Premier League

Watford 1-2 Chelsea

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

Your time 26 Dec 2018, 19:30 Venue time 26 Dec 2018, 19:30 GMT

Watford vs Chelsea finished 1-2 in Premier League. Key event: 2' Pedro (assist Willian · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 52.2%). Head to head: H2H last 6 before 26 Dec 2018: 1 W / 2 D / 3 L for Watford. Home form: W W D L L; Away form: L W W L W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (26 Dec 2018): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form W W D L L Matches: 5 · 7 pts, goals 8-8, 1.60 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Away form L W W L W Matches: 5 · 9 pts, goals 7-4, 1.40 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Watford · season record 8 W · 3 D · 7 L 2018/2019: 18 recorded matches, goals 25–25; before 26 Dec 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Chelsea · season record 11 W · 4 D · 3 L 2018/2019: 18 recorded matches, goals 35–15; before 26 Dec 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 31 events

2' shot Pedro CHE assist Willian xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 52.2%

8' shot Willian CHE assist Mateo Kovacic xG 0.13 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95.6%, 73.8%

16' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT assist Kiko Femenía xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 87%, 44.1%

16' Sub Adrian Mariappa WAT on for Christian Kabasele · Injury substitution

26' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT assist Gerard Deulofeu xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93.2%, 33.8%

31' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT assist Roberto Pereyra xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 83.6%, 46%

36' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Gerard Deulofeu xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.1%, 42.8%

43' Sub Callum Hudson Odoi CHE on for Pedro · Injury substitution

45+1' Goal Eden Hazard 0–1 CHE assist Mateo Kovačić

45+3' Goal Roberto Pereyra 1–1 WAT assist José Holebas

45' shot Eden Hazard CHE assist Mateo Kovacic xG 0.73 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.2%, 59.8%

47' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT xG 0.4 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 96.3%, 60.3%

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47' shot Roberto Pereyra WAT assist José Holebas xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 81.8%, 49.1%

55' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.6%, 44.5%

57' shot Eden Hazard CHE xG 0.76 · Right Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

58' Goal Eden Hazard 1–2 CHE Penalty

58' Yellow Ben Foster WAT Yellow card

67' Sub Domingos Quina WAT on for Ken Sema

71' shot Willian CHE assist Eden Hazard xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 61.6%

78' shot N'Golo Kanté CHE assist Eden Hazard xG 0.15 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.6%, 35.7%

78' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Abdoulaye Doucouré xG 0.34 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.9%, 58.4%

80' Sub Ross Barkley CHE on for Mateo Kovačić

82' Sub Isaac Success WAT on for Gerard Deulofeu

85' Sub Emerson CHE on for Callum Hudson Odoi · Injury substitution

86' shot Jorginho CHE xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 76.3%, 53.9%

88' shot Willian CHE assist Marcos Alonso xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.7%, 53.3%

89' shot Antonio Rüdiger CHE assist Willian xG 0.08 · Open Play · location 92.7%, 47%

93' shot Adrian Mariappa WAT assist José Holebas xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 90%, 46%

93' shot Isaac Success WAT xG 0.12 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 90.4%, 53.4%

93' shot Ben Foster WAT assist Domingos Quina xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 74.6%, 63.6%

94' shot Eden Hazard CHE assist Willian xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95.2%, 68.4%

Shot map 21 shots · 3 goals

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

Watford 11 shots · 1.25 xG · 1 goal

Chelsea 10 shots · 2.2 xG · 2 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Head-to-head Meetings: 11

Chelsea leads the last 11 head-to-head meetings: 8 wins, 1 loss, 2 draws. Latest meeting: 22 May 2022 · Chelsea vs Watford · 2 - 1.

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Latest 11 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 5 after this match (26 Dec 2018). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

22 May 2022

Chelsea 2 - 1 Watford

01 Dec 2021

Watford 1 - 2 Chelsea

04 Jul 2020

Chelsea 3 - 0 Watford

02 Nov 2019

Watford 1 - 2 Chelsea

05 May 2019

Chelsea 3 - 0 Watford

05 Feb 2018

Watford 4 - 1 Chelsea

21 Oct 2017

Chelsea 4 - 2 Watford

15 May 2017

Chelsea 4 - 3 Watford

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20 Aug 2016

Watford 1 - 2 Chelsea

03 Feb 2016

Watford 0 - 0 Chelsea

26 Dec 2015

Chelsea 2 - 2 Watford

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (26 Dec 2018). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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