55' Ken Sema (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 60' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
  8. 66' Substitution, Watford. Cucho Hernández replaces Emmanuel Dennis because of an injury.
  9. 67' Goal! Watford 3, Aston Villa 0. Cucho Hernández (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Cleverley.
  10. 69' Substitution, Watford. Dan Gosling replaces Juraj Kucka.
  11. 70' Goal! Watford 3, Aston Villa 1. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Leon Bailey with a cross.
  12. 72' Substitution, Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  13. 79' Substitution, Watford. Troy Deeney replaces Tom Cleverley.
  14. 86' Peter Etebo (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+7' Goal! Watford 3, Aston Villa 2. Danny Ings (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.

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