Premier League

Arsenal 3-2 Watford

Competition Premier League Season 2019/2020 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 26 Jul 2020, 15:00 Venue time 26 Jul 2020, 16:00 BST

Arsenal vs Watford finished 3-2 in Premier League. Key event: 2' Alexandre Lacazette (Penalty not awarded). Head to head: H2H last 8 before 26 Jul 2020: 5 W / 1 D / 2 L for Arsenal. Home form: L W L D W; Away form: L L W W L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (26 Jul 2020): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form L W L D W Matches: 5 · 7 pts, goals 6-5, 1.20 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Away form L L W W L Matches: 5 · 6 pts, goals 5-12, 1.00 scored/match, 2.40 conceded/match

Arsenal · season record 13 W · 14 D · 10 L 2019/2020: 37 recorded matches, goals 53–46; before 26 Jul 2020 UTC. Not official standings.

Watford · season record 8 W · 10 D · 19 L 2019/2020: 37 recorded matches, goals 34–61; before 26 Jul 2020 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 52 events

2' VAR Alexandre Lacazette ARS Penalty not awarded

4' shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS xG 0.76 · Right Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

5' shot Danny Welbeck WAT assist Adam Masina xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.2%, 73.2%

5' Goal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 1–0 ARS Penalty

6' shot Ismaila Sarr WAT assist Abdoulaye Doucouré xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.5%, 47.2%

10' shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS assist Nicolas Pepe xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.4%, 54.5%

12' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT assist Ismaila Sarr xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 55.3%

12' shot Roberto Pereyra WAT assist Abdoulaye Doucouré xG 0.4 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95%, 59%

16' shot Danny Welbeck WAT assist Roberto Pereyra xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 89%, 60%

17' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Kiko Femenía xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 91.1%, 48.8%

18' shot Joe Willock ARS xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.2%, 37.1%

23' shot Kieran Tierney ARS assist Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 83.6%, 60.6%

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24' Goal Kieran Tierney 2–0 ARS assist Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

32' shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS assist Kieran Tierney xG 0.15 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.1%, 54.6%

33' Goal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 3–0 ARS assist Kieran Tierney

35' shot David Luiz ARS assist Dani Ceballos xG 0.04 · From Corner · location 93.6%, 56.9%

35' Yellow Roberto Pereyra WAT Yellow card

37' shot Ismaila Sarr WAT xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79%, 37.6%

42' shot Troy Deeney WAT xG 0.76 · Right Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

43' Goal Troy Deeney 3–1 WAT Penalty

45+2' Sub Adrian Mariappa WAT on for Kiko Femenía

45+5' Yellow Will Hughes WAT Yellow card

45' Yellow Granit Xhaka ARS Yellow card

48' shot Danny Welbeck WAT assist Roberto Pereyra xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 93.2%, 64.4%

49' shot Adam Masina WAT xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.1%, 52.2%

49' shot Adam Masina WAT xG 0.36 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 54.4%

51' Yellow Craig Dawson WAT Yellow card

52' shot Rob Holding ARS assist Nicolas Pepe xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 95.8%, 42.8%

53' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 74.9%, 48.3%

57' Sub Sead Kolašinac ARS on for Joe Willock

57' Sub Eddie Nketiah ARS on for Alexandre Lacazette

61' shot Ainsley Maitland-Niles ARS assist Dani Ceballos xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.7%, 43.6%

62' shot Rob Holding ARS assist Sead Kolasinac xG 0.06 · From Corner · location 92.8%, 54.6%

62' shot Nicolas Pepe ARS assist Ainsley Maitland-Niles xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.1%, 26.4%

63' shot Danny Welbeck WAT assist Troy Deeney xG 0.37 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93%, 57.7%

65' shot Danny Welbeck WAT assist Ismaila Sarr xG 0.54 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95.4%, 47.1%

66' Goal Danny Welbeck 3–2 WAT assist Ismaïla Sarr

72' shot Roberto Pereyra WAT xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 75.8%, 69.6%

72' Yellow Rob Holding ARS Yellow card

72' Sub Lucas Torreira ARS on for Dani Ceballos

72' Sub Reiss Nelson ARS on for Nicolas Pépé

73' shot Danny Welbeck WAT assist Ismaila Sarr xG 0.53 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.3%, 48.3%

74' shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS assist Eddie Nketiah xG 0.4 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.3%, 63.4%

74' Yellow Emiliano Martínez ARS Yellow card

78' shot Kieran Tierney ARS assist Reiss Nelson xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 94.9%, 71.4%

80' shot Craig Dawson WAT assist Will Hughes xG 0.04 · From Corner · location 91.6%, 49.8%

81' Sub Nathaniel Chalobah WAT on for Will Hughes

81' Sub Tom Cleverley WAT on for Abdoulaye Doucouré

88' Sub João Pedro WAT on for Roberto Pereyra

90' shot Reiss Nelson ARS assist Ainsley Maitland-Niles xG 0.16 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 49.6%

92' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Nathaniel Chalobah xG 0.46 · Set Piece · location 93.3%, 51.2%

94' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Ismaila Sarr xG 0.05 · Open Play · location 89.5%, 55.1%

Shot map 32 shots · 5 goals

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

Arsenal 13 shots · 1.95 xG · 3 goals

Watford 19 shots · 3.99 xG · 2 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Head-to-head Meetings: 11

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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Latest 11 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 2 after this match (26 Jul 2020). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

06 Mar 2022

Watford 2 - 3 Arsenal

07 Nov 2021

Arsenal 1 - 0 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

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

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (26 Jul 2020). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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