Premier League

Arsenal 2-0 Watford

Arsenal vs Watford finished 2-0 in Premier League. Key event: 4' Alexandre Lacazette (xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 99.3%, 66%). Head to head: H2H last 6: 4-0-2. Home form: W W W W L; Away form: D L W W W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

ARS 2 - 0 Finished

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Competition Premier League Season 2018/2019 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 29 Sep 2018, 14:00 Venue time 29 Sep 2018, 15:00 BST

Match context 4 facts

Home form W W W W L 12 pts, goals 12-7, 2.40 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Away form D L W W W 10 pts, goals 9-6, 1.80 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Arsenal · season record 4 W · 0 D · 2 L 2018/2019: 6 recorded matches, goals 12–9; before 29 Sep 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Watford · season record 4 W · 1 D · 1 L 2018/2019: 6 recorded matches, goals 11–6; before 29 Sep 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 24 shots · 1 goal

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

Arsenal 9 shots · 1.57 xG · 1 goal

Full pitch shown to keep both teams on the same scale.

Watford 15 shots · 2.62 xG · 0 goals

Full pitch retained for 2 locations outside the attacking half.

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 35 events

4' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 99.3%, 66%

8' shot Etienne Capoue WAT xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 48.3%, 72.1%

10' shot Will Hughes WAT assist Troy Deeney · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.8%, 46.6%

14' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS xG 0.29 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.5%, 42.9%

23' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 81.3%, 52.2%

31' Yellow Troy Deeney WAT Yellow card

35' shot Christian Kabasele WAT assist José Holebas · xG 0.09 · Set Piece · location 95.3%, 51.8%

35' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Christian Kabasele · xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 96.8%, 53.9%

38' shot Granit Xhaka ARS assist Nacho Monreal · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.8%, 65.5%

45+3' Sub Bernd Leno ARS on for Petr Čech · Injury substitution

45' Yellow Lucas Torreira ARS Yellow card

50' shot Shkodran Mustafi ARS assist Granit Xhaka · xG 0.08 · From Corner · location 94.9%, 51.8%

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51' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist José Holebas · xG 0.23 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 87.2%, 52.6%

53' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS assist Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang · xG 0.43 · Open Play · location 89.2%, 56.1%

62' Yellow Shkodran Mustafi ARS Yellow card

63' Sub Alex Iwobi ARS on for Aaron Ramsey

66' shot Nacho Monreal ARS assist Granit Xhaka · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95.2%, 66.9%

67' shot Andre Gray WAT assist Troy Deeney · xG 0.31 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.3%, 67%

69' shot Roberto Pereyra WAT assist Abdoulaye Doucouré · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.9%, 72.6%

71' shot Isaac Success WAT assist Troy Deeney · xG 0.23 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.4%, 67.9%

72' Sub Isaac Success WAT on for Andre Gray

73' shot Craig Cathcart WAT xG 0.62 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 96.6%, 45.8%

74' shot Isaac Success WAT assist Troy Deeney · xG 0.28 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.2%, 33.6%

77' Sub Danny Welbeck ARS on for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

79' Yellow Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT Yellow card

80' shot Craig Cathcart WAT xG 0 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 4.6%, 54.9%

81' Goal Craig Cathcart 1–0ARS Own goal

82' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT assist Will Hughes · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.2%, 46.3%

82' shot Mesut Özil ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette · xG 0.51 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.3%, 47.4%

83' Goal Mesut Özil 2–0ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette

84' Sub Kiko Femenía WAT on for Marc Navarro

87' shot Roberto Pereyra WAT xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.8%, 60.4%

89' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT assist José Holebas · xG 0.57 · Open Play · location 92.1%, 51.8%

92' shot Alex Iwobi ARS assist Danny Welbeck · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.9%, 32%

93' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.8%, 63.7%

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

11 Mar 2018

Arsenal 3 - 0 Watford

14 Oct 2017

Watford 2 - 1 Arsenal

31 Jan 2017

Arsenal 1 - 2 Watford

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27 Aug 2016

Watford 1 - 3 Arsenal

02 Apr 2016

Arsenal 4 - 0 Watford

17 Oct 2015

Watford 0 - 3 Arsenal

Team statistics 17 metrics

63% Ball Possession 37%

63% 37%

1.57 Expected Goals 2.62

37% 62%

9 Total Shots 15

37% 62%

2 Shots on Goal 5

28% 71%

6 Corner Kicks 6

50% 50%

11 Fouls 17

39% 60%

2 Yellow Cards 2

50% 50%

5 Goalkeeper Saves 1

83% 16%

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1 Blocked shots 2

1 Offsides 3

17 Free kicks 10

6 Shots off target 7

18 Throw-ins 16

12 Goal kicks 9

5 Total saves 1

0 Hit woodwork 0

6 Shots inside box 10

Lineups

26 Ben Foster GK 23 Marc Navarro DEF 15 Craig Cathcart DEF 27 Christian Kabasele DEF 25 José Holebas DEF 16 Abdoulaye Doucouré MID 29 Étienne Capoue MID 19 Will Hughes MID 37 Roberto Pereyra MID 18 Andre Gray FWD 9 Troy Deeney FWD 1 Petr Čech GK 2 Héctor Bellerín DEF 20 Shkodran Mustafi DEF 16 Rob Holding DEF 18 Nacho Monreal DEF 11 Lucas Torreira MID 34 Granit Xhaka MID 10 Mesut Özil MID 8 Aaron Ramsey MID 14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang MID 9 Alexandre Lacazette FWD

Watford

4-2-2-2 · Manager Javi Gracia

26 B Ben Foster GK

23 M Marc Navarro DEF

15 C Craig Cathcart DEF

27 C Christian Kabasele DEF

25 J José Holebas DEF

16 A Abdoulaye Doucouré MID

29 É Étienne Capoue MID

19 W Will Hughes MID

37 R Roberto Pereyra MID

18 A Andre Gray FWD

9 T Troy Deeney · Captain FWD

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10 I Isaac Success FWD

21 K Kiko Femenía DEF

1 H Heurelho Gomes GK

6 A Adrian Mariappa DEF

11 A Adam Masina DEF

14 N Nathaniel Chalobah MID

12 K Ken Sema MID

Arsenal

4-2-3-1 · Manager Unai Emery

1 P Petr Čech · Captain GK

2 H Héctor Bellerín DEF

20 S Shkodran Mustafi DEF

16 R Rob Holding DEF

18 N Nacho Monreal DEF

11 L Lucas Torreira MID

34 G Granit Xhaka MID

10 M Mesut Özil MID

8 A Aaron Ramsey MID

14 P Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang MID

9 A Alexandre Lacazette FWD

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19 B Bernd Leno GK

17 A Alex Iwobi MID

23 D Danny Welbeck FWD

12 S Stephan Lichtsteiner DEF

31 S Sead Kolašinac DEF

29 M Mattéo Guendouzi MID

7 H Henrikh Mkhitaryan MID