Premier League

Arsenal 4-0 Watford

Arsenal vs Watford finished 4-0 in Premier League. Key event: 3' Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (Open Play · Saved · xG 0.15). Head to head: H2H last 1: 1-0-0. Home form: W D L L W; Away form: L L L D W. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 1.36 / 5.00 / 9.50; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

ARS 4 - 0 Finished

WAT

Competition Premier League Season 2015/2016 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 02 Apr 2016, 18:00 Venue time 02 Apr 2016, 19:00 BST

Match context 4 facts

Home form W D L L W 7 pts, goals 9-8, 1.80 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Away form L L L D W 4 pts, goals 3-5, 0.60 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Arsenal · season record 16 W · 7 D · 7 L 2015/2016: 30 recorded matches, goals 48–30; before 02 Apr 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Watford · season record 10 W · 7 D · 13 L 2015/2016: 30 recorded matches, goals 30–32; before 02 Apr 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 26 shots · 4 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Arsenal 19 shots · 3.23 xG · 4 goals

Watford 7 shots · 0.29 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Arsenal160 plotted of 252 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Watford160 plotted of 253 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Arsenal37 exact passer-recipient links

GIR IWO KOS ÖZI WAL

GIROlivier Giroud1 passes
IWOAlex Iwobi8 passes
KOSLaurent Koscielny5 passes
ÖZIMesut Özil19 passes
WALTheo Walcott4 passes

Watford118 exact passer-recipient links

AKÉ PRÖ ABD WAT CAP DEE AMR ANY CAT GUÉ

AKÉNathan Aké18 passes
PRÖSebastian Prödl11 passes
ABDAlmen Abdi8 passes
WATBen Watson21 passes
CAPEtienne Capoue5 passes
DEETroy Deeney14 passes
AMRNordin Amrabat10 passes
ANYIkechi Anya10 passes
CATCraig Cathcart12 passes
GUÉAdlène Guédioura9 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Arsenal252 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Watford253 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 44 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

ArsenalWatford

0–5′23–77
5–10′100–0
10–15′46–54
15–20′41–59
20–25′9–91
25–30′57–43
30–35′74–26
35–40′0–100
40–45′68–32
45–50′16–84
50–55′0–100
55–60′0–100
60–65′17–83
65–70′99–1
70–75′88–12
75–80′73–27
80–85′49–51
85–90′0–100
90–95′0–100

Timeline 48 events

3' shot Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez ARS Open Play · Saved · xG 0.15

3' Goal Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez 1–0 ARS Open Play · Goal

3' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS assist Alex Iwobi · xG 0.3 · Open Play · location 92.3%, 46.4%

3' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS xG 0.65 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95%, 48.5%

7' shot Ignacio Monreal Eraso ARS Open Play · Off T · xG 0.12

7' shot Nacho Monreal ARS assist Alexis Sánchez · xG 0.04 · Open Play · location 90.4%, 59.6%

12' shot Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck ARS Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.12

12' shot Danny Welbeck ARS assist Alexis Sánchez · xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.3%, 53.6%

13' shot Alex Iwobi ARS assist Danny Welbeck · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.6%, 75.5%

14' shot Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck ARS Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.06

14' shot Danny Welbeck ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.3%, 42.6%

17' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Nyom · xG 0.02 · Open Play · location 88.2%, 52%

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20' shot Francis Joseph Coquelin ARS Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.05

20' shot Francis Coquelin ARS xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.9%, 41.7%

21' shot Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny ARS Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.04

21' shot Mohamed Elneny ARS assist Alex Iwobi · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.9%, 49.1%

23' shot Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez ARS Free Kick · Saved · xG 0.03

23' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 74.5%, 65.8%

37' shot Alex Iwobi ARS assist Alexis Sánchez · xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.9%, 48.2%

40' Sub Ikechi Anya WAT on for Etienne Capoue · Tactical

45' Sub Nordin Amrabat WAT on for Odion Jude Ighalo · Tactical

45' shot Alex Iwobi ARS assist Nacho Monreal · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.5%, 71.1%

47' Goal Héctor Bellerín Moruno 2–0ARS Open Play · Goal

47' shot Héctor Bellerín ARS xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.6%, 36.3%

48' Goal Héctor Bellerín 3–0ARS

49' shot Alex Iwobi ARS assist Alexis Sánchez · xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.8%, 37.1%

49' shot Mesut Özil ARS xG 0.31 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.5%, 64.7%

52' shot Mesut Özil ARS assist Alexis Sánchez · xG 0.44 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93%, 36.7%

53' shot Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez ARS Open Play · Saved · xG 0.03

53' shot Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck ARS Open Play · Saved · xG 0.08

53' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS assist Alex Iwobi · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.7%, 40.6%

53' shot Danny Welbeck ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 91.1%, 45.2%

54' shot Nordin Amrabat WAT assist Mario Suárez · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 94.6%, 22.1%

55' shot Sebastian Prödl WAT assist Troy Deeney · xG 0.07 · Set Piece · location 92.7%, 52.9%

55' shot Nathan Aké WAT assist Troy Deeney · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 89.9%, 62.5%

60' Yellow Allan Romeo Nyom WAT Yellow Card

68' Sub Olivier Giroud ARS on for Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck · Tactical

68' Sub Adlène Guédioura WAT on for Almen Abdi · Tactical

69' shot Troy Deeney WAT xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.3%, 56.3%

72' Sub Theo Walcott ARS on for Alex Iwobi · Tactical

72' shot Olivier Giroud ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 92.4%, 49.8%

78' Sub Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels ARS on for Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez · Tactical

83' Yellow Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny ARS Yellow Card

84' shot Adlène Guédioura WAT assist Ben Watson · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 70.3%, 48.7%

84' shot Adlène Guédioura WAT assist Ben Watson · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 76.4%, 77.7%

84' Yellow Mohamed Elneny ARS

89' shot Theo Walcott ARS assist Joel Campbell · xG 0.66 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95.2%, 51.3%

90' Goal Theo Walcott 4–0ARS assist Joel Campbell

Head-to-head H2H last 11: 8-2-1

Arsenal leads the last 11 head-to-head meetings: 8 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw. Latest meeting: 06 Mar 2022 · Watford vs Arsenal · 2 - 3.

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Showing 8 of 11 head-to-head matches.

06 Mar 2022

Watford 2 - 3 Arsenal

07 Nov 2021

Arsenal 1 - 0 Watford

26 Jul 2020

Arsenal 3 - 2 Watford

15 Sep 2019

Watford 2 - 2 Arsenal

15 Apr 2019

Watford 0 - 1 Arsenal

29 Sep 2018

Arsenal 2 - 0 Watford

11 Mar 2018

Arsenal 3 - 0 Watford

14 Oct 2017

Watford 2 - 1 Arsenal

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31 Jan 2017

Arsenal 1 - 2 Watford

27 Aug 2016

Watford 1 - 3 Arsenal

17 Oct 2015

Watford 0 - 3 Arsenal

Team statistics 8 metrics

3.01 Expected Goals 0.29

91% 8%

19 Total Shots 7

73% 26%

64% Ball Possession 36%

64% 36%

10 Shots on Goal 3

76% 23%

7 Fouls 10

41% 58%

8 Corner Kicks 3

72% 27%

Possession over time 18 recorded checkpoints · Trend view

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4 Shots off target 4

15 Crosses 17

Lineups

Arsenal

17 A Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez RIGHT WING

6 L Laurent Koscielny LEFT CENTER BACK

34 F Francis Joseph Coquelin LEFT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

11 M Mesut Özil CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

18 I Ignacio Monreal Eraso LEFT BACK

24 H Héctor Bellerín Moruno RIGHT BACK

35 M Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny RIGHT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

23 D Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck CENTER FORWARD

45 A Alex Iwobi LEFT WING

13 D David Ospina Ramírez GK

5 G Gabriel Armando de Abreu RIGHT CENTER BACK

Watford

15 C Craig Cathcart LEFT CENTER BACK

16 N Nathan Aké LEFT BACK

5 S Sebastian Prödl RIGHT CENTER BACK

9 T Troy Deeney LEFT CENTER FORWARD

1 H Heurelho da Silva Gomes GK

23 B Ben Watson RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

29 E Etienne Capoue LEFT MIDFIELD

2 A Allan Romeo Nyom RIGHT BACK

24 O Odion Jude Ighalo RIGHT CENTER FORWARD

4 M Mario Suárez Mata LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

22 A Almen Abdi RIGHT MIDFIELD

Historical 1X2 odds

Home / Draw / Away1.36 / 5.00 / 9.50

Bookmaker samples7