Premier League

Liverpool 2-0 Watford

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

Your time 08 May 2016, 19:00 Venue time 08 May 2016, 20:00 BST

Liverpool vs Watford finished 2-0 in Premier League. Key event: 7' Odion Jude Ighalo (Open Play · Off T · xG 0.01). Head to head: H2H last 1 before 08 May 2016: 0 W / 0 D / 1 L for Liverpool. Home form: L D W W W; Away form: W L W D L. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 1.50 / 4.50 / 7.00; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (08 May 2016): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form L D W W W Matches: 5 · 10 pts, goals 13-7, 2.60 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Away form W L W D L Matches: 5 · 7 pts, goals 6-10, 1.20 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Liverpool · season record 15 W · 10 D · 10 L 2015/2016: 35 recorded matches, goals 59–48; before 08 May 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Watford · season record 12 W · 8 D · 15 L 2015/2016: 35 recorded matches, goals 36–42; before 08 May 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 64 events

The goal sequence could not be confirmed against the final score. Available events are shown below.

7' shot Odion Jude Ighalo WAT Open Play · Off T · xG 0.01

7' shot Odion Ighalo WAT xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 64.7%, 37.5%

9' shot Almen Abdi WAT xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.9%, 41.8%

11' shot Philippe Coutinho Correia LIV Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.05

11' shot Philippe Coutinho LIV assist Sheyi Ojo xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.2%, 69%

12' shot Martin Skrtel LIV assist Jordon Ibe xG 0.07 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 91.8%, 43.4%

17' shot Alberto Moreno Pérez LIV Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

17' shot Alberto Moreno LIV assist Sheyi Ojo xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 76.9%, 64.2%

24' shot Ikechi Anya WAT assist Almen Abdi xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.3%, 71.1%

27' shot Christian Benteke Liolo LIV Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

27' shot Christian Benteke LIV assist Alberto Moreno xG 0.02 · Set Piece · location 89.3%, 32.9%

29' shot Sebastian Prödl WAT assist Jurado xG 0.1 · From Corner · location 92%, 48%

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29' shot Almen Abdi WAT xG 0.06 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 86.5%, 38.4%

33' shot Christian Benteke Liolo LIV Free Kick · Blocked · xG 0.08

33' shot Christian Benteke LIV xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 78%, 56.3%

34' shot Joe Allen LIV assist Christian Benteke xG 0.4 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 88.9%, 47%

36' shot Odion Jude Ighalo WAT Open Play · Off T · xG 0.14

36' shot Odion Ighalo WAT assist Jurado xG 0.05 · Open Play · location 92.7%, 49.5%

39' shot Ben Watson WAT xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.2%, 36.3%

40' shot Philippe Coutinho Correia LIV Open Play · Saved Off Target · xG 0.01

40' shot Philippe Coutinho LIV assist Alberto Moreno xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 68.4%, 76.7%

41' shot Philippe Coutinho Correia LIV Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.07

41' shot Philippe Coutinho LIV assist Alberto Moreno xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.9%, 51.3%

47' shot Philippe Coutinho Correia LIV Open Play · Off T · xG 0.49

47' shot Philippe Coutinho LIV assist Christian Benteke xG 0.15 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.9%, 52.3%

48' shot Philippe Coutinho Correia LIV Open Play · Saved · xG 0.05

48' shot Philippe Coutinho LIV assist Christian Benteke xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.6%, 60.9%

51' Sub Adlène Guédioura WAT on for Mario Suárez Mata · Tactical

54' shot Odion Jude Ighalo WAT Open Play · Saved · xG 0.22

54' shot Odion Ighalo WAT assist Ikechi Anya xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.9%, 47.5%

55' shot Adlène Guédioura WAT assist Ikechi Anya xG 0.01 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 76.4%, 73.9%

56' Sub Steven Berghuis WAT on for José Manuel Jurado Marín · Tactical

57' Yellow Miguel Ángel Britos Cabrera WAT Yellow Card

59' Yellow Miguel Britos WAT

60' Sub Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira LIV on for Philippe Coutinho Correia · Tactical

61' shot Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira LIV Open Play · Saved · xG 0.01

61' Yellow Jon Flanagan LIV Yellow Card

61' shot Roberto Firmino LIV assist Sheyi Ojo xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.4%, 25.8%

63' Yellow Jon Flanagan LIV

67' shot Almen Abdi WAT xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 79.3%, 57.5%

68' Sub Nordin Amrabat WAT on for Almen Abdi · Tactical

71' shot Steven Berghuis WAT assist Troy Deeney xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.6%, 32.3%

72' Yellow Steven Berghuis WAT Yellow Card

75' Goal Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira LIV Open Play · Goal

75' shot Roberto Firmino LIV assist Sheyi Ojo xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.5%, 40.8%

76' shot Odion Jude Ighalo WAT Open Play · Saved · xG 0.09

76' shot Odion Ighalo WAT assist Steven Berghuis xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.1%, 33.9%

77' shot Miguel Ángel Britos Cabrera WAT Open Play · Off T · xG 0.12

77' Sub Cameron Brannagan LIV on for Oluwaseyi Babajide Ojo · Tactical

77' shot Miguel Britos WAT assist Steven Berghuis xG 0.09 · From Corner · location 93.5%, 56.7%

80' shot Odion Jude Ighalo WAT Open Play · Wayward · xG 0.18

80' shot Odion Ighalo WAT assist Nordin Amrabat xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.4%, 48.3%

81' shot Christian Benteke Liolo LIV Open Play · Saved · xG 0.33

81' shot Christian Benteke LIV assist Joe Allen xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.9%, 41%

82' shot Christian Benteke Liolo LIV Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.05

82' shot Christian Benteke LIV assist Cameron Brannagan xG 0.07 · From Corner · location 91.3%, 55.2%

86' shot Christian Benteke Liolo LIV Open Play · Wayward · xG 0.4

86' shot Christian Benteke LIV assist Roberto Firmino xG 0.15 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.3%, 44.5%

86' shot Jordon Ibe LIV assist Christian Benteke xG 0.37 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 96.6%, 61.7%

87' Sub Connor Steven Randall LIV on for Alberto Moreno Pérez · Tactical

88' shot Christian Benteke Liolo LIV Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.07

88' shot Christian Benteke LIV assist Roberto Firmino xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.4%, 69.8%

90+1' shot Christian Benteke Liolo LIV Open Play · Off T · xG 0.61

91' shot Christian Benteke LIV assist Cameron Brannagan xG 0.59 · Open Play · location 95.4%, 52.3%

Shot map 33 shots · 2 goals

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

Liverpool 19 shots · 2.45 xG · 2 goals

Watford 14 shots · 0.94 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Liverpool160 plotted of 242 coordinate passes

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

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Watford160 plotted of 206 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.

Liverpool73 exact passer-recipient links

ALL IBE FLA ŠKR BRA

ALLJoe Allen12 passes
IBEJordon Ibe8 passes
FLAJon Flanagan24 passes
ŠKRMartin Škrtel19 passes
BRACameron Brannagan10 passes

Watford88 exact passer-recipient links

PRÖ ABD WAT DEE AMR ANY CAT GUÉ BER

PRÖSebastian Prödl3 passes
ABDAlmen Abdi11 passes
WATBen Watson13 passes
DEETroy Deeney11 passes
AMRNordin Amrabat3 passes
ANYIkechi Anya17 passes
CATCraig Cathcart13 passes
GUÉAdlène Guédioura10 passes
BERSteven Berghuis7 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

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

Liverpool242 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Watford206 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 20 recorded possessions

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

LiverpoolWatford

5–10′0–100
10–15′0–100
15–20′0–100
20–25′0–100
25–30′31–69
30–35′76–24
35–40′0–100
40–45′0–100
45–50′0–100
50–55′0–100
55–60′0–100
60–65′37–63
65–70′100–0
70–75′48–52
75–80′0–100
80–85′0–100
85–90′0–100
90–95′100–0

Head-to-head Meetings: 11

Liverpool leads the last 11 head-to-head meetings: 8 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw. Latest meeting: 02 Apr 2022 · Liverpool vs Watford · 2 - 0.

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Showing 8 of 11 head-to-head matches.

Latest 11 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 10 after this match (08 May 2016). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

02 Apr 2022

Liverpool 2 - 0 Watford

16 Oct 2021

Watford 0 - 5 Liverpool

29 Feb 2020

Watford 3 - 0 Liverpool

14 Dec 2019

Liverpool 2 - 0 Watford

27 Feb 2019

Liverpool 5 - 0 Watford

24 Nov 2018

Watford 0 - 3 Liverpool

17 Mar 2018

Liverpool 5 - 0 Watford

12 Aug 2017

Watford 3 - 3 Liverpool

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01 May 2017

Watford 0 - 1 Liverpool

06 Nov 2016

Liverpool 6 - 1 Watford

20 Dec 2015

Watford 3 - 0 Liverpool

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (08 May 2016). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

Showing 8 of 12 team results.

01 Nov 2026

Liverpool 0 - 1 Arsenal