Premier League

Watford 2-0 Manchester United

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

Your time 22 Dec 2019, 14:00 Venue time 22 Dec 2019, 14:00 GMT

Watford vs Manchester United finished 2-0 in Premier League. Key event: 5' Anthony Martial (assist Daniel James · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.1%, 41%). Head to head: H2H last 8 before 22 Dec 2019: 1 W / 0 D / 7 L for Watford. Home form: L D L L L; Away form: D W W D D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (22 Dec 2019): 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 L L L Matches: 5 · 1 pts, goals 1-9, 0.20 scored/match, 1.80 conceded/match

Away form D W W D D Matches: 5 · 9 pts, goals 10-8, 2.00 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Watford · season record 1 W · 6 D · 10 L 2019/2020: 17 recorded matches, goals 9–32; before 22 Dec 2019 UTC. Not official standings.

Manchester United · season record 6 W · 7 D · 4 L 2019/2020: 17 recorded matches, goals 26–20; before 22 Dec 2019 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 41 events

5' shot Anthony Martial MUN assist Daniel James xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.1%, 41%

23' shot Jesse Lingard MUN assist Marcus Rashford xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.9%, 75.7%

25' shot Troy Deeney WAT xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.8%, 45.1%

32' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Will Hughes xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.6%, 56%

33' shot Jesse Lingard MUN assist Anthony Martial xG 0.3 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.2%, 37.9%

36' Yellow Étienne Capoue WAT Yellow card

38' Yellow Luke Shaw MUN Yellow card

39' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT assist Kiko Femenía xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 87.3%, 55.7%

42' shot Scott McTominay MUN assist Fred xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.9%, 49.7%

49' shot Ismaila Sarr WAT assist Christian Kabasele xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 91.6%, 37.6%

50' Goal Ismaïla Sarr 1–0 WAT assist Christian Kabasele

51' shot Scott McTominay MUN assist Fred xG 0.02 · Set Piece · location 95.4%, 64.9%

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51' Yellow Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT Yellow card

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

53' VAR Ismaïla Sarr WAT Penalty awarded

54' Goal Troy Deeney 2–0 WAT Penalty

57' shot Scott McTominay MUN assist Fred xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.1%, 45.8%

57' shot Scott McTominay MUN xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.9%, 52.7%

58' Sub Mason Greenwood MUN on for Daniel James

61' shot Will Hughes WAT xG 0.03 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 80.2%, 43.9%

64' Sub Paul Pogba MUN on for Jesse Lingard

66' shot Anthony Martial MUN assist Luke Shaw xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.6%, 69.4%

67' shot Mason Greenwood MUN assist Marcus Rashford xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 89.2%, 43.4%

67' shot Ismaila Sarr WAT assist Gerard Deulofeu xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.1%, 55.7%

67' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Adrian Mariappa xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.6%, 47%

69' Sub Nathaniel Chalobah WAT on for Abdoulaye Doucouré

71' shot Marcus Rashford MUN xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 92.5%, 87.2%

72' Sub Juan Mata MUN on for Scott McTominay

73' shot Gerard Deulofeu WAT xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 96.9%, 64.8%

73' shot Troy Deeney WAT xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.8%, 58.4%

75' shot Paul Pogba MUN assist Marcus Rashford xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.6%, 77.9%

77' shot Kiko Femenía WAT assist Roberto Pereyra xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 74.8%, 54.5%

77' Sub Roberto Pereyra WAT on for Étienne Capoue

80' shot Harry Maguire MUN assist Juan Mata xG 0.04 · From Corner · location 91.7%, 53%

81' shot Paul Pogba MUN assist Anthony Martial xG 0.28 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 94.3%, 68.2%

84' shot Mason Greenwood MUN assist Paul Pogba xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 84.3%, 55%

87' Sub Isaac Success WAT on for Ismaïla Sarr

89' shot Marcus Rashford MUN assist Anthony Martial xG 0.34 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.3%, 53.4%

90+2' Yellow Craig Cathcart WAT Yellow card

90' shot Anthony Martial MUN assist Fred xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.2%, 68.8%

92' shot Juan Mata MUN xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 77.7%, 37.3%

Shot map 28 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.

Watford 11 shots · 1.59 xG · 2 goals

Manchester United 17 shots · 1.53 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Head-to-head Meetings: 12

Manchester United leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 9 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw. Latest meeting: 26 Feb 2022 · Manchester United vs Watford · 0 - 0.

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Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 4 after this match (22 Dec 2019). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

26 Feb 2022

Manchester United 0 - 0 Watford

20 Nov 2021

Watford 4 - 1 Manchester United

09 Jan 2021

Manchester United 1 - 0 Watford

23 Feb 2020

Manchester United 3 - 0 Watford

30 Mar 2019

Manchester United 2 - 1 Watford

15 Sep 2018

Watford 1 - 2 Manchester United

13 May 2018

Manchester United 1 - 0 Watford

28 Nov 2017

Watford 2 - 4 Manchester United

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11 Feb 2017

Manchester United 2 - 0 Watford

18 Sep 2016

Watford 3 - 1 Manchester United

03 Mar 2016

Manchester United 1 - 0 Watford

21 Nov 2015

Watford 1 - 2 Manchester United

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (22 Dec 2019). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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